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Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic
Names |
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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook ‘country’ entry. Additional information is included in parentheses. |
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Name |
Entry in The World Factbook |
Latitude (deg min) |
Longitude (deg min) |
Gaborone (capital) |
Botswana |
24 45 S |
25 55 E |
Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon) |
Ecuador |
0 00 N |
90 30 W |
Galicia (region) |
Poland, Ukraine |
49 30 N |
23 00 E |
Galicia (region) |
Spain |
42 45 N |
8 10 E |
Galilee (region) |
Israel |
32 54 N |
35 20 E |
Galleons Passage |
Atlantic Ocean |
11 00 N |
60 55 W |
Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) |
French Polynesia |
23 09 S |
134 58 W |
Gaspar Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
3 00 S |
107 00 E |
Gdansk (Danzig) (city) |
Poland |
54 23 N |
18 40 E |
Geneva (city) |
Switzerland |
46 12 N |
6 10 E |
Genoa (city) |
Italy |
44 25 N |
8 57 E |
George Town (capital) |
Cayman Islands |
19 20 N |
81 23 W |
George Town (city) |
Malaysia |
5 26 N |
100 16 E |
George Town (city) |
The Bahamas |
23 30 N |
75 46 W |
Georgetown (capital) |
Guyana |
6 48 N |
58 10 W |
Georgetown (city) |
The Gambia |
13 30 N |
14 47 W |
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (former name for eastern portion of Germany) |
Germany |
52 00 N |
13 00 E |
German Southwest Africa (former name for Namibia) |
Namibia |
22 00 S |
17 00 E |
Germany, Federal Republic of |
Germany |
51 00 N |
9 00 E |
Gibraltar (city, peninsula) |
Gibraltar |
36 11 N |
5 22 W |
Gibraltar, Strait of |
Atlantic Ocean |
35 57 N |
5 36 W |
Gidi Pass |
Egypt |
30 13 N |
33 09 E |
Gilbert Islands |
Kiribati |
1 25 N |
173 00 E |
Goa (state) |
India |
14 20 N |
74 00 E |
Gobi (desert) |
China, Mongolia |
42 30 N |
107 00 E |
Godthab (Nuuk) (capital) |
Greenland |
64 11 N |
51 44 W |
Golan Heights (region) |
Syria |
33 00 N |
35 45 E |
Gold Coast (former name for Ghana) |
Ghana |
8 00 N |
2 00 W |
Golfo San Jorge (gulf) |
Atlantic Ocean |
46 00 S |
66 00 W |
Golfo San Matias (gulf) |
Atlantic Ocean |
41 30 S |
64 00 W |
Good Hope, Cape of |
South Africa |
34 24 S |
18 30 E |
Goteborg (city) |
Sweden |
57 43 N |
11 58 E |
Gotland (island) |
Sweden |
57 30 N |
18 33 E |
Gough Island |
Saint Helena |
40 10 S |
9 45 W |
Graham Land (region) |
Antarctica |
65 00 S |
64 00 W |
Gran Chaco (region) |
Argentina, Paraguay |
24 00 S |
60 00 W |
Grand Bahama (island) |
The Bahamas |
26 40 N |
78 35 W |
Grand Banks (fishing ground) |
Atlantic Ocean |
47 06 N |
55 48 W |
Grand Cayman (island) |
Cayman Islands |
19 20 N |
81 20 W |
Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) (capital) |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
21 28 N |
71 08 W |
Great Australian Bight |
Indian Ocean |
35 00 S |
130 00 E |
Great Belt (Store Baelt) (strait) |
Atlantic Ocean |
55 30 N |
11 00 E |
Great Bitter Lake |
Egypt |
30 20 N |
32 23 E |
Great Britain (island) |
United Kingdom |
54 00 N |
2 00 W |
Great Channel |
Indian Ocean |
6 25 N |
94 20 E |
Great Inagua (island) |
The Bahamas |
21 00 N |
73 20 W |
Great Rift Valley |
Ethiopia, Kenya |
0 30 N |
36 00 E |
Greater Sunda Islands |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia |
2 00 S |
110 00 E |
Green Islands |
Papua New Guinea |
4 30 S |
154 10 E |
Greenland Sea |
Arctic Ocean |
79 00 N |
5 00 W |
Grenadines, Northern (island group) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
13 15 N |
61 12 W |
Grenadines, Southern (island group) |
Grenada |
12 07 N |
61 40 W |
Grytviken (South Georgia) (town) |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
54 15 S |
36 45 W |
Guadalcanal (island) |
Solomon Islands |
9 32 S |
160 12 E |
Guadalupe, Isla de (island) |
Mexico |
29 11 N |
118 17 W |
Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Base) |
Cuba |
20 00 N |
75 08 W |
Guatemala (capital) |
Guatemala |
14 38 N |
90 31 W |
Guinea Ecuatorial (local name for Equatorial Guinea) |
Equatorial Guinea |
2 00 N |
10 00 E |
Guinea, Gulf of |
Atlantic Ocean |
3 00 N |
2 30 E |
Guine-Bissau (local name for Guinea-Bissau) |
Guinea-Bissau |
12 00 N |
15 00 W |
Guinee (local name for Guinea) |
Guinea |
11 00 N |
10 00 W |
Guyane Francaise (local name for French Guiana) |
French Guiana |
4 00 N |
53 00 W |
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