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 CIA World Factbook, 1994. 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. Note: Some names have been revised to reflect proper names when the CIA list has an indirect reference (e.g., the Aegean Sea was listed under Atlantic Ocean; I placed it under the Mediterranean). I am trying to make the list using valid LC approved headings.

Name

Country or Geographical Region

A

 

Abidjan [US Embassy]

Cote d'Ivoire

Abu Dhabi [US Embassy]

United Arab Emirates

Abuja [US Embassy Branch Office]

Nigeria

Acapulco [US Consular Agency]

Mexico

Accra [US Embassy]

Ghana

Adamstown

Pitcairn Islands

Adana [US Consulate]

Turkey

Addis Ababa [US Embassy]

Ethiopia

Adelie Land (Terre Adelie)

Antarctica [claimed by France]

Aden

Yemen

Aden, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

Admiralty Islands

Papua New Guinea

Adriatic Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Aegean Islands

Greece

Aegean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Afars and Issas, French Territory

Djibouti of the (F.T.A.I.)

Agalega Islands

Mauritius

Agana

Guam

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 closed in September 1993]

Algiers [US Embassy]

Algeria

Alhucemas, Penon de

Spain

Alma-Ata (see Almaty)

Kazakhstan

Almaty (Alma-Ata) [US Embassy]

Kazakhstan

Alofi

Niue

Alphonse Island

Seychelles

Amami Strait

Pacific Ocean

Amindivi Islands

India

Amirante Isles

Seychelles

Amman [US Embassy]

Jordan

Amsterdam [US Consulate General]

Netherlands

Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Amundsen Sea

Pacific Ocean

Amur

China; Russia

Andaman Islands

India

Andaman Sea

Indian Ocean

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

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 [European Logistical

Belgium Support Office]

Aozou Strip

Chad

Apia [US Embassy]

Western Samoa

Aqaba, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Arafura Sea

Pacific Ocean

Argun

China; Russia

Ascension Island

Saint Helena

Ashgabat [US Embassy]

Turkmenistan

Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat)

Turkmenistan

Asmara [US Embassy]

Eritrea

Asmera (see Asmara)

Eritrea

Assumption Island

Seychelles

Asuncion [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 Iles (Iles Tubuai)

French Polynesia

Avarua

Cook Islands

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 temporarily

Iraqsuspended; US Interests Section located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad]

Baku [US Embassy]

Azerbaijan

Baky (Baku)

Azerbaijan

Balabac Strait

Pacific Ocean

Balearic Islands

Spain

Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea)

Mediterranean Sea

Bali Sea

Indian Ocean

Balintang Channel

Pacific Ocean

Balintang Islands

Philippines

Balleny Islands

Antarctica

Balochistan

Pakistan

Baltic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

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 (Iles 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

Pacific Ocean

Basse-Terre

Guadeloupe

Basseterre

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Batan Islands

Philippines

Basutoland

Lesotho

Bavaria (Bayern)

Germany

Beagle Channel

Atlantic Ocean

Bear Island (Bjornoya)

Svalbard

Beaufort Sea

Arctic Ocean

Bechuanaland

Botswana

Beijing [US Embassy]

China

Beirut [US Embassy]

Lebanon

Belau (see Palu)

Pacific Islands,

 

Trust Territory of the

Belem [US Consular Agency]

Brazil

Belep Islands (Iles Belep)

New Caledonia

Belfast [US Consulate General]

United Kingdom

Belgian Congo

Zaire

Belgrade [US Embassy; US does not

Serbia and Montenegro maintain full diplomatic relations with Serbia and Montenegro]

Belize City [US Embassy]

Belize

Belle Isle, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

Bellingshausen Sea

Pacific Ocean

Belmopan

Belize

Belorussia

Belarus

Bengal, Bay of

Indian Ocean

Bering Sea

Pacific Ocean

Bering Strait

Pacific Ocean

Berkner Island

Antarctica

Berlin [US Branch Office]

Germany

Berlin, East

Germany

Berlin, West

Germany

Bern [US Embassy]

Switzerland

Bessarabia

Romania; Moldova

Bijagos, Arquipelago dos

Guinea-Bissau

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

Bilbao [US Consulate]

Spain

Bioko

Equatorial Guinea

Biscay, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

Bishkek [US Embassy]

Kyrgyzstan

Bishop Rock

United Kingdom

Bismarck Archipelago

Papua New Guinea

Bismarck Sea

Pacific Ocean

Bissau [US Embassy]

Guinea-Bissau

Bjornoya (Bear Island)

Svalbard

Black Rock

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Black Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Bloemfontein

South Africa

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]

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

Bratislava [US Embassy]

Slovakia

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

Belgium to European Union, US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO)]

Bucharest [US Embassy]

Romania

Budapest [US Embassy]

Hungary

Buenos Aires [US Embassy]

Argentina

Bujumbura [US Embassy]

Burundi

Burnt Pine

Norfolk Island

Byelorussia

Belarus

   

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

Canton (Guangzhou)

China

Canton Island

Kiribati

Cape Town [US Consulate General]

South Africa

Caracas [US Embassy]

Venezuela

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

Castries

Saint Lucia

Cato Island

Australia

Cayenne

French Guiana

Cebu [US Consulate General]

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

Charlotte Amalie

Virgin Islands

Chatham Islands

New Zealand

Cheju-do

Korea, South

Cheju Strait

Pacific Ocean

Chengdu [US Consulate General]

China

Chesterfield Islands

New Caledonia (Iles Chesterfield)

Chiang Mai [US Consulate General]

Thailand

Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai)

Pacific Ocean

China, People's Republic of

China

China, Republic of

Taiwan

Chisinau [US Embassy]

Moldova

Choiseul

Solomon Islands

Christmas Island [Indian Ocean]

Australia

Christmas Island [Pacific Ocean]

Kiribati (Kiritimati)

Chukchi Sea

Arctic Ocean

Ciskei

South Africa

Ciudad Juarez [US Consulate General] Mexico

 

Coco, Isla del

Costa Rica

Cocos Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Colombo [US Embassy]

Sri Lanka

Colon, Archipielago de

Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

Commander Islands

Russia (Komandorskiye Ostrova)

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 Maiz)

Nicaragua

Corsica

France

Cosmoledo Group

Seychelles

Cotonou [US Embassy]

Benin

Crete

Greece

Crooked Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Curacao [US Consulate General]

Netherlands Antilles

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic; Slovakia

   

D

 

Dahomey

Benin

Daito 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

Mediterranean Sea

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

Russia [Big Diomede]; United States

 

[Little Diomede]

Diu

India

Djibouti [US Embassy]

Djibouti

Dodecanese

Greece

Dodoma

Tanzania

Doha [US Embassy]

Qatar

Douala [US Consulate closed in

Cameroon September 1993]

Douglas

Man, Isle of

Dover, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

Drake Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Dubai (see Dubayy)

United Arab Emirates

Dubayy [US Consulate General]

United Arab Emirates

Dublin [US Embassy]

Ireland

Durban [US Consulate General]

South Africa

Dushanbe [Embassy]

Tajikistan

Dutch East Indies

Indonesia

Dutch Guiana

Suriname

   

E

 

East China Sea

Pacific Ocean

Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)

Chile

Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait

Pacific Ocean or Tsushima Strait)

East Germany (German Democratic

Germany Republic)

East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel

Pacific Ocean or Tsushima Strait)

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

Essequibo [claimed by Venezuela]

Guyana

Etorofu

Russia [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

Fortaleza [US Consular Agency]

Brazil

Fort-de-France [US Consulate General] Martinique

 

Frankfurt am Main [US

Germany Consulate General]

Franz Josef Land

Russia

Freetown [US Embassy]

Sierra Leone

French Cameroon

Cameroon

French Indochina

Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam

French Guinea

Guinea

French Sudan

Mali

French Territory of the Afars

Djibouti and Issas (F.T.A.I.)

French Togo

Togo

Friendly Islands

Tonga

Frunze (Bishkek)

Kyrgyzstan

Fukuoka [US Consulate]

Japan

Funafuti

Tuvalu

Fundy, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands)

Wallis and Futuna

   

G

 

Gaborone [US Embassy]

Botswana

Galapagos Islands (Archipielago

Ecuador de Colon)

Galleons Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier)

French Polynesia

Gaspar Strait

Pacific Ocean

Geneva [Branch Office of the

Switzerland US Embassy, US Mission to European Office of the UN and Other International Organizations]

Genoa [US Consulate General closed

Italy in June 1993]

George Town [US Consular Agency]

Cayman Islands

Georgetown [US Embassy]

Guyana

German Democratic Republic

Germany (East Germany)

German Federal Republic of

Germany (West Germany)

Gibraltar, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

Gilbert Islands

Kiribati

Goa

India

Gold Coast

Ghana

Golan Heights

Syria

Good Hope, Cape of

South Africa

Goteborg

Sweden

Gotland

Sweden

Gough Island

Saint 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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Grenadines, Southern

Grenada

Grytviken

Georgia

Guadalajara [US Consulate General]

Mexico

Guadalcanal

Solomon Islands

Guadalupe, Isla de

Mexico

Guangzhou [US Consulate General]

China

Guantanamo Bay [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

Russia [de facto]

Hague, The [US Embassy]

Netherlands

Hainan Dao

China

Halifax [US Consulate General]

Canada

Halmahera

Indonesia

Hamburg [US Consulate General]

Germany

Hamilton [US Consulate General]

Bermuda

Hanoi

Vietnam

Harare [US Embassy]

Zimbabwe

Hatay

Turkey

Havana [US post not maintained;

Cuba representation by US Interests Section (USINT) of the Swiss Embassy]

Hawaii

United States

Heard Island

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Helsinki [US Embassy]

Finland

Hermosillo [US Consulate]

Mexico

Hispaniola

Dominican Republic; Haiti

Hokkaido

Japan

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

Horne, Iles de

Wallis and Futuna

Horn of Africa

Ethiopia; Somalia

Hudson Bay

Arctic Ocean

Hudson Strait

Arctic Ocean

   

I

 

Inaccessible Island

Saint Helena

Indochina

Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam

Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol)

China

Ionian Islands

Greece

Ionian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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

Ivory Coast

Cote d'Ivoire

Iwo Jima

Japan

   

J

 

Jakarta [US Embassy]

Indonesia

Jamestown

Saint Helena

Japan, Sea of

Pacific Ocean

Java

Indonesia

Java Sea

Pacific Ocean

Jeddah (see Jiddah)

Saudi Arabia

Jerusalem [US Consulate General]

Israel; West Bank

Jiddah [US Consulate General]

Saudi Arabia

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

Russia (Poluostrov Kamchatka)

Kampala [US Embassy]

Uganda

Kampuchea

Cambodia

Karachi [US Consulate General]

Pakistan

Kara Sea

Arctic Ocean

Karimata Strait

Pacific Ocean

Kathmandu [US Embassy]

Nepal

Kattegat

Atlantic Ocean

Kauai Channel

Pacific Ocean

Keeling Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Kerguelen, Iles

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Kermadec Islands

New Zealand

Khabarovsk

Russia

Khartoum [US Embassy]

Sudan

Khmer Republic

Cambodia

Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria

Oman Muria Islands)

Khyber Pass

Pakistan

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal)

Atlantic Ocean

Kiev [US Embassy]

Ukraine

Kigali [US Embassy closed

Rwanda indefinitely]

Kingston [US Embassy]

Jamaica

Kingston

Norfolk Island

Kingstown

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kinshasa [US Embassy]

Zaire

Kirghiziya

Kyrgyzstan

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

Kishinev (Chisinau)

Moldova

Kithira Strait

Atlantic Ocean

Kodiak Island

United States

Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Poluostrov) Russia

 

Kolonia [US Embassy]

Micronesia, Federated States of

Korea Bay

Pacific Ocean

Korea, Democratic People's

Korea, North Republic of

Korea, Republic of

Korea, South

Korea Strait

Pacific Ocean

Koror [US Liaison Office]

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of

Kosovo

Serbia and Montenegro

Kowloon

Hong Kong

Krakow [US Consulate General]

Poland

Kuala Lumpur [US Embassy]

Malaysia

Kunashiri (Kunashir)

Russia [de facto]

Kuril Islands

Russia [de facto]

Kuwait [US Embassy]

Kuwait

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

Kyushu

Japan

Kyyiv (Kiev)

Ukraine

   

L

 

Labrador

Canada

Laccadive Islands

India

Laccadive Sea

Indian Ocean

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

Lau Group

Fiji

Leipzig [US Consulate General]

Germany

Leningrad (see Saint Petersburg)

Russia

Lesser Sunda Islands

Indonesia

Leyte

Philippines

Liancourt Rocks [claimed by Japan]

Korea, South

Libreville [US Embassy]

Gabon

Ligurian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Lilongwe [US Embassy]

Malawi

Lima [US Embassy]

Peru

Lincoln Sea

Arctic Ocean

Line Islands

Kiribati; Palmyra Atoll

Lisbon [US Embassy]

Portugal

Ljubljana [US Embassy]

Slovenia

Lobamba

Swaziland

Lombok Strait

Indian Ocean

Lome [US Embassy]

Togo

London [US Embassy]

United Kingdom

Longyearbyen

Svalbard

Lord Howe Island

Australia

Louisiade Archipelago

Papua New Guinea

Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)

New Caledonia

Luanda [US Embassy]

Angola

Lusaka [US Embassy]

Zambia

Luxembourg [US Embassy]

Luxembourg

Luzon

Philippines

Luzon Strait

Pacific Ocean

   

M

 

Macao

Macau

Macedonia

The Former Yugoslav Republic

 

of Macedonia

Macquarie Island

Australia

Madeira Islands

Portugal

Madras [US Consulate General]

India

Madrid [US Embassy]

Spain

Magellan, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

Maghreb

Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco,

 

Tunisia

Mahe Island

Seychelles

Maiz, Islas del (Corn Islands)

Nicaragua

Majorca (Mallorca)

Spain

Majuro [US Embassy]

Marshall Islands

Makassar Strait

Pacific Ocean

Malabo [US Embassy]

Equatorial Guinea

Malacca, Strait of

Indian Ocean

Malagasy Republic

Madagascar

Male [US Consular Agency]

Maldives

Mallorca (Majorca)

Spain

Malpelo, Isla de

Colombia

Malta Channel

Mediterranean Sea

Malvinas, Islas

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Mamoutzou

Mayotte

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

Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima)

Japan

Mariana Islands

Guam; Northern Mariana Islands

Marion Island

South Africa

Marmara, Sea of

Mediterranean Sea

Marquesas Islands (Iles Marquises)

French Polynesia

Marseille [US Consulate General]

France

Martin Vaz, Ilhas

Brazil

Mas a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe

Chile Island)

Mascarene Islands

Mauritius; Reunion

Maseru [US Embassy]

Lesotho

Matamoros [US Consulate]

Mexico

Mata-Utu

Wallis and Futuna

Mazatlan [US Consulate closed

Mexico May 1993]

Mbabane [US Embassy]

Swaziland

McDonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Medan [US Consulate]

Indonesia

Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Melbourne [US Consulate General]

Australia

Melilla

Spain

Merida [US Consulate

Mexico

Messina, Strait of

Mediterranean Sea

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

Minsk [US Embassy]

Belarus

Mogadishu [US Liaison Office]

Somalia

Moldavia

Moldova

Mombasa [US Consulate closed

Kenya May 1993]

Mona Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Monrovia [US Embassy]

Liberia

Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Monterrey [US Consulate General]

Mexico

Montevideo [US Embassy]

Uruguay

Montreal [US Consulate General, US

Canada Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)]

Moravian Gate

Czech Republic

Moroni [US Embassy]

Comoros

Mortlock Islands

Micronesia, Federated States of

Moscow [US Embassy]

Russia

Mozambique Channel

Indian Ocean

Munich [US Consulate General]

Germany

Musandam Peninsula

Oman; United Arab Emirates

Muscat [US Embassy]

Oman

Muscat and Oman

Oman

Myanma, Myanmar

Burma

   

N

 

Naha [US Consulate General]

Japan

Nairobi [US Embassy]

Kenya

Nampo-shoto

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis

New Delhi [US Embassy]

India

Newfoundland

Canada

New Guinea

Indonesia; Papua New Guinea

New Hebrides

Vanuatu

New Siberian Islands

Russia

New Territories

Hong Kong

New York, New York [US Mission to

United States the United Nations (USUN)]

Niamey [US Embassy]

Niger

Nicobar Islands

India

Nicosia [US Embassy]

Cyprus

Nightingale Island

Saint Helena

North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

North Channel

Atlantic Ocean

Northeast Providence Channel

Atlantic Ocean

Northern Epirus

Albania; Greece

Northern Grenadines

Saint 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 Passages

Arctic Ocean

North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic)

Yemen

Norwegian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Nouakchott [US Embassy]

Mauritania

Noumea

New Caledonia

Novaya Zemlya

Russia

Nuku'alofa

Tonga

Nuevo Laredo [US Consulate]

Mexico

Nuuk (Godthab)

Greenland

Nyasaland

Malawi

   

O

 

Oahu

United States

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

Oran [US Consulate]

Algeria

Oranjestad

Aruba

Oresund (The Sound)

Atlantic Ocean

Orkney Islands

United Kingdom

Osaka-Kobe [US Consulate General]

Japan

Oslo [US Embassy]

Norway

Otranto, Strait of

Mediterranean Sea

Ottawa [US Embassy]

Canada

Ouagadougou [US Embassy]

Burkina

Outer Mongolia

Mongolia

   

P

 

Pagan

Northern Mariana Islands

Pago Pago

American Samoa

Palau

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory

 

of the

Palawan

Philippines

Palermo [US Consulate General]

Italy

Palk Strait

Indian Ocean

Pamirs

China; Tajikistan

Panama [US Embassy]

Panama

Panama Canal

Panama

Panama, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

Papeete

French Polynesia

Paramaribo [US Embassy]

Suriname

Parece Vela

Japan

Paris [US Embassy, US Mission to the France Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), US Observer Mission at the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)]

 

Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island)

Chile

Passion, Ile de la

Clipperton Island

Pashtunistan

Afghanistan; Pakistan

Peking (Beijing)

China

Pemba Island

Tanzania

Pentland Firth

Atlantic Ocean

Perim

Yemen

Perouse Strait, La

Pacific Ocean

Persian Gulf

Indian Ocean

Perth [US Consulate General]

Australia

Pescadores

Taiwan

Peshawar [US Consulate]

Pakistan

Peter I Island

Antarctica

Philip Island

Norfolk Island

Philippine Sea

Pacific Ocean

Phnom Penh [US Embassy]

Cambodia

Phoenix Islands

Kiribati

Pines, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud) Cuba

 

Pleasant Island

Nauru

Plymouth

Montserrat

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

Porto-Novo

Benin

Portuguese Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Portuguese Timor (East Timor)

Indonesia

Port-Vila

Vanuatu

Poznan [US Consulate General]

Poland

Prague [US Embassy]

Czech Republic

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

Pusan [US Consulate]

Korea, South

P'yongyang

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

Riga [US Embassy]

Latvia

Rio de Janeiro [US Consulate

Brazil General]

Rio de Oro

Western Sahara

Rio Muni

Equatorial Guinea

Riyadh [US Embassy]

Saudi Arabia

Road Town

British Virgin Islands

Robinson Crusoe Island (Mas

Chile a Tierra)

Rocas, Atol das

Brazil

Rockall [disputed]

United Kingdom

Rodrigues

Mauritius

Rome [US Embassy, US Mission to the

Italy UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG)]

Roncador Cay

Colombia

Roosevelt Island

Antarctica

Roseau

Dominica

Ross Dependency [claimed by

Antarctica New Zealand]

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

Saint Brandon

Mauritius

Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint-Denis

Reunion

Saint George's [US Embassy]

Grenada

Saint George's Channel

Atlantic Ocean

Saint Helier

Jersey

Saint John's [US Embassy]

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint Lawrence, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

Saint Lawrence Island

United States

Saint Lawrence Seaway

Atlantic Ocean

Saint Martin

Guadeloupe

Saint Martin (Sint Maarten)

Netherlands Antilles

Saint Paul Island

Canada

Saint Paul Island

United States

Saint Paul Island (Ile Saint-Paul)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks

Brazil (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo)

Saint Peter Port

Guernsey

Saint Petersburg [US Consulate]

Russia

Saint-Pierre

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Saipan

Northern Mariana Islands

Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin)

Russia

Sala y Gomez, Isla

Chile

Salisbury (Harare)

Zimbabwe

Salvador de Bahia [US Consular

Brazil Agency]

Salzburg [US Consulate General]

Austria

Sanaa [US Embassy]

Yemen

San Ambrosio

Chile

San Andres y Providencia,

Colombia Archipielago

San Bernardino Strait

Pacific Ocean

San Felix, Isla

Chile

San Jose [US Embassy]

Costa Rica

San Juan

Puerto Rico

San Luis Potosi [US Consular Agency] Mexico

 

San Marino

San Marino

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 Paulo [US Consulate General]

Brazil

Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de

Brazil

Sao Tome

Sao Tome and Principe

Sapporo [US Consulate General]

Japan

Sapudi Strait

Pacific Ocean

Sarajevo [US Embassy]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Serbia

Serbia and Montenegro

Serrana Bank

Colombia

Serranilla Bank

Colombia

Settlement, The

Christmas Island

Severnaya Zemlya (Northland)

Russia

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-to)

Japan

Siam

Thailand

Sibutu Passage

Pacific Ocean

Sicily

Italy

Sicily, Strait of

Mediterranean Sea

Sikkim

India

Sinai

Egypt

Singapore [US Embassy]

Singapore

Singapore Strait

Pacific Ocean

Sinkiang (Xinjiang)

China

Sint Eustatius

Netherlands Antilles

Sint Maarten (Saint Martin)

Netherlands Antilles

Skagerrak

Atlantic Ocean

Skopje

The Former Yugoslav Republic of

 

Macedonia

Society Islands (Iles de la Societe) French Polynesia

 

Socotra

Yemen

Sofia [US Embassy]

Bulgaria

Solomon Islands, northern

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands, southern

Solomon Islands

Solomon Sea

Pacific Ocean

Songkhla [US Consulate]

Thailand

Sound, The (Oresund)

Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

South China Sea

Pacific Ocean

Southern Grenadines

Grenada

Southern Rhodesia

Zimbabwe

South Georgia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich

 

Islands

South Island

New Zealand

South Korea

Korea, South

South Orkney Islands

Antarctica

South Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich

 

Islands

South Shetland Islands

Antarctica

South Tyrol

Italy

South Vietnam

Vietnam

South-West Africa

Namibia

South Yemen (People's Democratic

Yemen Republic of Yemen)

Soviet Union

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

 

Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,

 

Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,

 

Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,

 

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Spanish Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Spanish Sahara

Western Sahara

Spitsbergen

Svalbard

Stanley

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Stockholm [US Embassy]

Sweden

Strasbourg [US Consulate General]

France

Stuttgart [US Consulate General]

Germany

Suez, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

Sulu Archipelago

Philippines

Sulu Sea

Pacific Ocean

Sumatra

Indonesia

Sumba

Indonesia

Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles)

Indonesia; Malaysia

Sunda Strait

Indian Ocean

Surabaya [US Consulate]

Indonesia

Surigao Strait

Pacific Ocean

Surinam

Suriname

Suva [US Embassy]

Fiji

Swains Island

American Samoa

Swan Islands

Honduras

Sydney [US Consulate General]

Australia

   

T

 

Tahiti

French Polynesia

Taipei

Taiwan

Taiwan Strait

Pacific Ocean

Tallinn [US Embassy]

Estonia

Tanganyika

Tanzania

Tangier

Morocco

Tarawa

Kiribati

Tartar Strait

Pacific Ocean

Tashkent [US Embassy]

Uzbekistan

Tasmania

Australia

Tasman Sea

Pacific Ocean

Taymyr Peninsula (Poluostrov Taymyra) Russia

 

T'bilisi [US Embassy]

Georgia

Tegucigalpa [US Embassy]

Honduras

Tehran [US post not maintained;

Iran representation by Swiss Embassy]

Tel Aviv [US Embassy]

Israel

Terre Adelie (Adelie Land)

Antarctica [claimed by France]

Thailand, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

Thessaloniki [US Consulate General]

Greece

Thimphu

Bhutan

Thurston Island

Antarctica

Tibet (Xizang)

China

Tibilisi (see T'bilisi)

Georgia

Tierra del Fuego

Argentina; Chile

Tijuana [US Consulate General]

Mexico

Timor

Indonesia

Timor Sea

Pacific Ocean

Tinian

Northern Mariana Islands

Tiran, Strait of

Indian Ocean

Tirane [US Embassy]

Albania

Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Tokyo [US Embassy]

Japan

Tonkin, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

Toronto [US Consulate General]

Canada

Torres Strait

Pacific Ocean

Torshavn

Faroe Islands

Toshkent (Tashkent)

Uzbekistan

Transjordan

Jordan

Transkei

South Africa

Transylvania

Romania

Trindade, Ilha de

Brazil

Tripoli [US post not maintained;

Libya representation by Belgian Embassy]

Tristan da Cunha Group

Saint Helena

Trobriand Islands

Papua New Guinea

Trucial States

United Arab Emirates

Truk Islands

Micronesia

Tsugaru Strait

Pacific Ocean

Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu)

French Polynesia

Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai)

French Polynesia

Tunis [US Embassy]

Tunisia

Turin

Italy

Turkish Straits

Mediterranean Sea

Turkmeniya

Turkmenistan

Turks Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Tyrol, South

Italy

Tyrrhenian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

   

U

 

Udorn (Udon Thani) [US Consulate]

Thailand

Ulaanbaatar [US Embassy]

Mongolia

Ullung-do

Korea, South

Unimak Pass [strait]

Pacific Ocean

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

 

Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,

 

Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,

 

Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,

 

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

United Arab Republic

Egypt; Syria

Upper Volta

Burkina

USSR

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

 

Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,

 

Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,

 

Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,

 

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

   

V

 

Vaduz [US post not maintained;

Liechtenstein representation from Zurich, Switzerland]

Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)

Afghanistan

Valletta [US Embassy]

Malta

Valley, The

Anguilla

Vancouver [US Consulate General]

Canada

Vancouver Island

Canada

Van Diemen Strait

Pacific Ocean

Vatican City [US Embassy]

Holy See

Velez de la Gomera, Penon de

Spain

Venda

South Africa

Verde Island Passage

Pacific Ocean

Victoria

Hong Kong

Victoria [US Embassy]

Seychelles

Vienna [US Embassy, US Mission to

Austria International Organizations in Vienna (UNVIE)]

Vientiane [US Embassy]

Laos

Vilnius [US Embassy]

Lithuania

Vladivostok [US Consulate]

Russia

Volcano Islands

Japan

Vostok Island

Kiribati

Vrangelya, Ostrov (Wrangel Island)

Russia

   

W

 

Wakhan Corridor (now Vakhan)

Afghanistan

Wales

United Kingdom

Walvis Bay

Namibia

Warsaw [US Embassy]

Poland

Washington, DC [The Permanent Mission United States of the US to the Organization of American States (OAS)]

 

Weddell Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Wellington [US Embassy]

New Zealand

Western Channel (West Korea Strait)

Pacific Ocean

West Germany (Federal Republic of

Germany Germany)

West Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

West Korea Strait (Western Channel)

Pacific Ocean

West Pakistan

Pakistan

Wetar Strait

Pacific Ocean

White Sea

Arctic Ocean

Willemstad

Netherlands Antilles

Windhoek [US Embassy]

Namibia

Windward Passage

Atlantic Ocean

Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya)

Russia [de facto]

   

Y

 

Yamoussoukro

Cote d'Ivoire

Yaounde [US Embassy]

Cameroon

Yap Islands

Micronesia

Yaren

Nauru

Yellow Sea

Pacific Ocean

Yemen (Aden) [People's Democratic

Yemen Republic of Yemen]

Yemen Arab Republic

Yemen

Yemen, North [Yemen Arab Republic]

Yemen

Yemen (Sanaa) [Yemen Arab Republic]

Yemen

Yemen, People's Democratic

Yemen Republic of

Yemen, South [People's Democratic

Yemen Republic of Yemen]

Yerevan [US Embassy]

Armenia

Youth, Isle of

(Isla de la Juventud) Cuba

Yucatan Channel

Atlantic Ocean

Yugoslavia

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

   

Z

 

Zagreb [US Embassy]

Croatia

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Zurich [US Consulate General]

Switzerland

David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian, University at Buffalo.
Created: 18 February 2000 from data in: CIA World Factbook, 1994.

Last Modified: 10 December 2003
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