Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

Name

Entry in The World Factbook

Latitude
(deg min)

Longitude
(deg min)

Cabinda (province)

Angola

5 33 S

12 12 E

Cabo Verde (local name for Cape Verde)

Cape Verde

16 00 N

24 00 W

Cabot Strait

Atlantic Ocean

47 20 N

59 30 W

Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 56 N

71 58 W

Cairo (capital)

Egypt

30 03 N

31 15 E

California, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

28 00 N

112 00 W

Cameroun (local name for Cameroon)

Cameroon

6 00 N

12 00 E

Campbell Island

New Zealand

52 33 S

169 09 E

Campeche, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

20 00 N

94 00 W

Canal Zone (former name for US possessions in Panama)

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Canarias Sea

Atlantic Ocean

28 00 N

16 00 W

Canary Islands

Spain

28 00 N

15 30 W

Canberra (capital)

Australia

35 17 S

149 08 E

Cancun (city)

Mexico

21 10 N

86 50 W

Canton (city; now Guangzhou)

China

23 06 N

113 16 E

Canton Island (Kanton Island)

Kiribati

2 49 S

171 40 W

Cape Juby (region; former name for Southern Morocco)

Morocco

27 53 N

12 58 W

Cape of Good Hope (cape; also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa)

South Africa

34 15 S

18 25 E

Cape Province (region; former name for Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa)

South Africa

31 30 S

22 30 E

Cape Town (legislative capital)

South Africa

33 57 S

18 28 W

Caracas (capital)

Venezuela

10 30 N

66 56 W

Cargados Carajos Shoals

Mauritius

16 25 S

59 38 E

Caribbean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

15 00 N

73 00 W

Caroline Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, Palau

7 30 N

148 00 E

Carpatho-Ukraine (region; former name for Zakarpats�ka oblast�)

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Carpentaria, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

14 00 S

139 00 E

Castries (capital)

Saint Lucia

14 01 N

61 00 W

Catalonia (region)

Spain

42 00 N

2 00 E

Cato Island

Australia

23 15 S

155 32 E

Caucasus (region)

Russia

42 00 N

45 00 E

Cayenne (capital)

French Guiana

4 56 N

52 20 W

Celebes (island)

Indonesia

2 00 S

121 00 E

Celebes Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 00 N

122 00 E

Celtic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

6 30 W

Central African Empire (former name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Ceram (Seram) Sea

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

129 30 E

Ceska Republika (local name for Czech Republic)

Czech Republic

49 45 N

15 30 E

Ceskoslovensko (former local name for Czechoslovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

17 30 E

Ceuta (city)

Spain

35 53 N

5 19 W

Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

7 00 N

81 00 E

Chafarinas, Islas (island)

Spain

35 12 N

2 26 W

Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands)

British Indian Ocean Territory

6 00 S

71 30 E

Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench)

Pacific Ocean

11 22 N

142 36 E

Channel Islands

Guernsey, Jersey

49 20 N

2 20 W

Charlotte Amalie (capital)

Virgin Islands

18 21 N

64 56 W

Chatham Islands

New Zealand

44 00 S

176 30 W

Chechnya (region; also Chechnia)

Russia

43 15 N

45 40 E

Cheju Strait

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

126 30 E

Cheju-do (island)

Korea, South

33 20 N

126 30 E

Chennai (city ; also Madras)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield)

New Caledonia

19 52 S

158 15 E

Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai)

Pacific Ocean

38 30 N

120 00 E

Chiloe (island)

Chile

42 50 S

74 00 W

China, People’s Republic of

China

35 00 N

105 00 E

China, Republic of

Taiwan

23 30 N

121 00 E

Chisinau (capital)

Moldova

47 00 N

28 50 E

Choiseul (island)

Solomon Islands

7 05 S

121 00 E

Choson (local name for North Korea)

North Korea

40 00 N

127 00 E

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

Australia

10 25 S

105 39 E

Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean; also Kiritimati)

Kiribati

1 52 N

157 20 W

Chukchi Sea

Arctic Ocean

69 00 N

171 00 W

Chuuk Islands (Truk Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

7 25 N

151 47 W

Cilicia (region)

Turkey

36 50 N

34 30 E

Ciskei (enclave)

South Africa

33 00 S

27 00 E

Citta del Vaticano (local name for Vatican City)

Holy See

41 54 N

12 27 E

Cochin China (region)

Vietnam

11 00 N

107 00 E

Coco, Isla del (island)

Costa Rica

5 32 N

87 04 W

Cocos Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 30 S

96 50 E

Colombo (capital)

Sri Lanka

6 56 N

79 51 E

Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova)

Russia

55 00 N

167 00 E

Comores (local name for Comoros)

Comoros

12 10 S

44 15 E

Con Son (islands)

Vietnam

8 43 N

106 36 E

Conakry (capital)

Guinea

9 31 N

13 43 W

Confederatio Helvetica (local name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

Congo (Brazzaville) (former name for Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo

1 00 S

15 00 E

Congo (Leopoldville) (former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Constantinople (city; former name for Istanbul)

Turkey

41 01 N

28 58 E

Cook Strait

Pacific Ocean

41 15 S

174 30 E

Copenhagen (capital)

Denmark

55 40 N

12 35 E

Coral Sea

Pacific Ocean

15 00 S

150 00 E

Corfu (island)

Greece

39 40 N

19 45 E

Corinth (region)

Greece

37 56 N

22 56 E

Corisco (island)

Equatorial Guinea

0 55 N

9 19 E

Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Corocoro Island

Guyana, Venezuela

3 38 N

66 50 W

Corsica �(island; also Corse)

France

42 00 N

9 00 E

Cosmoledo Group (island group;� also Atoll de Cosmoledo)

Seychelles

9 43 S

47 35 E

Cotonou (former capital)

Benin

6 21 N

2 26 E

Cotopaxi (volcano)

Ecuador

0 39 S

78 26 W

Courantyne River

Guyana, Suriname

5 57 N

57 06 W

Cozumel (island)

Mexico

20 30 N

86 55 W

Crete (island)

Greece

35 15 N

24 45 E

Crimea (region)

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crimean Peninsula

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crooked Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

22 55 N

74 35 W

Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

46 30 S

51 00 E

Cyclades (island group)

Greece

37 00 N

25 10 E

Cyrenaica (region)

Libya

31 00 N

22 00 E

Czechoslovakia (former name for the entity that subsequently split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

18 00 E