The World Factbook (1990)/Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

Appendix E:

Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names


This list indicates where various names, including all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities, can be found in The World Factbook. Spellings are not necessarily those approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in parentheses, additional information is included in brackets.


  Name Entry in The World Factbook

A Abidjan [US Embassy] Ivory Coast
  Abu Dhabi [US Embassy] United Arab Emirates
  Acapulco [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Accra [US Embassy] Ghana
  Adana [US Consulate] Turkey
  Addis Ababa [US Embassy] Ethiopia
  Adelaide [US Consular Agency] Australia
  Adélie Land (Terre Adélie) [claimed by France] Antarctica
  Aden [US post not maintained, representation by British Embassy] Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
  Aden, Gulf of Indian Ocean
  Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea
  Adriatic Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Aegean Islands Greece
  Aegean Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Afars and Issas, French Territory of the (F.T.A.I.) Djibouti
  Agalega Islands Mauritius
  Aland Islands Finland
  Alaska United States
  Alaska, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
  Aldabra Islands Seychelles
  Alderney Guernsey
  Aleutian Islands United States
  Alexander Island Antarctica
  Alexandria [US Consulate General] Egypt
  Algiers [US Embassy] Algeria
  Alhucemas, Peñón de Spain
  Alphonse Island Seychelles
  Amami Strait Pacific Ocean
  Amindivi Islands India
  Amirante Isles Seychelles
  Amman [US Embassy] Jordan
  Amsterdam [US Consulate General] Netherlands
  Amsterdam Island (Île Amsterdam) French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  Amundsen Sea Pacific Ocean
  Amur China; Soviet Union
  Andaman Islands India
  Andaman Sea Indian Ocean
  Anegada Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Sudan
  Anjouan Comoros
  Ankara [US Embassy] Turkey
  Annobon Equatorial Guinea
  Antananarivo [US Embassy] Madagascar
  Antipodes Islands New Zealand
  Antwerp [US Consulate General] Belgium
  Aozou Strip [claimed by Libya] Chad
  Aqaba, Gulf of Indian Ocean
  Arabian Sea Indian Ocean
  Arafura Sea Pacific Ocean
  Argun China; Soviet Union
  Ascension Island St. Helena
  Assumption Island Seychelles
  Asunción [US Embassy] Paraguay
  Asuncion Island Northern Mariana Islands
  Atacama Chile
  Athens [US Embassy] Greece
  Attu United States
  Auckland [US Consulate General] New Zealand
  Auckland Islands New Zealand
  Australes Îles (Îles Tubuai) French Polynesia
  Axel Heiberg Island Canada
  Azores Portugal
  Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean

B Bab el Mandeb Indian Ocean
  Babuyan Channel Pacific Ocean
  Babuyan Islands Philippines
  Baffin Bay Arctic Ocean
  Baffin Island Canada
  Baghdad [US Embassy] Iraq
  Balabac Strait Pacific Ocean
  Balearic Islands Spain
  Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) Atlantic Ocean
  Bali [US Consular Agency] Indonesia
  Bali Sea Indian Ocean
  Balintang Channel Pacific Ocean
  Balintang Islands Philippines
  Balleny Islands Antarctica
  Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Baluchistan Afghanistan; Iran; Pakistan
  Bamako [US Embassy] Mali
  Banaba (Ocean Island) Kiribati
  Bandar Seri Begawan [US Embassy]  Brunei
  Banda Sea Pacific Ocean
  Bangkok [US Embassy] Thailand
  Bangui [US Embassy] Central African Republic
  Banjul [US Embassy] Gambia, The
  Banks Island Canada
  Banks Islands (Îles Banks) Vanuatu
  Barcelona [US Consulate General] Spain
  Barents Sea Arctic Ocean
  Barranquilla [US Consulate] Colombia
  Bashi Channel Pacific Ocean
  Basilan Strait Pacific Ocean
  Bass Strait Indian Ocean
  Batan Islands Philippines
  Bavaria (Bayern) Germany, Federal Republic of
  Beagle Channel Atlantic Ocean
  Bear Island (Bjørnøya) Svalbard
  Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean
  Bechuanaland Botswana
  Beijing [US Embassy] China
  Beirut [US Embassy] Lebanon
  Belem [US Consular Agency] Brazil
  Belep Islands (Îles Belep) New Caledonia
  Belfast [US Consulate General] United Kingdom
  Belgian Congo Zaire
  Belgrade [US Embassy] Yugoslavia
  Belize City [US Embassy] Belize
  Belle Isle, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Bellinghausen Sea Pacific Ocean
  Belmopan Belize
  Bengal, Bay of Indian Ocean
  Bering Sea Pacific Ocean
  Bering Strait Pacific Ocean
  Berkner Island Antarctica
  Berlin, East [US Embassy] German Democratic Republic
  Berlin, West [US Mission] Germany, Federal Republic of
  Bern [US Embassy] Switzerland
  Bessarabia Romania; Soviet Union
  Bijagos, Arquipelago dos Guinea-Bissau
  Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
  Bilbao [US Consulate] Spain
  Bioko Equatorial Guinea
  Biscay, Bay of Atlantic Ocean
  Bishop Rock United Kingdom
  Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea
  Bismarck Sea Pacific Ocean
  Bissau [US Embassy] Guinea-Bissau
  Bjørnøya (Bear Island) Svalbard
  Black Rock Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  Black Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Boa Vista Cape Verde
  Bogota [US Embassy] Colombia
  Bombay [US Consulate General] India
  Bonaire Netherlands Antilles
  Bonifacio, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Bonin Islands Japan
  Bonn [US Embassy] Federal Republic of Germany
  Bophuthatswana South Africa
  Bora-Bora French Polynesia
  Bordeaux [US Consulate General] France
  Borneo Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia
  Bornholm Denmark
  Bosporus Atlantic Ocean
  Bothnia, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
  Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea
  Bougainville Strait Pacific Ocean
  Bounty Islands New Zealand
  Brasilia [US Embassy] Brazil
  Brazzaville [US Embassy] Congo
  Bridgetown [US Embassy] Barbados
  Brisbane [US Consulate] Australia
  British East Africa Kenya
  British Guiana Guyana
  British Honduras Belize
  British Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
  British Somaliland Somalia
  Brussels [US Embassy, US Mission to European Communities, US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO)] Belgium
  Bucharest [US Embassy] Romania
  Budapest [US Embassy] Hungary
  Buenos Aires [US Embassy] Argentina
  Bujumbura [US Embassy] Burundi
C Cabinda Angola
  Cabot Strait Atlantic Ocean
  Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
  Cairo [US Embassy] Egypt
  Calcutta [US Consulate General] India
  Calgary [US Consulate General] Canada
  California, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
  Campbell Island New Zealand
  Canal Zone Panama
  Canary Islands Spain
  Canberra [US Embassy] Australia
  Cancun [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Canton (Guangzhou) China
  Canton Island Kiirbati
  Cape Town [US Consulate General] South Africa
  Caracas [US Embassy] Venezeula
  Cargados Carajos Shoals Mauritius
  Caroline Islands Micronesia, Federated States of; Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
  Caribbean Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Carpentaria, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
  Casablanca [US Consulate General] Morocco
  Cato Island Australia
  Cebu [US Consulate] Philippines
  Celebes Indonesia
  Celebes Sea Pacific Ocean
  Celtic Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Central African Empire Central African Republic
  Ceuta Spain
  Ceylon Sri Lanka
  Chafarinas, Islas Spain
  Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) British Indian Ocean Territory
  Channel Islands Guernsey; Jersey
  Chatham Islands New Zealand
  Cheju-do Korea, South
  Cheju Strait Pacific Ocean
  Chengdu [US Consulate General] China
  Chesterfield Islands (Îles Chesterfield) New Caledonia
  Chiang Mai [US Consulate General] Thailand
  Chihli, Gulf of (Bo Hai) Pacific Ocean
  China, People's Republic of China
  China, Republic of Taiwan
  Choiseul Solomon Islands
  Christchurch [US Consular Agency] New Zealand
  Christmas Island [Indian Ocean] Australia
  Christmas Island [Pacific Ocean] (Kiritimati) Kiribati
  A|rctic Ocean
  Ciskei South Africa
  Ciudad Juarez [US Consulate General] Mexico
  Cochabamba [US Consular Agency] Bolivia
  Coco, Isla del Costa Rica
  Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  Colombo [US Embassy] Sri Lanka
  Colon [US Consular Agency] Panama
  Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands) Ecuador
  Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova) Soviet Union
  Conakry [US Embassy] Guinea
  Congo (Brazzaville) Congo
  Congo (Kinshasa) Zaire
  Congo (Leopoldville) Zaire
  Con Son Islands Vietnam
  Cook Strait Pacific Ocean
  Copenhagen [US Embassy] Denmark
  Coral Sea Pacific Ocean
  Corn Islands (Islas del Maíz) Nicaragua
  Corsica France
  Cosmoledo Group Seychelles
  Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast
  Cotonou [US Embassy] Benin
  Crete Greece
  Atlantic Ocean
  Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet) French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  Curaçao [US Consulate General] Netherlands Antilles
  Cusco [US Consular Agency] Peru
D Dahomey Benin
  Daitō Islands Japan
  Dakar [US Embassy] Senegal
  Daman (Damao) India
  Damascus [US Embassy] Syria
  Danger Atoll Cook Islands
  Danish Straits Atlantic Ocean
  Danzig (Gdansk) Poland
  Dao Bach Long Vi Vietnam
  Dardanelles Atlantic Ocean
  Dar es Salaam [US Embassy] Tanzania
  Davis Strait Atlantic Ocean
  Deception Island Antarctica
  Denmark Strait Atlantic Ocean
  D'Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New Guinea
  Devon Island Canada
  Dhahran [US Consulate General] Saudi Arabia
  Dhaka [US Embassy] Bangladesh
  Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory
  Diego Ramirez Chile
  Diomede Islands Soviet Union [Big Diomede]; United States [Little Diomede]
  Diu India
  Djibouti [US Embassy] Djibouti
  Dodecanese Greece
  Doha [US Embassy] Qatar
  Douala [US Consulate General] Cameroon
  Dover, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Drake Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Dubai [US Consulate General] United Arab Emirates
  Dublin [US Embassy] Ireland
  Durango [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Durban [US Consulate General] South Africa
  Dusseldorf [US Consulate General] Federal Republic of Germany
  Dutch East Indies Indonesia
  Dutch Guiana Suriname
E East China Sea Pacific Ocean
  Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) Chile
  Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait or Tsushima Strait) Pacific Ocean
  East Germany German Democratic Republic
  East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel or Tsushima Strait) Pacific Ocean
  East Pakistan Bangladesh
  East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean
  East Timor (Portuguese Timor) Indonesia
  Edinburgh [US Consulate General] United Kingdom
  Elba Italy
  Ellef Ringnes Island Canada
  Ellesmere Island Canada
  Ellice Islands Tuvalu
  Elobey, Islas de Equatorial Guinea
  Enderbury Island Kiribati
  Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll) Marshall Islands
  England United Kingdom
  English Channel Atlantic Ocean
  Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
  Epirus, Northern Albania; Greece
  Eritrea Ethiopia
  Essequibo [claimed by Venezuela] Guyana
  Estonia Soviet Union [de facto]
  Etorofu Soviet Union [de facto]
F Farquhar Group Seychelles
  Fernando de Noronha Brazil
  Fernando Po (Bioko) Equatorial Guinea
  Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
  Florence [US Consulate General] Italy
  Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean
  Formosa Taiwan
  Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait) Pacific Ocean
  Fort-de-France [US Consulate General] Martinique
  Frankfurt am Main [US Consulate General] Federal Republic of Germany
  Franz Josef Land Soviet Union
  Freetown [US Embassy] Sierra Leone
  French Cameroon Cameroon
  French Indochina Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam
  French Guinea Guinea
  French Sudan Mali
  French Territory of the Afars and Issas (F.T.A.I.) Djibouti
  French Togo Togo
  Friendly Islands Tonga
  Fukuoka [US Consulate] Japan
  Funchal [US Consular Agency] Portugal
  Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean
  Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands) Wallis and Futuna
G Gaborone [US Embassy] Botswana
  Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon) Ecuador
  Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Gambier Islands (Îles Gambier) French Polynesia
  Caspar Strait Indian Ocean
  Geneva [Branch Office of the US Embassy, US Mission to European Office of the UN and Other International Organizations] Switzerland
  Genoa [US Consulate General] Italy
  George Town [US Consular Agency] Cayman Islands
  Georgetown [US Embassy] Guyana
  Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Gilbert Islands Kiribati
  Goa India
  Gold Coast Ghana
  Golan Heights Syria
  Good Hope, Cape of South Africa
  Goteborg [US Consulate General] Sweden
  Gotland Sweden
  Gough Island St. Helena
  Grand Banks Atlantic Ocean
  Grand Cayman Cayman Islands
  Grand Turk [US Consular Agency] Turks and Caicos Islands
  Great Australian Bight Indian Ocean
  Great Belt (Store Baelt) Atlantic Ocean
  Great Britain United Kingdom
  Great Channel Indian Ocean
  Greater Sunda Islands Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia
  Green Islands Papua New Guinea
  Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean
  Grenadines, Northern St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  Grenadines, Southern Grenada
  Guadalajara [US Consulate General] Mexico
  Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
  Guadalupe, Isla de Mexico
  Guangzhou [US Consulate General] China
  Guantanamo [US Naval Base] Cuba
  Guatemala [US Embassy] Guatemala
  Gubal, Strait of Indian Ocean
  Guinea, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
  Guayaquil [US Consulate General] Ecuador
H Ha'apai Group Tonga
  Habomai Islands Soviet Union [de facto]
  Hague,The [US Embassy] Netherlands
  Haifa [US Consular Agency] Israel
  Hainan Dao China
  Halifax [US Consulate General] Canada
  Halmahera Indonesia
  Hamburg [US Consulate General] Federal Republic of Germany
  Hamilton [US Consulate General] Bermuda
  Hanoi Vietnam
  Harare [US Embassy] Zimbabwe
  Hatay Turkey
  Havana [US post not maintained, representation by US Interests Section (USINT) of the Swiss Embassy] Cuba
  Hawaii United States
  Heard Island Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  Helsinki [US Embassy] Finland
  Hermosillo [US Consulate] Mexico
  Hispaniola Dominican Republic; Haiti
  Hokkaido Japan
  Holy See, The Vatican City
  Hong Kong [US Consulate General] Hong Kong
  Honiara [US Consulate] Solomon Islands
  Honshu Japan
  Hormuz, Strait of Indian Ocean
  Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos) Chile
  Home, Îles de Wallis and Futuna
  Horn of Africa Ethiopia; Somalia
  Hudson Bay Arctic Ocean
  Hudson Strait Arctic Ocean
I Inaccessible Island St. Helena
  Indochina Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam
  Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) China
  Ionian Islands Greece
  Ionian Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Irian Jaya Indonesia
  Irish Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Islamabad [US Embassy] Pakistan
  Islas Malvinas Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  Istanbul [US Consulate General] Turkey
  Italian Somaliland Somalia
  Iwo Jima Japan
  Izmir [US Consulate General] Turkey
J Jakarta [US Embassy] Indonesia
  Japan, Sea of Pacific Ocean
  Java Indonesia
  Java Sea Indian Ocean
  Jeddah [US Consulate General] Saudi Arabia
  Jerusalem [US Consulate General] Israel; West Bank
  Johannesburg [US Consulate General] South Africa
  Juan de Fuca, Strait of Pacific Ocean
  Juan Fernandez, Isla de Chile
  Juventud, Isla de la (Isle of Youth) Cuba
K Kabul [US Embassy now closed] Afghanistan
  Kaduna [US Consulate General] Nigeria
  Kalimantan Indonesia
  Kamchatka Peninsula (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Soviet Union
  Kampala [US Embassy] Uganda
  Kampuchea Cambodia
  Karachi [US Consulate General] Pakistan
  Kara Sea Arctic Ocean
  Karimata Strait Indian Ocean
  Kathmandu [US Embassy] Nepal
 
  Kattegat Atlantic Ocean
  Kauai Channel Pacific Ocean
  Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  Kerguelen, Îles French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  Kermadec Islands New Zealand
  Khabarovsk Soviet Union
  Khartoum [US Embassy] Sudan
  Khmer Republic Cambodia
  Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal) Atlantic Ocean
  Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria Muria Islands) Oman
  Khyber Pass Pakistan
  Kigali [US Embassy] Rwanda
  Kingston [US Embassy] Jamaica
  Kinshasa [US Embassy] Zaire
  Kiritimati (Christmas Island) Kiribati
  Kithira Strait Atlantic Ocean
  Kodiak Island United States
  Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Poluostrov) Soviet Union
  Kolonia [US Special Office] Micronesia, Federated States of
  Korea Bay Pacific Ocean
  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North
  Korea, Republic of Korea, South
  Korea Strait Pacific Ocean
  Koror [US Special Office] Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of
  Kosovo Yugoslavia
  Kowloon Hong Kong
  Krakow [US Consulate] Poland
  Kuala Lumpur [US Embassy] Malaysia
  Kunashiri (Kunashir) Soviet Union [de facto]
  Kuril Islands Soviet Union [de facto]
  Kuwait [US Embassy] Kuwait
  Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands
  Kyushu Japan
L Labrador Canada
  Laccadive Islands India
  Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean
  La Coruna [US Consular Agency] Spain
  Lagos [US Embassy] Nigeria
  Lahore [US Consulate General] Pakistan
  Lakshadweep India
  La Paz [US Embassy] Bolivia
  La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean
  Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean
  Las Palmas [US Consular Agency] Spain
  Latvia Soviet Union [de facto]
  Lau Group Fiji
  Leningrad [US Consulate General] Soviet Union
  Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia
  Leyte Philippines
  Liancourt Rocks [claimed by Japan] Korea, South
  Libreville [US Embassy] Gabon
  Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Lilongwe [US Embassy] Malawi
  Lima [US Embassy] Peru
  Lincoln Sea Arctic Ocean
  Line Islands Kiribati; Palmyra Atoll
  Lisbon [US Embassy] Portugal
  Lithuania Soviet Union [de facto]
  Lombok Strait Indian Ocean
  Lome [US Embassy] Togo
  London [US Embassy] United Kingdom
  Lord Howe Island Australia
  Louisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea
  Loyalty Islands (Îles Loyauté) New Caledonia
  Lubumbashi [US Consulate General] Zaire
  Lusaka [US Embassy] Zambia
  Luxembourg [US Embassy] Luxembourg
  Luzon Philippines
  Luzon Strait Pacific Ocean
  Lyon [US Consulate General] France
M Macao Macau
  Macedonia Bulgaria; Greece; Yugoslavia
  Macquarie Island Australia
  Madeira Islands Portugal
  Madras [US Consulate General] India
  Spain
  Magellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Mahé Island Seychelles
  Maíz, Islas del (Corn Islands) Nicaragua
  Majorca (Mallorca) Spain
  Majuro [US Special Office] Marshall Islands
  Makassar Strait Pacific Ocean
  Malabo [US Embassy] Equatorial Guinea
  Malacca, Strait of Indian Ocean
  Malaga [US Consular Agency] Spain
  Malagasy Republic Madagascar
  Male [US post not maintained, representation from Colombo, Sri Lanka] Maldives
  Mallorca (Majorca) Spain
  Malpelo, Isla de Colombia
  Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean
  Malvinas, Islas Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  Managua [US Embassy] Nicaragua
  Manama [US Embassy] Bahrain
  Manaus [US Consular Agency] Brazil
  Manchukuo China
  Manchuria China
  Manila [US Embassy] Philippines
  Manipa Strait Pacific Ocean
  Mannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean
  Manua Islands American Samoa
  Maputo [US Embassy] Mozambique
  Maracaibo [US Consulate] Venezuela
  Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima) Japan
  Mariana Islands Guam; Northern Mariana Islands
  Marion Island South Africa
  Marmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean
  Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises) French Polynesia
  Marseille [US Consulate General] France
  Martin Vaz, Ilhas Brazil
  Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island) Chile
  Mascarene Islands Mauritius; Reunion
  Maseru [US Embassy] Lesotho
  Matamoros [US Consulate] Mexico
  Mazatlan [US Consulate] Mexico
  Mbabane [US Embassy] Swaziland
  McDonald Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  Medan [US Consulate] Indonesia
  Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Melbourne [US Consulate General] Australia
  Melilla Spain
  Merida [US Consulate] Mexico
  Messina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Mexico [US Embassy] Mexico
  Mexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
  Milan [US Consulate General] Italy
  Minami-tori-shima Japan
  Mindanao Philippines
  Mindoro Strait Pacific Ocean
  Minicoy Island India
  Mogadishu [US Embassy] Somalia
  Mombasa [US Consulate] Kenya
  Mona Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Monrovia [US Embassy] Liberia
  Montego Bay [US Consular Agency] Jamaica
  Monterrey [US Consulate General] Mexico
  Montevideo [US Embassy] Uruguay
  Montreal [US Consulate General, US Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)] Canada
  Moravian Gate Czechoslovakia
  Moroni [US Embassy] Comoros
  Mortlock Islands Micronesia, Federated States of
  Moscow [US Embassy] Soviet Union
  Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean
  Mulege [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Munich [US Consulate General] Federal Republic of Germany
  Musandam Peninsula Oman; United Arab Emirates
  Muscat [US Embassy] Oman
  Muscat and Oman Oman
  Myanma or Myanmar Burma
N Naha [US Consulate General] Japan
  Nairobi [US Embassy] Kenya
  Nampō-shotō Japan
  Naples [US Consulate General] Italy
  Nassau [US Embassy] Bahamas, The
  Natuna Besar Islands Indonesia
  N'Djamena [US Embassy] Chad
  Netherlands East Indies Indonesia
  Netherlands Guiana Suriname
  Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
  New Delhi [US Embassy] India
  Newfoundland Canada
  New Guinea Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
  New Hebrides Vanuatu
  New Siberian Islands Soviet Union
  New Territories Hong Kong
  New York, New York [US Mission to the United Nations (USUN)] United States
  Niamey [US Embassy] Niger
  Nice [US Consular Agency] France
  Nicobar Islands India
  Nicosia [US Embassy] Cyprus
  Nightingale Island St. Helena
  North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean
  North Channel Atlantic Ocean
  Northeast Providence Channel Atlantic Ocean
  Northern Epirus Albania; Greece
  Northern Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  Northern Ireland United Kingdom
  Northern Rhodesia Zambia
  North Island New Zealand
  North Korea Korea, North
  North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean
  North Sea Atlantic Ocean
  North Vietnam Vietnam
  Northwest Passage Arctic Ocean
  North Yemen Yemen Arab Republic
  Norwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Nouakchott [US Embassy] Mauritania
  Novaya Zemlya Soviet Union
  Nuevo Laredo [US Consulate] Mexico
  Nyasaland Malawi
O Oahu United States
  Oaxaca [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati
  Ocean Island (Kure Island) United States
  Ogaden Ethiopia; Somalia
  Oil Islands (Chagos Archipelago) British Indian Ocean Territory
  Okhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean
  Okinawa Japan
  Oman, Gulf of Indian Ocean
  Ombai Strait Pacific Ocean
  Oporto [US Consulate] Portugal
  Oran [US Consulate] Algeria
  Øresund (The Sound) Atlantic Ocean
  Orkney Islands United Kingdom
  Osaka-Kobe [US Consulate General] Japan
  Oslo [US Embassy] Norway
  Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Ottawa [US Embassy] Canada
  Ouagadougou [US Embassy] Burkina
  Outer Mongolia Mongolia
P Pagan Northern Mariana Islands
  Palau Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
  Palawan Philippines
  Palermo [US Consulate General] Italy
  Palk Strait Indian Ocean
  Palma de Mallorca [US Consular Agency] Spain
  Pamirs China; Soviet Union
  Panama [US Embassy] Panama
  Panama Canal Panama
  Panama, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
  Paramaribo [US Embassy] Suriname
  Parece Vela Japan
  Paris [US Embassy, US Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), US Observer Mission at the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)] France
  Pashtunistan Afghanistan; Pakistan
  Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island) Chile
  Peking (Beijing) China
  Pemba Island Tanzania
  Pentland Firth Atlantic Ocean
  Perim Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
  Perouse Strait, La Pacific Ocean
  Persian Gulf Indian Ocean
  Perth [US Consulate] Australia
  Pescadores Taiwan
  Peshawar [US Consulate] Pakistan
  Peter I Island Antarctica
  Philip Island Norfolk Island
  Philippine Sea Pacific Ocean
  Phoenix Islands Kiribati
  Pines, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud) Cuba
  Piura [US Consular Agency] Peru
  Pleasant Island Nauru
  Ponape (Pohnpei) Micronesia
  Ponta Delgada [US Consulate] Portugal
  Port-au-Prince [US Embassy] Haiti
  Port Louis [US Embassy] Mauritius
  Port Moresby [US Embassy] Papua New Guinea
  Porto Alegre [US Consulate] Brazil
  Port-of-Spain [US Embassy] Trinidad and Tobago
  Port Said [US Consular Agency] Egypt
  Portuguese Guinea Guinea-Bissau
  Portuguese Timor (East Timor) Indonesia
  Poznan [US Consulate] Poland
  Prague [US Embassy] Czechoslovakia
  Praia [US Embassy] Cape Verde
  Pretoria [US Embassy] South Africa
  Pribilof Islands United States
  Prince Edward Island Canada
  Prince Edward Islands South Africa
  Prince Patrick Island Canada
  Principe Sao Tome and Principe
  Puerto Plata [US Consular Agency] Dominican Republic
  Puerto Vallarta [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Pusan [US Consulate] South Korea
  P'yŏngyang Korea, North
Q Quebec [US Consulate General] Canada
  Queen Charlotte Islands Canada
  Queen Elizabeth Islands Canada
  Queen Maud Land [claimed by Norway] Antarctica
  Quito [US Embassy] Ecuador
R Rabat [US Embassy] Morocco
  Ralik Chain Marshall Islands
  Rangoon [US Embassy] Burma
  Ratak Chain Marshall Islands
  Recife [US Consulate] Brazil
  Redonda Antigua and Barbuda
  Red Sea Indian Ocean
  Revillagigedo Island United States
  Revillagigedo Islands Mexico
  Reykjavik [US Embassy] Iceland
  Rhodes Greece
  Rhodesia Zimbabwe
  Rhodesia, Northern Zambia
  Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe
  Rio de Janeiro [US Consulate General] Brazil
  Río de Oro Western Sahara
  Río Muni Equatorial Guinea
  Riyadh [US Embassy] Saudi Arabia
  Robinson Crusoe Island (Más a Tierra) Chile
  Rocas, Atol das Brazil
  Rockall [disputed] United Kingdom
  Rodrigues Mauritius
  Rome [US Embassy, US Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG)] Italy
  Roncador Cay Colombia
  Roosevelt Island Antarctica
  Ross Dependency [claimed by New Zealand] Antarctica
  Ross Island Antarctica
  Ross Sea Antarctica
  Rota Northern Mariana Islands
  Rotuma Fiji
  Ryukyu Islands Japan
S Saba Netherlands Antilles
  Sabah Malaysia
  Sable Island Canada
  Sahel Burkina; Cape Verde; Chad; The Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal
  Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam
  St. Brandon Mauritius
  St. Christopher and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
  St. George's [US Embassy] Grenada
  St. George's Channel Atlantic Ocean
  St. John's [US Embassy] Antigua and Barbuda
  St. Lawrence, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean
  St. Lawrence Island United States
  St. Lawrence Seaway Atlantic Ocean
  St. Martin Guadeloupe
  St. Martin (Sint Maarten) Netherlands Antilles
  St. Paul Island Canada
  St. Paul Island United States
  St. Paul Island (Île Saint-Paul) French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks (Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo) Brazil
  St. Vincent Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
  Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) Soviet Union
  Sala y Gómez, Isla Chile
  Salisbury (Harare) Zimbabwe
  Salvador de Bahia [US Consular Agency] Brazil
  Salzburg [US Consulate General] Austria
  Sanaa [US Embassy] Yemen Arab Republic
  San Ambrosio Chile
  San Andrés y Providencia, Archipiélago Colombia
  San Bernardino Strait Pacific Ocean
  San Félix, Isla Chile
  San Jose [US Embassy] Costa Rica
  San Luis Potosi [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  San Miguel Allende [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  San Salvador [US Embassy] El Salvador
  Santa Cruz [US Consular Agency] Bolivia
  Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands
  Santiago [US Embassy] Chile
  Santo Domingo [US Embassy] Dominican Republic
  Sao Luis [US Consular Agency] Brazil
  Sao Paulo [US Consulate General] Brazil
  São Pedro e São Paulo, Penedos de Brazil
  Sapporo [US Consulate General] Japan
  Sapudi Strait Indian Ocean
  Sarawak Malaysia
  Sardinia Italy
  Sargasso Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Sark Guernsey
  Scotia Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Scotland United Kingdom
  Scott Island Antarctica
  Senyavin Islands Micronesia, Federated States of
  Seoul [US Embassy] Korea, South
  Serrana Bank Colombia
  Serranilla Bank Colombia
  Severnaya Zemlya (Northland) Soviet Union
  Seville [US Consular Agency] Spain
  Shag Island Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  Shag Rocks Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  Shanghai [US Consulate General] China
  Shenyang [US Consulate General] China
  Shetland Islands United Kingdom
  Shikoku Japan
  Shikotan (Shikotan-tō) Japan
  Siam Thailand
  Sibutu Passage Pacific Ocean
  Sicily Italy
  Sicily, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Sikkim India
  Sinai Egypt
  Singapore [US Embassy] Singapore
  Singapore Strait of Atlantic Ocean
  Sinkiang (Xinjiang) China
  Sint Eustatius Netherlands Antilles
  Sint Maarten (St. Martin) Netherlands Antilles
  Skagerrak Atlantic Ocean
  Slovakia Czechoslovakia
  Society Islands (Îles de la Société) French Polynesia
  Socotra Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
  Sofia [US Embassy] Bulgaria
  Solomon Islands, northern Paupa New Guinea
  Solomon Islands, southern Solomon Islands
  Soloman Sea Pacific Ocean
  Songkhla [US Consulate] Thailand
  Sound, The (Øresund) Atlantic Ocean
  South Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean
  South China Sea Pacific Ocean
  Southern Grenadines Grenada
  Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwae
  South Georgia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  South Island New Zeland
  South Korea Korea, South
  South Orkney Islands Antarctica
  South Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean
  South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  South Shetland Islands Antarctica
  South Tyrol Italy
  South Vietnam Vietnam
  South-West Africa Nambia
  South Yemen Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
  Spanish Guinea Equitorial Guinea
  Spanish Sahara Western Sahara
  Spitsbergen Svalbard
  Stockholm [US Embassy] Sweden
  Strasbourg [US Consulate General] France
  Stuttgart [US Consulate General] Federal Republic of Germany
  Suez, Gulf of Indian Ocean
  Sulu Archipelago Philippines
  Sulu Sea Pacfic Ocean
  Sumatra Indonesia
  Sumba Indonesia
  Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) Indonesia; Malyasia
  Sunda Strait Indian Ocean
  Surabaya [US Consulate] Indonesia
  Surigao Strait Pacific Ocean
  Surinam Suriname
  Suva [US Embassy] Fiji
  Swains Island American Somoa
  Swan Islands Honduras
  Sydney [US Consulate General] Australia
T Tahiti French Polynesia
  Taipei Taiwan
  Taiwan Strait Pacific Ocean
  Tampico [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Tanganyika Tanzania
  Tangier [US Consulate General] Morocco
  Tarawa Kiribati
  Tartar Strait Pacific Ocean
  Tasmania Australia
  Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean
  Taymyr Peninsula (Poluostrov Taymyra) Soviet Union
  Tegucigalpa [US Embassy] Honduras
  Tehran [US post not maintained, representation by Swiss Embassy] Iran
  Tel Aviv [US Embassy] Israel
  Terre Adélie (Adélie Land) [claimed by France] Antarctica
  Thailand, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
  Thessaloniki [US Consulate General] Greece
  Thurston Island Antarctica
  Tibet (Xizang) China
  Tierra del Fuego Argentina; Chile
  Tijuana [US Consulate General] Mexico
  Timor Indonesia
  Timor Sea Indian Ocean
  Tinian Northern Mariana Islands
  Tiran, Strait of Indian Ocean
  Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
  Tokyo [US Embassy] Japan
  Tonkin, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
  Toronto [US Consulate General] Canada
  Torres Strait Pacific Ocean
  Trans-Jordan Jordan
  Transkei South Africa
  Transylvania Romania
  Trieste [US Consular Agency] Italy
  Trindade, Ilha de Brazil
  Tripoli [US post not maintained, representation by Belgian Embassy] Libya
  Tristan da Cunha Group St. Helena
  Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
  Trucial States United Arab Emirates
  Truk Islands Micronesia
  Tsugaru Strait Pacific Ocean
  Tuamotu Islands (Îles Tuamotu) French Polynesia
  Tubuai Islands (Îles Tubuai) French Polynesia
  Tunis [US Embassy] Tunisia
  Turin [US Consulate] Italy
  Turkish Straits Atlantic Ocean
  Turks Island Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Tyrol, South Italy
  Tyrrhenian Sea Atlantic Ocean
U Udorn [US Consulate] Thailand
  Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
  Ullŭng-do Korea, South
  Unimak Pass [strait] Pacific Ocean
  United Arab Republic Egypt; Syria
  Upper Volta Burkina
V Vaduz [US post not maintained, representation from Zürich, Switzerland] Liechtenstein
  Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) Afghanistan
  Valencia [US Consular Agency] Spain
  Valletta [US Embassy] Malta
  Vancouver [US Consulate General] Canada
  Vancouver Island Canada
  Van Diemen Strait Pacific Ocean
  Vatican City [US Embassy] Vatican City
  Velez de la Gomera, Peñón de Spain
  Venda South Africa
  Veracruz [US Consular Agency] Mexico
  Verde Island Passage Pacific Ocean
  Victoria [US Embassy] Seychelles
  Vienna [US Embassy, US Mission to International Organizations in Vienna (UNVIE)] Austria
  Vientiane [US Embassy] Laos
  Volcano Islands Japan
  Vostok Island Kiribati
  Vrangelya, Ostrov (Wrangel Island) Soviet Union
W Wakhan Corridor (now Vākhān) Afghanistan
  Wales United Kingdom
  Walvis Bay South Africa
  Warsaw [US Embassy] Poland
  Washington, D. C. [The Permanent Mission of the USA to the Organization of American States (OAS)] United States
  Weddell Sea Atlantic Ocean
  Wellington [US Embassy] New Zealand
  Western Channel (West Korea Strait) Pacific Ocean
  West Germany Germany, Federal Republic of
  West Korea Strait (Western Channel) Pacific Ocean
  West Pakistan Pakistan
  Wetar Strait Pacific Ocean
  White Sea Arctic Ocean
  Windhoek Namibia
  Windward Passage Atlantic Ocean
  Winnipeg [US Consular Agency] Canada
  Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya) Soviet Union
Y Yaounde [US Embassy] Cameroon
  Yap Islands Micronesia
  Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean
  Yemen (Aden) Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
  Yemen, North Yemen Arab Republic
  Yemen (Sanaa) Yemen Arab Republic
  Yemen, South Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
  Youth, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud) Canada
  Yucatan Channel Atlantic Ocean
Z Zagreb [US Consulate General] Yugoslavia
  Zanzibar Tanzania
  Zürich [US Consulate General] Switzerland