Chapter LI: Appendix: H

Cross-Reference List of Geographic Items

This list indicates where various geographic items - including the location of all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names of countries, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities - can be found in The World Factbook. Spellings are normally, but not always, 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] -- 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 -- Atlantic Ocean

Aegean Islands -- Greece

Aegean Sea -- Atlantic Ocean

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 -- Egypt

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 -- Iraq suspended; US Interests
Section located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad]

Baki (Baku) -- Azerbaijan

Baku [US Embassy] -- Azerbaijan

Baky (Baku) -- Azerbaijan

Balabac Strait -- Pacific Ocean

Balearic Islands -- Spain

Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) -- Atlantic Ocean

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

Basutoland -- Lesotho

Batan Islands -- Philippines

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 -- Palau

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
(USEU), 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 (Kanton Island) -- Kiribati

Cape Town [US Consulate General] -- South Africa

Caracas [US Embassy] -- Venezuela

Cargados Carajos Shoals -- Mauritius

Caroline Islands -- Micronesia, Federated States of;

-- Palau

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] -- 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

Cluj-Napoca [US Branch Office] -- Romania

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 -- 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 -- Russia [Big Diomede]; United States

-- [Little Diomede]

Diu -- India

Djibouti [US Embassy] -- Djibouti

Dodecanese -- Greece

Dodoma -- Tanzania

Doha [US Embassy] -- Qatar

Douala -- Cameroon

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 [US 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 -- 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 -- Italy

George Town [US Consular Agency] -- Cayman Islands

Georgetown [US Embassy] -- Guyana

German Democratic Republic -- Germany (East Germany)

Gibraltar -- Gibraltar

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 -- 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 [US Liaison Office] -- 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 -- 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 -- 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

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

Kanton Island -- Kiribati 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] -- Rwanda

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] -- Palau

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 -- Spain

Lau Group -- Fiji

Lefkosa (Nicosia) -- Cyprus

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 -- Atlantic Ocean

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

Lubumbashi -- Zaire

Lusaka [US Embassy] -- Zambia

Luxembourg [US Embassy] -- Luxembourg

Luzon -- Philippines

Luzon Strait -- Pacific Ocean

M

Macao -- Macau

Macau -- Macau

Macedonia -- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav

-- Republic of

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 -- Atlantic Ocean

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 -- Atlantic Ocean

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 -- Mexico

Mbabane [US Embassy] -- Swaziland

McDonald Islands -- Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Medan [US Consulate General] -- 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

Minsk [US Embassy] -- Belarus

Mogadishu -- Somalia

Moldavia -- Moldova

Mombasa -- Kenya

Mona Passage -- Atlantic Ocean

Monaco -- Monaco

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 -- 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

Nagoya [US Consulate] -- Japan

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 -- 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 -- Atlantic Ocean

Ottawa [US Embassy] -- Canada

Ouagadougou [US Embassy] -- Burkina

Outer Mongolia -- Mongolia

P

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory -- Palau of the

Pagan -- Northern Mariana Islands

Pago Pago -- American Samoa

Palawan -- Philippines

Palermo -- 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 Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), US Observer Mission at the UN
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)] --
France

Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island) -- Chile

Passion, Ile de la -- Clipperton Island

Pashtunistan -- Afghanistan; Pakistan

Peking (Beijing) -- China

Peleliu -- Palau

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 UN Agencies for Food and
Agriculture (FODAG)] -- Italy

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 -- 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 General]

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 -- 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 -- Mexico

San Marino -- San Marino

San Salvador [US Embassy] -- El Salvador

Santa Cruz -- 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 -- Atlantic Ocean

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 [US Liaison Office] -- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav -- Republic of

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 [the former] -- 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

Sucre -- Bolivia

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 General] -- 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 -- Atlantic Ocean

Turkmeniya -- Turkmenistan

Turks Island Passage -- Atlantic Ocean

Tyrol, South -- Italy

Tyrrhenian Sea -- Atlantic Ocean

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,
[the former USSR] -- Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,

-- Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, -- Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, -- Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

United Arab Republic -- Egypt; Syria

Upper Volta -- Burkina

USSR [the former] -- 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 General] -- 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 of the US 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 (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

Yangon (Rangoon) -- Burma

Yaounde [US Embassy] -- Cameroon

Yap Islands -- Micronesia

Yaren -- Nauru

Yekaterinburg [US Consulate General] -- Russia

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 [the former] -- Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; --
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav

-- Republic of; Serbia and Montenegro; -- and Slovenia

Z

Zagreb [US Embassy] -- Croatia

Zanzibar -- Tanzania

Zurich [US Consulate General] -- Switzerland