The World Factbook (1990)/Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
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Appendix E:
Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
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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 | |