U.S. Board on Geographic Names Gazetteers
Gazetteers prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) contain names and associated information for places and features in various foreign countries and areas. The entries include the standard names approved for official U.S. use by BGN. In addition, the gazetteers show unapproved variant names, evaluation of the quality of the names, designations (cities, mountains, rivers, etc.), latitudes, longitudes, area number (first-order administrative unit, such as province, in which the place or feature is located), UTM grid coordinates, and the map numbers of the Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) sheets on which the names appear or would appear if a JOG covered the area. Country/area names, and spellings of names are current up to the gazetteer's publication date. Figures in parentheses following the country name indicates the approximate number of entries in a gazetteer. Geographic names or their spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political status of an area by the United States Government.
Note: For the entries China (Mainland), China (Republic of), and China (People's Republic of), it should be understood that it is U.S. policy to recognize one China. China (Mainland) and China (Republic of) reflect names of publications issued before the United States recognized China, whose official name is People's Republic of China. The gazetteer China (Republic of) covers the area of Taiwan, recognized by the United States as part of China. The 1990 China gazetteer complements rather than supersedes the 1968 edition. The 1990 edition contains BGN-approved Pinyin spellings of names and any cross-referenced variant spellings. The 1968 edition contains names of many features for which no Pinyin spellings have been approved.
| Country/Area | Date | USGS Stock No. | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviations for Names of Geopolitical Entities and Other Selected Areas of the World | 1992 | 68-ABRVNAMES | 5.00 |
| Afghanistan (50,500) Volume I: A-M Volume II: N-Z |
1992 | 68-AFGHANISV1 68-AFGHANISV2 |
115.00 80.00 |
| Africa & S.W. Asia (Supplement) (3,150) | 1972 | 68-SAFSWA | 15.00 |
| Albania (20,100) | 1992 | 68-ALBANIA | 80.00 |
| Algeria (45,200) | 1972 | 68-ALGERIA | 180.00 |
| Americas (Supplement) (927) | 1971 | 68-SUPAMER | 5.00 |
| Andorra (3,100) | 1981 | 68-ANDORRA | 15.00 |
| Angola (25,500) | 1986 | 68-ANGOLA | 100.00 |
| Antarctica (14,908) | 1989 | 68-ANTARCS | 55.00 |
| Argentina (51,600) Volume I: A:L VolumeII: M-Z |
1992 | 68-ARGENTIV1 68-ARGENTIV2 |
130.00 80.00 |
| Asia (Supplement) (2,075) | 1972 | 68-SUPASIA | 10.00 |
| Australia (62,000) | 1957 | 68-AUSTRL | 240.00 |
| Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania (Supplement) (700) | 1972 | 68-AUSTRLS | 3.35 |
| Austria (27,500) | 1962 | 68-AUSTRIA | 110.00 |
| Bahrain (900) | 1983 | 68-BAHRAIN | 3.35 |
| Bangladesh (33,700) | 1976 | 68-BANGLADESH | 130.00 |
| Belgium (23,850) | 1963 | 68-BELGIUM | 115.00 |
| Belize (2,595) | 1993 | 68-BELIZE | 90.00 |
| Bolivia (33,300) | 1992 | 68-BOLIVIA | 75.00 |
| Bosnia/Herzegovina (10,273) | 1996 | 68-BOSNIAHERZ | 180.00 |
| Brazil (62,500) | 1963 | 68-BRAZIL | 240.00 |
| Brazil (Supplement) (12,000) | 1992 | 68-SUPBRAZIL | 45.00 |
| British Solomon Islands (11,600) and Gilbert and Ellice Islands (850) |
1974 |
68-BSOLOMON |
55.00 |
| British West Indies and Bermuda (19,500) | 1955 | 68-BRWESTIND | 80.00 |
| Bulgaria (26,000) | 1987 | 68-BULGARIA | 100.00 |
| Burma (52,000) | 1966 | 68-BURMA | 200.00 |
| Burundi (3,000) | 1964 | 68-BURUNDI | 15.00 |
| Cambodia (22,000) | 1971 | 68-CAMBODIA | 85.00 |
| Cameroon (18,000) | 1962 | 68-CAMEROON | 75.00 |
| Canada (16,700) | 1953 | 68-CANADA | 70.00 |
| Central African Republic (16,700) | 1962 | 68-AFRICA | 70.00 |
| Chad (16,600) | 1989 | 68-CHAD | 70.00 |
| Chile (39,700) | 1967 | 68-CHILE | 150.00 |
| Chile (Supplement) (6,900) | 1992 | 68-SUPCHILE | 30.00 |
| China, Mainland (Wade-Giles) (108,000) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1968 | 68-CCHINA1 68-CCHINA2 |
220.00 200.00 |
| China, Republic of (Wade-Giles) (25,000) | 1974 | 68-REPCHINA | 100.00 |
| China, People's Republic of (Pinyin) (96,000) Volume I: A-H Volume II: I-R Volume III: S-Z |
1990 | 68-PRCHINAV1 68-PRCHINAV2 68-PRCHINAV3 |
145.00 115.00 145.00 |
| Colombia (27,000) | 1988 | 68-COLOMBIA | 110.00 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (formerly Belgian) (currently Zaire) (30,400) | 1964 | 68-ZAIRE | 120.00 |
| Congo (formerly French) (7,700) | 1962 | 68-CONGOB | 35.00 |
| Conventional Names (780) | 1988 | 68-CONVNAMES | 3.35 |
| Costa Rica (5,500) | 1983 | 68-COST | 30.00 |
| Cuba (45,000) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1991 | 68-CUBAV1 68-CUBAV2 |
100.00 85.00 |
| Czechoslovakia (36,000) | 1955 | 68-CZECHOSL | 145.00 |
| Dahomey (6,250) | 1965 | 68-DAHOMEY | 30.00 |
| Denmark and the Faroe Islands (21,650) | 1990 | 68-DENFARIS | 95.00 |
| Djibouti (6,750) | 1983 | 68-DJIBOUTI | 30.00 |
| Dominican Republic (28,844) | 1994 | 68-DOMREP | 115.00 |
| Ecuador (16,000) | 1987 | 68-ECUADOR | 70.00 |
| Egypt (28,000) | 1987 | 68-EGYPT | 110.00 |
| Egypt (Errata Sheet) | 1987 | 68-EGYPTERRAT | 5.00 |
| El Salvador (7,750) | 1982 | 68-ELSALVADOR | 35.00 |
| Estonia (6,892) | 1996 | 68-ESTONIA | 295.00 |
| Ethiopia (30,500) | 1982 | 68-ETHIOPIA | 120.00 |
| Europe and U.S.S.R. (Supplement) (1,770) | 1971 | 68-SEUUSSR | 8.25 |
| Fiji (13,250), Tonga (950), and Nauru (75) | 1974 | 68-FIJITONG | 60.00 |
| Finland (39,800) | 1962 | 68-FINLAND | 150.00 |
| France (95,000) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1964 | 68-FRANCEV1 68-FRANCEV2 |
220.00 150.00 |
| French Guiana (4,052) | 1993 | 68-FRGUIANA | 15.00 |
| French West Indies (3,250) | 1957 | 68-FRWESTIND | 15.00 |
| Gabon (8,000) | 1962 | 68-GABON | 35.00 |
| Gambia (2,400) | 1968 | 68-GAMBIA | 10.00 |
| German Democratic Republic (40,000) and Berlin (420) Volume I: A-K Volume II: L-Z |
1983 | 68-EGERMANYV1 68-EGERMANYV2 |
85.00 71.35 |
| Ghana (20,000) | 1967 | 68-GHANA | 80.00 |
| Gibraltar (321) | 1984 | 68-GIBRALTAR | 5.00 |
| Greece (35,900) | 1960 | 68-GREECE | 145.00 |
| Greenland (11,000) | 1983 | 68-GREENLAND | 45.00 |
| Guatemala (14,900) | 1984 | 68-GUATEMAL | 60.00 |
| Guinea (12,400) | 1965 | 68-GUINEA | 55.00 |
| Guyana (8,000) | 1993 | 68-GUYANA | 35.00 |
| Haiti (17,855) | 1993 | 68-HAITI | 55.00 |
| Hawaiian Islands (7,250) | 1956 | 68-HAWAII | 35.00 |
| Honduras (22,000) | 1983 | 68-HOND | 85.00 |
| Hong Kong (2,875) and Macao (125) | 1972 | 68-HONGKON | 15.00 |
| Hungary (29,812) | 1993 | 68-HUNGARY | 120.00 |
| Iceland (16,500) | 1961 | 68-ICELAND | 70.00 |
| India (30,650) Volume I: A-J (Bhutan, French India, Jammu and Nepal, Portuguese India, and India) Volume II: (India) |
1952 | 68-INDIAV1 68-INDIAV2 |
60.00 70.00 |
| Indian Ocean Islands (4,000) | 1957 | 68-INDIANO | 12.40 |
| Indonesia (71,000) Volume I: A-M Volume II: N-Z |
1982 | 68-INDONESIV1 68-INDONESIV2 |
150.00 180.00 |
| Iran (83,000) Volume I: A-J Volume II: K-Z |
1984 | 68-IRANV1 68-IRANV2 |
145.00 180.00 |
| Iraq | 1998 | 68-IRAQ | 55.00 |
| Ireland (7,300) | 1950 | 68-IRELAND | 35.00 |
| Israel (7,700) | 1983 | 68-ISRAEL | 40.00 |
| Italy (28,800) | 1956 | 68-ITALY | 115.00 |
| Ivory Coast (17,700) | 1965 | 68-IVORYC | 75.00 |
| Japan (28,700) | 1953 | 68-JAPAN | 115.00 |
| Jordan (13,000) | 1990 | 68-JORDAN | 85.00 |
| Kenya (30,000) | 1978 | 68-KENYA | 115.00 |
| Kosovo (5,184) | 1999 | 68-KOSOVO | 180.00 |
| Kuwait (1,500) | 1986 | 68-KUWAIT | 10.00 |
| Laos (21,000) | 1973 | 68-LAOS | 85.00 |
| Lebanon (37,000) | 1970 | 68-LEBANON | 145.00 |
| Liberia (11,425) | 1997 | 68-LIBERIA | 45.00 |
| Libya (37,500) | 1988 | 68-LIBYA | 150.00 |
| Lithuania (20,825) | 1994 | 68-LITHUANIAV1 | 295.00 |
| Luxembourg (1,300) | 1951 | 68-LUXEMBOU | 10.00 |
| Madagascar (20,000) | 1989 | 68-MALAREP | 80.00 |
| Malawi (10,200) | 1970 | 68-MALAWI | 45.00 |
| Malaysia (60,000) | 1970 | 68-MALAYSIA | 240.00 |
| Mali (17,800) | 1966 | 68-MALI | 80.00 |
| Malta (4,015) | 1994 | 68-MALTA | 15.00 |
| Mauritania (10,000) | 1966 | 68-MAURITAN | 40.00 |
| Mexico (80,200) Volume I: A-I Volume II: J-R Volume III: S-Z |
1992 | 68-MEXICOV1 68-MEXICOV2 68-MEXICOV3 |
120.00 100.00 100.00 |
| Mongolia (18,000) | 1988 | 68-MONGOLIA | 55.00 |
| Morocco (55,000) | 1970 | 68-MOROCCO | 220.00 |
| Mozambique (32,500) | 1969 | 68-MOZAMBIQ | 130.00 |
| Namibia (8,700) | 1988 | 68-NAMIBIA | 40.00 |
| Netherlands (20,900) | 1982 | 68-NETHERLAND | 85.00 |
| Netherlands Antilles (600) | 1952 | 68-NETHERLDAN | 3.35 |
| New Caledonia (5,700) and Wallis and Futuna (250) |
1974 | 68-NCALEDON | 30.00 |
| New Hebrides (4,500) | 1974 | 68-NHEBRIDE | 5.00 |
| New Zealand (18,500) | 1954 | 68-NZEALAND | 75.00 |
| Nicaragua (7,500) | 1985 | 68-NICARAGUA | 35.00 |
| Niger (14,700) | 1966 | 68-NIGER | 60.00 |
| Nigeria (42,000) | 1971 | 68-NIGERIA | 180.00 |
| North Korea (30,000) | 1982 | 68-NKOREA | 115.00 |
| Norway (96,783) Volume I: A-G Volume II: H-M Volume III: N-S Volume IV: T-Z |
1997 | 68-NORWAY1 68-NORWAY2 68-NORWAY3 68-NORWAY4 |
200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 |
| Oman (5,800) | 1983 | 68-OMAN | 30.00 |
| Pakistan (33,600) | 1983 | 68-PAKISTAN | 130.00 |
| Panama (20,000) | 1990 | 68-PANAMA | 75.00 |
| Papua New Guinea (27,700) | 1982 | 68-PAPUANEW | 110.00 |
| Paracel and Spratley Islands (650) | 1987 | 68-PARASPRA | 5.00 |
| Paraguay (4,500) | 1992 | 68-PARAGUAY | 10.00 |
| Peru (24,100) | 1989 | 68-PERU | 95.00 |
| Philippine Islands (51,350) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1989 | 68-PHILIPV1 68-PHILIPV2 |
110.00 95.00 |
| Poland (51,500) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1988 | 68-POLANDV1 68-POLANDV2 |
100.00 100.00 |
| Portugal (25,700) | 1961 | 68-PORTUGAL | 100.00 |
| Portuguese Guinea (8,700) | 1968 | 68-PORTUGG | 40.00 |
| Qatar (1,300) | 1986 | 68-QATAR | 10.00 |
| Rumania (36,500) | 1960 | 68-RUMANIA | 145.00 |
| Rwanda (3,000) | 1964 | 68-RWANDA | 15.00 |
| Saudi Arabia (20,800) | 1978 | 68-SAUDIARAB | 85.00 |
| Senegal (15,000) | 1990 | 68-SENEGAL | 70.00 |
| Sierra Leone (8,800) | 1966 | 68-SIERRAL | 40.00 |
| Singapore (1,152) | 1995 | 68-SINGAPORE | 90.00 |
| Somalia (23,000) | 1987 | 68-SOMALIA | 115.00 |
| South Africa (117,000) Volume I: A-F Volume II: G-L Volume III: M-R Volume IV: S-Z |
1992 | 68-SAFRIV1 68-SAFRIV2 68-SAFRIV3 68-SAFRIV4 | 120.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 |
| South Atlantic Islands (3,750) | 1957 | 68-SATLANTICI | 12.40 |
| Southern Rhodesia (22,500) | 1973 | 68-SRHODESI | 90.00 |
| South Korea (26,500) | 1966 | 68-KOREA | 30.50 |
| South Pacific Islands (5,400) | 1957 | 68-SPACIFI | 30.00 |
| Spain (50,550) | 1961 | 68-SPAIN | 200.00 |
| Spanish Guinea (6,500) | 1962 | 68-SPGUINE | 30.00 |
| Spanish (3,000) | 1969 | 68-SPSAHAR | 15.00 |
| Sri Lanka (36,345) | 1993 | 68-SRILANKA | 115.00 |
| Sudan (25,000) | 1989 | 68-SUDAN | 100.00 |
| Suriname (3,960) | 1993 | 68-SURINAM | |
| Sweden (83,000) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1989 | 68-SWEDENV1 68-SWEDENV2 |
180.00 180.00 |
| Switzerland (3,150) | 1950 | 68-SWITZERLD | 15.00 |
| Syria (29,900) | 1983 | 68-SYRIA | 115.00 |
| Tanzania (16,500) | 1965 | 68-TANZANIA | 70.00 |
| Thailand (45,500) | 1966 | 68-THAILAND | 180.00 |
| Togo (7,000) | 1966 | 68-TOGO | 30.00 |
| Tunisia (23,000) | 1964 | 68-TUNISIA | 90.00 |
| Turkey (71,850) Volume I: A-J Volume II: K-Z |
1984 | 68-TURKEYV1 68-TURKEYV2 |
145.00 150.00 |
| Uganda (11,900) | 1964 | 68-UGANDA | 45.00 |
| Undersea Features (6,700) | 1990 | 68-UNDERSEA | 30.00 |
| United Arab Emirates (4,400) | 1987 | 68-UAE | 30.00 |
| United Kingdom (28,500) | 1950 | 68-UNITEDKING | 115.00 |
| Upper Volta (11,900) | 1965 | 68-UPVOLTA | 45.00 |
| Uruguay (9,440) | 1993 | 68-URUGUAY | 40.00 |
| U.S. Possessions in the Caribbean (8,500) | 1958 | 68-USPOSINCAR | 40.00 |
| U.S.S.R. (400,000) Volume I: A-B Volume II: C-J Volume III: K Volume IV: L-N Volume V: O-R Volume VI: S-T Volume VII: U-Z |
1970 | 68-USSRV1 68-USSRV2 68-USSRV3 68-USSRV4 68-USSRV5 68-USSRV6 68-USSRV7 |
160.00 220.00 240.00 255.00 200.00 260.00 220.00 |
| U.S.S.R. and Europe (Supplement) (1,770) | 1971 | 68-SEUUSSR | 8.25 |
| Venezuela (25,500) Volume I: A-K Volume II: L-Z |
1993 1986 |
68-VENEZUEV1 68-VENEZUEV2 |
45.00 60.00 |
| Vietnam (50,000) Volume I: A-K Volume II: L-Z |
68-VIETNAM1 68-VIETNAM2 |
100.00 100.00 |
|
| West Bank and Gaza Strip (9,500) | 1992 | 68-WESTBGAZA | 40.00 |
| West Germany (129,000) Volume I: A-K Volume II: L-Z |
1960 | 68-WGERMA1 68-WGERMA2 |
255.00 212.45 |
| West Pacific Islands (including Guam) (14,100) | 1957 | 68-WPACIFI | 60.00 |
| Yemen, Arab Republic of (Sana) (7,400) | 1976 | 68-YEMENSANA | 35.00 |
| Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (Aden) (11,800) | 1976 | 68-YEMENADEN | 70.00 |
| Yugoslavia (41,000) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1983 | 68-YUGOSLAVV1 68-YUGOSLAVV2 |
80.00 85.00 |
| Zambia (38,500) Volume I: A-L Volume II: M-Z |
1983 | 68-ZAMBIAV1 68-ZAMBIAV2 |
80.00 75.00 |
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U.S. Board on Geographic Names Publications
| Item | Date | USGS Stock No. |
|---|---|---|
| Romanization Systems and Roman-Script Spelling Conventions | 94 | TBGNROMANGUIDE |
Contains Romanization Systems and Agreements for 29 languages. It also provides standardized Roman-script spellings of those foreign geographic names that are written in non-Roman scripts or in Roman alphabets that contain special letters. Some of the languages included are Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Thai, and others.
This document has undergone official review and approval for publications established by the National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey. Some figures, have been modified or added to improve the scientific visualization of information. The USGS does not endorse any names or products mentioned in this catalog.
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