-
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)
USE
Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates: Emirate)
-
Abyssinia
USE
Ethiopia
-
Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates: Emirate)
Assigned code:
[a-ts]
United Arab Emirates
UF
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)
-
A.C.T.
USE
Australian Capital Territory
-
Açores
USE
Azores
-
Adamawa (Emirate)
Assigned
codes:
[f-cm]
Cameroon
[f-nr]
Nigeria
-
Aden
Assigned code:
[a-ye]
Yemen (Republic)
-
Aden (Protectorate)
Assigned code:
[a-ye]
Yemen (Republic)
-
Aden, Gulf of
Assigned code:
[mr]
Red Sea
UF
Gulf of Aden
-
Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
Adriatic Sea
Assigned code:
[mm]
Mediterranean Sea
-
Advanced countries
USE
Developed countries
-
Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)
Assigned
codes:
[e-gr]
Greece
[a-tu]
Turkey
UF
Islands of the Aegean
-
Aegean Sea
Assigned
codes:
[e-gr]
Greece
[a-tu]
Turkey
-
Afars and Issas, French Territory of the
USE
Djibouti
-
Afghanistan
[a-af]
-
Africa
[f]
-
Africa, Central
[ fc]
UF
Central Africa
-
Africa, East
Assigned code:
[fe]
Africa, Eastern
UF
British East Africa
East Africa
-
Africa, Eastern
[fe]
UF
Eastern Africa
-
Africa, Equatorial
USE
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
-
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
[fq]
UF
Africa, Equatorial
French Equatorial Africa
French-speaking Equatorial Africa
-
Africa, French-speaking West
Assigned code:
[fw]
Africa, West
UF
French-speaking West Africa
French West Africa
-
Africa, Italian East
USE
Africa, Northeast
-
Africa, North
[ff]
UF
North Africa
-
Africa, Northeast
[fh]
UF
Africa, Italian East
East African Horn
Italian East Africa
Northeast Africa
-
Africa, Northwest
Assigned
codes:
[ff]
Africa, North
[fw]
Africa, West
UF
Northwest Africa
-
Africa, South
USE
South Africa
-
Africa, Southern
[fs]
UF
Southern Africa
-
Africa, Southwest
USE
Namibia
-
Africa, Sub-Saharan
[fb]
UF
Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Africa, West
[fw]
UF
British West Africa
West Africa
-
Alabama
[n-us-al]
-
Alaska
[n-us-ak]
-
Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)
Assigned code:
[pn]
North Pacific Ocean
UF
Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)
-
Albania
[e-aa]
UF
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
-
Alberta
[n-cn-ab]
-
Alderney (Channel Islands)
Assigned code:
[e-uk-ui]
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
-
Algeria
[f-ae]
UF
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
-
Alps
[ea]
-
Amazon River
[sa]
-
America
Assigned
codes:
[n]
North America
[s]
South America
-
America, Central
USE
Central America
-
American Samoa
[poas]
UF
Samoa, American
-
Amur River (China and Russia)
[aa]
UF
Hei Ho (China and Russia)
Heilong Jiang (China and Russia)
Reka Amur (China and Russia)
Sakhalin Ula (China and Russia)
-
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)
Assigned code:
[a-ii]
India
-
Andean Area
USE
Andes
-
Andes
[sn]
UF
Andean Area
-
Andorra
[e-an]
-
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
USE
Sudan
-
Angola
[f-ao]
UF
People's Republic of Angola
Portuguese West Africa
West Africa, Portuguese
-
Anguilla
[nwxa]
[Coded [nwxi] (Saint Kitts and Nevis) before Mar. 1988]
-
Anhui Sheng (China)
[a-cc-an]
UF
Anhwei Province (China)
-
Anhwei Province (China)
USE
Anhui Sheng (China)
-
Antarctic Ocean
[t]
-
Antarctic regions
USE
Antarctica
-
Antarctica
[t]
[Coded also [t-ay] (Antarctica) before Mar. 1988]
UF
Antarctic regions
South Pole
-
Antigua
Assigned code:
[nwaq]
Antigua and Barbuda
-
Antigua and Barbuda
[nwaq]
-
Antilles, Greater
USE
West Indies
-
Antilles, Lesser
[nwla]
UF
Lesser Antilles
-
Appalachian Mountains
[n-usa]
-
Appalachian Mountains, Southern
Assigned code:
[n-usa]
Appalachian Mountains
-
Appalachian Region
Assigned code:
[n-usa]
Appalachian Mountains
-
Aqaba, Gulf of
Assigned code:
[mr]
Red Sea
UF
Gulf of Aqaba
-
Arab Republic of Yemen
USE
Yemen (Republic)
-
Arab countries
[ma]
UF
Arabic countries
-
Arabia
USE
Arabian Peninsula
-
Arabia, Southern
Assigned
codes:
[a-mk]
Oman
[a-ye]
Yemen (Republic)
-
Arabian Peninsula
[ar]
UF
Arabia
-
Arabian Sea
[au]
-
Arabic countries
USE
Arab countries
-
Arafura Sea
Assigned code:
[ps]
South Pacific Ocean
-
Aran Islands (Ireland)
Assigned code:
[e-ie]
Ireland
-
Archipel des Marquises (French Polynesia)
USE
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
-
Arctic Ocean
[r]
-
Arctic regions
[r]
UF
North Pole
-
Argentina
[s-ag]
-
Arizona
[n-us-az]
-
Arkansas
[n-us-ar]
-
Armenia
Assigned code:
[a-ai]
Armenia (Republic)
-
Armenia
Assigned code:
[a-ir]
Iran
-
Armenia
Assigned code:
[a-tu]
Turkey
-
Armenia (Republic)
[a-ai]
[Coded [e-ur-ai] (Armenia (Republic)) before June 1998]
UF
Armenian S.S.R.
-
Armenian S.S.R.
USE
Armenia (Republic)
-
Aruba
[nwaw]
[Coded [nwco] (Curaçao) before Sept. 2002]
-
Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)
[lsai]
-
Ashanti
USE
Ghana
-
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
[u-ac]
-
Asia
[a]
-
Asia Minor
USE
Turkey
-
Asia and Europe (treated collectively)
USE
Eurasia
-
Asia, Central
[ac]
UF
Central Asia
Soviet Central Asia
-
Asia, East
USE
East Asia
-
Asia, South
USE
South Asia
-
Asia, Southeastern
USE
Southeast Asia
-
Asia, Southwestern
USE
Middle East
-
Asia, Western
USE
Middle East
-
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Assigned code:
[n-us]
United States
-
Atlantic Ocean
[l]
-
Atlantic States
Assigned code:
[n-us]
United States
-
Atlantic States, South
USE
South Atlantic States
-
Atlas Mountains
[fa]
-
Austral Islands (French Polynesia)
Assigned code:
[pofp]
French Polynesia
UF
Tubuai Islands (French Polynesia)
-
Australasia
[u]
-
Australia
[u-at]
-
Australia, Central
USE
Central Australia
-
Australia, Eastern
USE
Eastern Australia
-
Australia, Northern
USE
Northern Australia
-
Australia, Western
USE
Western Australia
-
Australian Capital Territory
[u-at-ac]
[Coded [u-at-ne] (New South Wales) before Sept. 2002]
UF
A.C.T.
Federal Capital Territory
-
Austria
[e-au]
-
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
USE
Azad Kashmir
-
Azad Kashmir
Assigned code:
[a-pk]
Pakistan
UF
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir
-
Azerbaijan
[a-aj]
[Coded [e-ur-aj] (Azerbaijan) before June 1998]
UF
Azerbaijan S.S.R.
-
Azerbaijan S.S.R.
USE
Azerbaijan
-
Azores
[lnaz]
UF
Açores
-
Babylonia
Assigned code:
[a-iq]
Iraq
-
Bahamas
[nwbf]
-
Bahrain
[a-ba]
UF
Bahrein
-
Bahrein
USE
Bahrain
-
Balearic Islands (Spain)
Assigned code:
[e-sp]
Spain
-
Balkan Peninsula
[ed]
UF
Europe, Southeastern
Southeastern Europe
-
Baltic Sea
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Baltic States
[eb]
-
Banaba (Kiribati)
Assigned code:
[pokb]
Kiribati
UF
Ocean Island (Kiribati)
-
Bangladesh
[a-bg]
UF
East Pakistan (Pakistan)
-
Banks Islands (Vanuatu)
Assigned code:
[ponn]
Vanuatu
-
Barbados
[nwbb]
-
Barbuda
Assigned code:
[nwaq]
Antigua and Barbuda
-
Barents Sea
Assigned code:
[r]
Arctic Ocean
-
Basutoland
USE
Lesotho
-
Bay of Bengal
USE
Bengal, Bay of
-
Bay of Fundy
USE
Fundy, Bay of
-
Bear Island (Norway)
Assigned code:
[lnsb]
Svalbard (Norway)
UF
Bjørnøya (Norway)
-
Beaufort Sea
Assigned code:
[r]
Arctic Ocean
-
Bechuanaland
USE
Botswana
-
Beijing (China)
[a-cc-pe]
UF
Peiping (China)
Peking (China)
-
Belarus
[e-bw]
[Coded [e-ur-bw] (Belarus) before June 1998]
UF
Belorussian S.S.R.
Byelorussian S.S.R.
White Russia
-
Belau
USE
Palau
-
Belgian Congo
USE
Congo (Democratic Republic)
-
Belgium
[e-be]
-
Belize
[ncbh]
UF
British Honduras
-
Belorussian S.S.R.
USE
Belarus
-
Benelux countries
[el]
UF
Low countries
-
Bengal, Bay of
[ab]
UF
Bay of Bengal
-
Benin
[f-dm]
UF
Dahomey
People's Republic of Benin
-
Bering Sea
Assigned code:
[pn]
North Pacific Ocean
-
Berlin (Germany)
Assigned code:
[e-gx]
Germany
UF
East Berlin
West Berlin
-
Bermuda Islands
[lnbm]
-
Bermuda Triangle
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Bhutan
[a-bt]
-
Biafra
USE
Nigeria
-
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Assigned code:
[poxe]
Marshall Islands
-
Bioco (Equatorial Guinea)
USE
Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
-
Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)
USE
Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
-
Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
Bjørnøya (Norway)
USE
Bear Island (Norway)
-
Black Sea
[mb]
-
Blue Ridge Mountains
Assigned code:
[n-usa]
Appalachian Mountains
-
Bo Hai (China)
[a-ccp]
UF
Bohai (China : Gulf)
Chihli, Gulf of (China)
Po Gulf (China)
Po Hai (China)
-
Bohai (China : Gulf)
USE
Bo Hai (China)
-
Bolivia
[s-bo]
-
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
[nwbn]
[Coded [nwco] (Curaçao) before Sept. 200]
-
Bophuthatswana (South Africa)
Assigned code:
[f-sa]
South Africa
-
Borneo
[a-bn]
-
Bosnia and Hercegovina
[e-bn]
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]
-
Botswana
[f-bs]
UF
Bechuanaland
-
Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
Bouvet Island
[lsbv]
-
Brazil
[s-bl]
-
Brazzaville
USE
Congo (Brazzaville)
-
British Columbia
[n-cn-bc]
-
British Commonwealth countries
USE
Commonwealth countries
-
British Dominions
USE
Commonwealth countries
-
British East Africa
USE
Africa, East
-
British Guiana
USE
Guyana
-
British Honduras
USE
Belize
-
British Indian Ocean Territory
[i-bi]
UF
Chagos Islands
Indian Ocean Territory, British
-
British Isles
Assigned
codes:
[e-uk]
Great Britain
[e-ie]
Ireland
-
British North Borneo
USE
Sabah
-
British Solomon Islands
USE
Solomon Islands
-
British Somaliland
USE
Somalia
-
British Togoland
USE
Togoland (British)
-
British Virgin Islands
[nwvb]
UF
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands (Great Britain)
Virgin Islands (Presidency)
-
British West Africa
USE
Africa, West
-
Brownsea Island (England)
Assigned code:
[e-uk-en]
England
-
Brunei
[a-bx]
-
Bulgaria
[e-bu]
UF
People's Republic of Bulgaria
-
Burkina Faso
[f-uv]
UF
Upper Volta
-
Burma
[a-br]
UF
Myanmar
-
Burundi
[f-bd]
UF
German East Africa
-
Byelorussian S.S.R.
USE
Belarus
-
Byzantine Empire
Assigned code:
[mm]
Mediterranean Region
-
Cabo Verde
USE
Cape Verde
-
Caicos Islands
USE
Turks and Caicos Islands
-
Calf of Man (Isle of Man)
Assigned code:
[e-uk-ui]
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
-
California
[n-us-ca]
-
Cambodia
[a-cb]
UF
Kampuchea
Khmer Republic
-
Cameroon
[f-cm]
UF
Cameroons, French
Cameroons, Southern
Cameroun
French Cameroons
Southern Cameroons
-
Cameroons, French
USE
Cameroon
-
Cameroons, Southern
USE
Cameroon
-
Cameroun
USE
Cameroon
-
Canada
[n-cn]
-
Canada, Eastern
Assigned code:
[n-cn]
Canada
UF
Eastern Canada
-
Canada, Northern
Assigned code:
[n-cn]
Canada
UF
Northern Canada
-
Canada, Western
Assigned code:
[n-cn-bc]
British Columbia
[n-cnp]
Prairie Provinces
UF
Western Canada
-
Canadian Northwest
USE
Northwest, Canadian
-
Canal Zone
[nccz]
UF
Panama Canal Zone
-
Canary Islands
[lnca]
-
Canton and Enderbury Islands
Assigned code:
[pokb]
Kiribati
UF
Enderbury and Canton Islands
-
Cape Verde
[lncv]
UF
Cabo Verde
Republic of Cape Verde
-
Caribbean Area
[cc]
UF
Caribbean Sea Region
Circumcaribbean
-
Caribbean Island Dependencies of the United States
USE
United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands
-
Caribbean Sea
[cc]
-
Caribbean Sea Region
USE
Caribbean Area
-
Caroline Islands
[poci]
-
Carpathian Mountains
Assigned code:
[ee]
Europe, Eastern
-
Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.)
Assigned code:
[u-at-no]
Northern Territory
UF
Gulf of Carpentaria (N.T. and Qld.)
-
Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.)
Assigned code:
[u-at-qn]
Queensland
UF
Gulf of Carpentaria (N.T. and Qld.)
-
Caspian Sea
[ak]
-
Caucasus
[e-urk]
-
Caucasus, Northern (Russia)
[e-urr]
UF
North Caucasus (Russia)
Northern Caucasus (Russia)
-
Cayman Islands
[nwcj]
-
Celebes (Indonesia)
Assigned code:
[a-io]
Indonesia
UF
Sulawesi (Indonesia)
-
Central Africa
USE
Africa, Central
-
Central African Empire
USE
Central African Republic
-
Central African Republic
[f-cx]
UF
Central African Empire
Ubangi Shari
-
Central America
[nc]
UF
America, Central
Middle America
-
Central Asia
USE
Asia, Central
-
Central Australia
[u-atc]
[Coded [u-at] (Australia) before September 2005]
UF
Australia, Central
-
Central Black Earth Region (Russia)
USE
Central Chernozem Region (Russia)
-
Central Black Soil Region (Russia)
USE
Central Chernozem Region (Russia)
-
Central Chernozem Region (Russia)
[e-urc]
UF
Central Black Earth Region (Russia)
Central Black Soil Region (Russia)
-
Central Europe
USE
Europe, Central
-
Ceuta (Spain)
Assigned code:
[f-sh]
Spanish North Africa
-
Ceylon
USE
Sri Lanka
-
Ch'ung-ch'ing shih (China)
USE
Chongqing (China)
-
Chad
[f-cd]
-
Chad, Lake
Assigned code:
[fq]
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
-
Chagos Islands
USE
British Indian Ocean Territory
-
Chang Chiang (China)
USE
Yangtze River (China)
-
Channel Islands
Assigned code:
[e-uk-ui]
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
-
Chekiang Province (China)
USE
Zhejiang Sheng (China)
-
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Assigned
codes:
[n-us-md]
Maryland
[n-us-va]
Virginia
-
Chihli, Gulf of (China)
USE
Bo Hai (China)
-
Chile
[s-cl]
-
China
[a-cc]
UF
Mainland China
People's Republic of China
-
Chishima-retto (Russia)
USE
Russia (Federation)
-
Chongqing (China)
[a-cc-cq]
[Coded [a-cc-sz] (Szechuan Province (China)) before Sept. 2000]
UF
Ch'ung-ch'ing shih (China)
Chungking (China)
-
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
[i-xa]
-
Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)
USE
Kiritimati (Kiribati)
-
Chungking (China)
USE
Chongqing (China)
-
Chuuk (Micronesia)
Assigned code:
[pomi]
Micronesia (Federated States)
UF
Truk (Micronesia)
-
Circumcaribbean
USE
Caribbean Area
-
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
[i-xb]
UF
Keeling Islands
-
Cold regions
[q]
-
Colombia
[s-ck]
-
Colorado
[n-us-co]
-
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Assigned
codes:
[n-mx]
Mexico
[n-usp]
West (U.S.)
-
Colorado River Delta (Mexico)
Assigned code:
[n-mx]
Mexico
-
Commonwealth countries
[b]
UF
British Commonwealth countries
British Dominions
Commonwealth nations
-
Commonwealth nations
USE
Commonwealth countries
-
Commonwealth of Independent States countries
USE
Soviet Union
-
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
USE
Mariana Islands
-
Communauté francaise
USE
French Community
-
Communist countries
Assigned
codes:
[ee]
Europe, Eastern
[e-ur]
Soviet Union
-
Comoro Islands
USE
Comoros
-
Comoros
[i-cq]
UF
Comoro Islands
Îles Comores
-
Confederate States of America
Assigned code:
[n-usu]
Southern States
-
Congo (Brazzaville)
[f-cf]
UF
Brazzaville
French Congo
Middle Congo
-
Congo (Democratic Republic)
[f-cg]
UF
Belgian Congo
Congo (Kinshasa)
Congo (Leopoldville)
Zaire
-
Congo (Kingdom)
USE
Kongo Kingdom
-
Congo (Kinshasa)
USE
Congo (Democratic Republic)
-
Congo (Leopoldville)
USE
Congo (Democratic Republic)
-
Congo River
[fg]
-
Connecticut
[n-us-ct]
-
Cook Islands
[pocw]
-
Coral Sea Islands
[u-cs]
-
Corsica (France)
Assigned code:
[e-fr]
France
-
Costa Rica
[nccr]
-
Côte d'Ivoire
[f-iv]
UF
Ivory Coast
-
Crete (Greece)
Assigned code:
[e-gr]
Greece
-
Croatia
[e-ci]
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]]
UF
People's Republic of Croatia
-
Cuba
[nwcu]
-
Cumberland Mountains
Assigned code:
[n-usu]
Southern States
-
Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles)
[nwco]
-
Cyprus
[a-cy]
-
Czech Republic
[e-xr]
[Coded [e-cs] (Czechoslovakia) before May 1993]
UF
Czech Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)
-
Czech Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)
USE
Czech Republic
-
Czechoslovakia
[e-cs]
[Includes the Czech Republic and Slovakia treated collectively]
-
Faeroe Islands
USE
Faroe Islands
-
Falkland Islands
[lsfk]
UF
Malvinas Islands
-
Far East
USE
East Asia
-
Far East (Russia)
USE
Russian Far East (Russia)
-
Far Eastern Region (Russia)
USE
Russian Far East (Russia)
-
Far West (U.S.)
USE
West (U.S.)
-
Faroe Islands
[lnfa]
UF
Faeroe Islands
-
Federal Capital Territory
USE
Australian Capital Territory
-
Federal German Republic
USE
Germany (West)
-
Federated States of Micronesia
USE
Micronesia (Federated States)
-
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
USE
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
-
Federation of South Arabia
Assigned code:
[a-ye]
Yemen (Republic)
UF
South Arabia, Federation of
-
Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
Assigned code:
[f-eg]
Equatorial Guinea
UF
Bioco (Equatorial Guinea)
Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)
Macias Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)
-
Fiji
[pofj]
-
Finland
[e-fi]
-
First World
USE
Developed countries
-
Florida
[n-us-fl]
-
Former Soviet republics
USE
Soviet Union
-
Former Yugoslav republics
USE
Yugoslavia
-
Formosa
USE
Taiwan
-
France
[e-fr]
-
French Cameroons
USE
Cameroon
-
French Community
[h]
UF
Communauté francaise
French Union
-
French Congo
USE
Congo (Brazzaville)
-
French Equatorial Africa
USE
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
-
French Guiana
[s-fg]
UF
Guiana, French
-
French Guinea
USE
Guinea
-
French India
Assigned code:
[a-ii]
India
UF
India, French
-
French Indochina
USE
Indochina
-
French Morocco
USE
Morocco
-
French Polynesia
[pofp]
UF
Oceania, French
Polynesia, French
-
French Somaliland
USE
Djibouti
-
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
USE
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
-
French Southern Indian Ocean Islands
USE
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
-
French Sudan
USE
Mali
-
French Territory of the Afars and Issas
USE
Djibouti
-
French Togoland
USE
Togo
-
French Union
USE
French Community
-
French West Africa
USE
Africa, French-speaking West
-
French West Indies
USE
West Indies, French
-
French-speaking Equatorial Africa
USE
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
-
French-speaking West Africa
USE
Africa, French-speaking West
-
Friendly Islands
USE
Tonga
-
Froides, Îles
USE
Prince Edward Islands
-
Frostbelt (U.S.)
USE
Snowbelt States
-
Fujian Sheng (China)
[a-cc-fu]
UF
Fukien Province (China)
-
Fukien Province (China)
USE
Fujian Sheng (China)
-
Fundy, Bay of
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
UF
Bay of Fundy
-
Futuna Islands (Wallis and Futuna Islands)
Assigned code:
[powf]
Wallis and Futuna Islands
-
Gabon
[f-go]
-
Galapagos Islands
[pogg]
-
Gambia
[f-gm]
-
Gambier Islands (French Polynesia)
Assigned code:
[pofp]
French Polynesia
-
Gansu Sheng (China)
[a-cc-ka]
UF
Kansu Province (China)
-
Gaza Strip
[awgz]
-
Georges Bank
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Georgia
[n-us-ga]
-
Georgia (Republic)
[a-gs]
[Coded [e-ur-gs] (Georgia (Republic)) before June 1998]
UF
Georgia (Soviet Union)
Georgian S.S.R.
-
Georgia (Soviet Union)
USE
Georgia (Republic)
-
Georgian S.S.R.
USE
Georgia (Republic)
-
German Democratic Republic
USE
Germany (East)
-
German East Africa
USE
Burundi
-
German Federal Republic
USE
Germany (West)
-
Germany
[e-gx]
[For Germany as a whole regardless of time period; includes Germany (East) and Germany
(West) as a whole between 1949 and 1990]]
-
Germany (East)
[e-ge]
[For the eastern part of Germany before 1949 or after 1990 and for the German
Democratic Republic between 1949-1990]]
UF
Democratic German Republic
East Germany
German Democratic Republic
Germany, Eastern
-
Germany (West)
[e-gw]
[For the western part of Germany before 1949 or after 1990 and for the Federal Republic
of Germany between 1949-1990]
UF
Federal German Republic
German Federal Republic
Germany, Western
West Germany
-
Germany, Eastern
USE
Germany (East)
-
Germany, Northern
Assigned code:
[e-gx]
Germany
UF
Northern Germany
-
Germany, Southern
Assigned code:
[e-gx]
Germany
UF
Southern Germany
-
Germany, Western
USE
Germany (West)
-
Ghana
[f-gh]
UF
Ashanti
Gold Coast
-
Ghana (Empire)
Assigned code:
[fw]
Africa, West
-
Gibraltar
[e-gi]
-
Gibraltar, Strait of
Assigned
codes:
[e-gi]
Gibraltar
[mm]
Mediterranean Sea
UF
Strait of Gibraltar
-
Gilbert Islands
USE
Kiribati
-
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
Assigned
codes:
[pokb]
Kiribati
[potv]
Tuvalu
-
Gold Coast
USE
Ghana
-
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Assigned code:
[u-at-qn]
Queensland
-
Great Basin
Assigned code:
[n-usp]
West (U.S.)
-
Great Britain
[e-uk]
UF
United Kingdom
-
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
[e-uk-ui]
UF
Island Dependencies of Great Britain
United Kingdom Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
-
Great Lakes (North America)
[nl]
-
Great Lakes States
USE
Lake States
-
Great Plains
[np]
-
Great Rift Valley
[fr]
UF
Rift Valley
-
Greater Antilles
USE
West Indies
-
Greece
[e-gr]
-
Greenland
[n-gl]
-
Grenada
[nwgd]
-
Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada)
Assigned
codes:
[nwgd]
Grenada
[nwxm]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Assigned code:
[pobp]
Solomon Islands
-
Guadeloupe
[nwgp]
-
Guam
[pogu]
-
Guangdong Sheng (China)
[a-cc-kn]
UF
Kwangtung Province (China)
-
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)
[a-cc-kc]
UF
Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch'ü (China)
Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region
-
Guatemala
[ncgt]
-
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
Assigned code:
[e-uk-ui]
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
-
Guiana, British
USE
Guyana
-
Guiana, Dutch
USE
Suriname
-
Guiana, French
USE
French Guiana
-
Guinea
[f-gv]
UF
French Guinea
Guinea, French
Guinée
Republique de Guinée
-
Guinea, Equatorial
USE
Equatorial Guinea
-
Guinea, French
USE
Guinea
-
Guinea, Gulf of
Assigned code:
[ls]
South Atlantic Ocean
UF
Gulf of Guinea
-
Guinea, Portuguese
USE
Guinea-Bissau
-
Guinea, Spanish
USE
Equatorial Guinea
-
Guinea-Bissau
[f-pg]
UF
Guinea, Portuguese
Portuguese Guinea
-
Guinée
USE
Guinea
-
Guizhou Sheng (China)
[a-cc-kw]
UF
Kweichow Province (China)
-
Gulf States
Assigned code:
[n-usu]
Southern States
-
Gulf of Aden
USE
Aden, Gulf of
-
Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)
USE
Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)
-
Gulf of Aqaba
USE
Aqaba, Gulf of
-
Gulf of Carpentaria (N.T. and Qld.)
USE
Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.)
-
Gulf of Guinea
USE
Guinea, Gulf of
-
Gulf of Mexico
USE
Mexico, Gulf of
-
Gulf of Oman
USE
Oman, Gulf of
-
Gulf of Thailand
USE
Thailand, Gulf of
-
Guyana
[s-gy]
UF
British Guiana
Guiana, British
-
IÀkutskaíà A.S.S.R. (Russia)
USE
Sakha (Russia)
-
Iberian Peninsula
Assigned
codes:
[e-po]
Portugal
[e-sp]
Spain
-
Iceland
[e-ic]
-
Idaho
[n-us-id]
-
Ifni
Assigned code:
[f-mr]
Morocco
-
Îles Comores
USE
Comoros
-
Îles Froides
USE
Prince Edward Islands
-
Îles Kerguélen
USE
Kerguelen Islands
-
Îles Marquises de Mendoça (French Polynesia)
USE
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
-
Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
USE
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
-
Illinois
[n-us-il]
-
India
[a-ii]
-
India, French
USE
French India
-
Indian Ocean
[i]
-
Indian Ocean Islands, French
USE
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
-
Indian Ocean Territory, British
USE
British Indian Ocean Territory
-
Indian Territory
Assigned code:
[n-us-ok]
Oklahoma
-
Indiana
[n-us-in]
-
Indies, East
USE
East Indies
-
Indies, East
USE
East Indies
-
Indies, West
USE
West Indies
-
Indochina
[ai]
UF
French Indochina
-
Indonesia
[a-io]
UF
Sunda Islands, Lesser (Indonesia and East Timor)
Dutch East Indies
Netherlands East Indies
-
Industrialized countries
USE
Developed countries
-
Inner Mongolia (China)
[a-cc-im]
UF
Mongolia (Inner Mongolia)
-
Intercontinental areas (Eastern Hemisphere)
[m]
-
Intercontinental areas (Western Hemisphere)
[c]
-
Iowa
[n-us-ia]
-
Iran
[a-ir]
UF
Persia
-
Iraq
[a-iq]
-
Ireland
[e-ie]
UF
Eire
Ireland (Eire)
Irish Republic
Republic of Ireland
-
Ireland (Eire)
USE
Ireland
-
Ireland, Northern
USE
Northern Ireland
-
Irian Barat (Indonesia)
USE
Papua (Indonesia)
-
Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
USE
Papua (Indonesia)
-
Irish Republic
USE
Ireland
-
Irish Sea
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Isla de Pascua
USE
Easter Island
-
Islamic Empire
Assigned
codes:
[ff]
Africa, North
[aw]
Middle East
[e-sp]
Spain
-
Islamic countries
Assigned
codes:
[f]
Africa
[a]
Asia
-
Island Dependencies of Great Britain
USE
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
-
Island Dependencies of the United States in the Caribbean
USE
United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands
-
Island Dependencies of the United States in the Pacific
USE
United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands
-
Islands of the Aegean
USE
Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)
-
Islands of the Atlantic
Assigned code:
[l]
Atlantic Ocean
-
Islands of the Indian Ocean
Assigned code:
[i]
Indian Ocean
-
Islands of the Mediterranean
Assigned code:
[mm]
Mediterranean Sea
-
Islands of the South China Sea
Assigned code:
[ao]
South China Sea
-
Islas Marquesas de Mendoza (French Polynesia)
USE
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
-
Isle of Man
Assigned code:
[e-uk-ui]
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
UF
Man, Isle of
-
Isle of Wight (England)
Assigned code:
[e-uk-en]
England
UF
Wight, Isle of
-
Israel
[a-is]
-
Italian East Africa
USE
Africa, Northeast
-
Italian Somaliland
USE
Somalia
-
Italy
[e-it]
-
Ivory Coast
USE
Côte d'Ivoire
-
Kalimantan Barat (Indonesia)
Assigned code:
[a-io]
Indonesia
-
Kampuchea
USE
Cambodia
-
Kansas
[n-us-ks]
-
Kansu Province (China)
USE
Gansu Sheng (China) [a-cc-ka]
-
Kashmir
USE
Azad Kashmir
-
Kashmir and Jammu (India)
USE
Jammu and Kashmir (India)
-
Kazakh S.S.R.
USE
Kazakhstan
-
Kazakhstan
[a-kz]
[Coded [e-ur-kz] (Kazakhstan) before June 1998]
UF
Kazakh S.S.R.
Kazakstan
-
Kazakstan
USE
Kazakhstan
-
Keeling Islands
USE
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
-
Kentucky
[n-us-ky]
-
Kenya
[f-ke]
UF
East Africa Protectorate
-
Kerguelen Islands
Assigned code:
[i-fs]
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
UF
Desolation Islands
Îles Kerguélen
-
Kermadec Islands
[poki]
-
Khmer Republic
USE
Cambodia
-
Kiangsi Province (China)
USE
Jiangxi Sheng (China)
-
Kiangsu Province (China)
USE
Jiangsu Sheng (China)
-
Kievan Rus
Assigned
codes:
[e-bw]
Belarus
[e-ru]
Russia (Federation)
[e-un]
Ukraine
-
Kirghiz S.S.R.
USE
Kyrgyzstan
-
Kiribati
[pokb]
[Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) or [poln] (Line Islands) before Mar.
1988]
UF
Gilbert Islands
-
Kirin Province (China)
USE
Jilin Sheng (China)
-
Kiritimati (Kiribati)
Assigned code:
[pokb]
Kiribati
UF
Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)
-
Kongo Kingdom
Assigned
codes:
[f-ao]
Angola
[f-cf]
Congo (Brazzaville)
[f-cg]
Congo (Democratic Republic)
UF
Congo (Kingdom)
-
Korea
[a-kr]
-
Korea (North)
[a-kn]
UF
Korean People's Republic
North Korea
-
Korea (Republic)
USE
Korea (South)
-
Korea (South)
[a-ko]
UF
Korea (Republic)
South Korea
-
Korean People's Republic
USE
Korea (North)
-
Kosovo
[e-kv]
[Coded [e-rb] (Serbia) before May 2008 and [e-yu] (Serbia and Montenegro) before April 2007]
-
Kosrae (Micronesia)
Assigned code:
[pomi]
Micronesia (Federated States)
UF
Kusaie (Micronesia)
-
Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch'ü (China)
USE
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)
-
Kunlun Mountains (China and India)
[a-cck]
UF
Kwenlun Mountains
-
Kuril Islands (Russia)
[e-ru]
[Coded [e-ur-ru] (Russia Federation) before June 1998]
UF
Chishima-retto (Russia)
Kurile Islands (Russia)
Kuril'skie ostrova (Russia)
R.S.F.S.R.
Russian Republic
Russian S.F.S.R.
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
-
Kuril'skie ostrova (Russia)
USE
Russia (Federation)
-
Kurile Islands (Russia)
USE
Russia (Federation)
-
Kusaie (Micronesia)
USE
Kosrae (Micronesia)
-
Kuwait
[a-ku]
-
Kwang Sea
USE
Yellow Sea
-
Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region
USE
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)
-
Kwangtung Province (China)
USE
Guangdong Sheng (China)
-
Kweichow Province (China)
USE
Guizhou Sheng (China)
-
Kwenlun Mountains
USE
Kunlun Mountains (China and India)
-
Kyrgyzstan
[a-kg]
[Coded [e-ur-kg] (Kyrgystan) before June 1998]
UF
Kirghiz S.S.R.
-
Macao
USE
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
-
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
[a-cc-mh]
[Coded [a-mh] (Macao) before May 29, 2000]
UF
Macao
-
Macedonia
Assigned
codes:
[e-bu]
Bulgaria
[e-gr]
Greece
[e-xn]
Macedonia (Republic)]
-
Macedonia (Bulgaria)
Assigned code:
[e-bu]
Bulgaria
-
Macedonia (Greece)
Assigned code:
[e-gr]
Greece
-
Macedonia (Republic)]
[e-xn]
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]
-
Macias Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)
USE
Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
-
Madagascar
[f-mg]
UF
Malagasy Republic
-
Madeira Islands
[lnma]
-
Madura Island (Indonesia)
Assigned code:
[a-io]
Indonesia
-
Maine
[n-us-me]
-
Mainland China
USE
China
-
Malagasy Republic
USE
Madagascar
-
Malawi
[f-mw]
UF
Nyasaland
-
Malay Archipelago
Assigned code:
[as]
Southeast Asia
-
Malay Peninsula
Assigned code:
[a-th]
Thailand
[am]
Malaya
-
Malaya
[am]
-
Malaysia
[a-my]
-
Maldives
[i-xc]
-
Mali
[f-ml]
UF
French Sudan
Sudan, French
-
Mali (Empire)
Assigned code:
[fw]
Africa, West
-
Malta
[e-mm]
-
Maluku (Indonesia)
Assigned code:
[a-io]
Indonesia
UF
Moluccas (Indonesia)
-
Malvinas Islands
USE
Falkland Islands
-
Man, Isle of
USE
Isle of Man
-
Manchuria (China)
Assigned code:
[a-cc]
China
-
Manitoba
[n-cn-mb]
-
Mariana Islands
[poxd]
UF
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
-
Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe)
Assigned code:
[nwgp]
Guadeloupe
-
Maritime Provinces
[n-cnm]
-
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
Assigned code:
[pofp]
French Polynesia
UF
Archipel des Marquises (French Polynesia)
Îles Marquises de Mendoça (French Polynesia)
Islas Marquesas de Mendoza (French Polynesia)
Mendaña (French Polynesia)
-
Mars (Planet)
[zma]
UF
Red Planet
-
Marshall Islands
[poxe]
-
Martinique
[nwmq]
-
Maryland
[n-us-md]
-
Massachusetts
[n-us-ma]
-
Mauritania
[f-mu]
-
Mauritius
[i-mf]
-
Mayotte
[i-my]
[Coded [i-cq] (Comoros) before Mar. 1988]
-
McDonald Island (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Assigned code:
[i-hm]
Heard and McDonald Islands
-
Mediterranean Region
[mm]
-
Mediterranean Region, Eastern
USE
Middle East
-
Mediterranean Sea
[mm]
-
Mekong River
[ag]
UF
Dza-chu
Lan-ts'ang Chiang
Lancang Jiang
Song Tíên Giang
-
Melanesia
[pome]
-
Melilla (Spain)
Assigned code:
[f-sh]
Spanish North Africa
-
Mendaña (French Polynesia)
USE
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
-
Mercury (Planet)
[zme]
-
Mexico
[n-mx]
UF
Middle America
-
Mexico, Gulf of
[nm]
UF
Gulf of Mexico
-
Michigan
[n-us-mi]
-
Micronesia
[pott]
-
Micronesia (Federated States)
[pomi]
[Coded [pott] (Micronesia) before Mar. 1988]
UF
Federated States of Micronesia
-
Middle America
USE
Central America
-
Middle Atlantic States
[n-usl]
UF
Middle States
-
Middle Congo
USE
Congo (Brazzaville)
-
Middle East
[aw]
UF
Asia, Southwestern
Asia, Western
East (Near East)
Eastern Mediterranean
Levant
Mediterranean Region, Eastern
Mideast
Near East
-
Middle States
USE
Middle Atlantic States
-
Middle West
[n-usc]
UF
Midwest
North Central States
-
Mideast
USE
Middle East
-
Midway Islands
[poxf]
-
Midwest
USE
Middle West
-
Mindanao Island (Philippines)
Assigned code:
[a-ph]
Philippines
-
Minnesota
[n-us-mn]
-
Miquelon
Assigned code:
[n-xl]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
-
Mississippi
[n-us-ms]
-
Mississippi River
[n-usm]
-
Missouri
[n-us-mo]
-
Missouri River
[n-uss]
-
Moldavia
Assigned
codes:
[e-mv]
Moldova
[e-rm]
Romania
-
Moldavian S.S.R.
USE
Moldova
-
Moldova
[e-mv]
[Coded [e-ur-mv] (Moldova) before June 1998]
UF
Moldavian S.S.R.
-
Moluccas (Indonesia)
USE
Maluku (Indonesia)
-
Monaco
[e-mc]
-
Mongolia
[a-mp]
UF
Mongolian People's Republic
Outer Mongolia
-
Mongolia (Inner Mongolia)
USE
Inner Mongolia (China)
-
Mongolian People's Republic
USE
Mongolia
-
Montana
[n-us-mt]
-
Montenegro
[e-mo]
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before April 2007]
-
Montserrat
[nwmj]
-
Moon
[zmo]
-
Morocco
[f-mr]
UF
French Morocco
-
Mozambique
[f-mz]
UF
East Africa, Portuguese German East Africa
People's Republic of Mozambique
Portuguese East Africa
-
Muscat and Oman
USE
Oman
-
Myanmar
USE
Burma
-
Namibia
[f-sx]
UF
Africa, Southwest
South-West Africa
-
Nansha Islands
USE
Spratly Islands
-
Nauru
[ponu]
UF
Pleasant Island
-
Near East
USE
Middle East
-
Nebraska
[n-us-nb]
-
Negros Island (Philippines)
Assigned code:
[a-ph]
Philippines
-
Neotropics
USE
Latin America
-
Nepal
[a-np]
-
Neptune (Planet)
[zne]
-
Netherlands
[e-ne]
UF
Holland
-
Netherlands Antilles
[nwna]
UF
Dutch West Indies
Netherlands West Indies
West Indies, Dutch
-
Netherlands East Indies
USE
Indonesia
-
Netherlands West Indies
USE
Netherlands Antilles
-
Nevada
[n-us-nv]
-
Nevis
Assigned code:
[nwxi]
Saint Kitts and Nevis
-
New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
New Brunswick
[n-cn-nk]
-
New Caledonia
[ponl]
-
New England
[n-usn]
-
New France
Assigned code:
[n]
North America
-
New Guinea
[a-nw]
UF
New Guinea Island
-
New Guinea (Territory)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
New Guinea Island
USE
New Guinea
-
New Hampshire
[n-us-nh]
-
New Hebrides
USE
Vanuatu
-
New Ireland Island (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
New Jersey
[n-us-nj]
-
New Mexico
[n-us-nm]
-
New South Wales
[u-at-ne]
-
New York (State)
[n-us-ny]
-
New Zealand
[u-nz]
-
Newfoundland and Labrador
[n-cn-nf]
-
Nicaragua
[ncnq]
-
Niger
[f-ng]
-
Niger River
[fi]
-
Nigeria
[f-nr]
UF
Biafra
-
Nile River
[fl]
-
Ninghsia Province (China)
USE
Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (China)
-
Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
USE
Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (China)
-
Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (China)
[a-cc-nn]
UF
Ninghsia Province (China)
Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
-
Niue
[poxh]
-
Non-Black Earth Region (Russia)
USE
Non-Chernozem Region (Russia)
-
Non-Chernozem Region (Russia)
Assigned code:
[e-ru]
Russia (Federation)
UF
Non-Black Earth Region (Russia)
-
Norfolk Island
Assigned code:
[u-at]
Australia
-
North Africa
USE
Africa, North
-
North America
[n]
-
North Atlantic Ocean
[ln]
-
North Borneo
USE
Sabah
-
North Carolina
[n-us-nc]
-
North Caucasus (Russia)
USE
Caucasus, Northern (Russia)
-
North Central States
USE
Middle West
-
North Dakota
[n-us-nd]
-
North Korea
USE
Korea (North)
-
North Pacific Ocean
[pn]
UF
Pacific Ocean, North
-
North Pole
USE
Arctic regions
-
North Sea
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
North Vietnam
USE
Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
-
Northeast (U.S.)
USE
Northeastern States
-
Northeast Africa
USE
Africa, Northeast
-
Northeast Passage
Assigned code:
[r]
Arctic regions
-
Northeastern States
[n-use]
UF
Northeast (U.S.)
-
Northern Australia
[u-atn]
[Coded [u-at] (Australia) before September 2005]
UF
Australia, Northern
-
Northern Canada
USE
Canada, Northern
-
Northern Caucasus (Russia)
USE
Caucasus, Northern (Russia)
-
Northern Europe
USE
Europe, Northern
-
Northern Germany
USE
Germany, Northern
-
Northern Hemisphere
[xb]
-
Northern Ireland
[e-uk-ni]
UF
Ireland, Northern
-
Northern Mariana Islands
USE
Mariana Islands
-
Northern Rhodesia
USE
Zambia
-
Northern Russia
USE
Russia, Northern
-
Northern Samar (Philippines)
Assigned code:
[a-ph]
Philippines
-
Northern Soviet Union
USE
Russia, Northern
-
Northern Territory
[u-at-no]
-
Northwest (U.S.)
USE
Northwest, Pacific
-
Northwest, Canadian
Assigned code:
[n-cn]
Canada
UF
Canadian Northwest
West (Canada)
-
Northwest, Old
Assigned code:
[n-usc]
Middle West
-
Northwest, Pacific
Assigned code:
[n-cn-bc]
British Columbia
UF
Northwest (U.S.)
Pacific Northwest
-
Northwest, Pacific
Assigned code:
[n-usp]
West (U.S.)
UF
Northwest (U.S.)
Pacific Northwest
-
Northwest Africa
USE
Africa, Northwest
-
Northwest Passage
Assigned code:
[r]
Arctic regions
-
Northwest Territories
[n-cn-nt]
-
Northwestern Soviet Union
USE
Soviet Union, Northwestern
-
Northwestern States
Assigned code:
[n-usp]
West (U.S.)
-
Norway
[e-no]
-
Norwegian Sea
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Nova Scotia
[n-cn-ns]
-
Nunavut
[n-cn-nu]
-
Nyasaland
USE
Malawi
-
Saba (Netherlands Antilles)
[nwsd]
-
Sabah
Assigned code:
[a-my]
Malaysia
UF
British North Borneo
North Borneo
-
Sahara
[fd]
UF
Sahara Desert
-
Sahara Desert
USE
Sahara
-
Sahel
Assigned code:
[f]
Africa
-
Saint Bartholomew
USE
Saint-Barthélemy
-
Saint Barts
USE
Saint-Barthélemy
-
Saint Christopher and Nevis
USE
Saint Kitts and Nevis
-
Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
USE
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
-
Saint Helena
[lsxj]
UF
St. Helena
-
Saint Kitts
Assigned code:
[nwxi]
Saint Kitts and Nevis
-
Saint Kitts and Nevis
[nwxi]
UF
Saint Christopher and Nevis
-
Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
Assigned
codes:
[nwxa]
Anguilla
[nwxi]
Saint Kitts and Nevis
UF
St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
-
Saint Lawrence River
Assigned
codes:
[n-cn]
Canada
[n-us]
United States
-
Saint Lucia
[nwxk]
UF
St. Lucia
-
Saint Martin (West Indies)
[nwst]
UF
Sint Maarten (West Indies)
St. Martin (West Indies)
-
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
[n-xl]
UF
Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
St. Pierre and Miquelon
-
Saint Vincent
Assigned code:
[nwxm]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
UF
St. Vincent
-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[nwxm]
-
Saint-Barthélemy
Assigned code:
[nwgp]
Guadeloupe
UF
Saint Bartholomew
Saint Barts
St. Barthélémy
-
Sakha (Russia)
Assigned code:
[e-ru]
Russia (Federation)
UF
Àkutskaíà A.S.S.R. (Russia)
Yakutia (Russia)
-
Sakhalin Ula (China and Russia)
USE
Amur River (China and Russia)
-
Salvador
USE
El Salvador
-
Salvage Islands (Madeira Islands)
USE
Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)
-
Salvages (Madeira Islands)
USE
Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)
-
Samar (Philippines)
Assigned code:
[a-ph]
Philippines
-
Samoa
[pows]
UF
Western Samoa
-
Samoa (Islands)
USE
Samoan Islands
-
Samoa, American
USE
American Samoa
-
Samoan Islands
[posh]
UF
Samoa (Islands)
-
San Marino
[e-sm]
-
Sandwich Islands, South
USE
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
-
Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)
Assigned code:
[pobp]
Solomon Islands
-
São Thomé e Príncipe
USE
Sao Tome and Principe
-
Sao Tome and Principe
[f-sf]
UF
São Thomé e Príncipe
-
Sarawak
Assigned code:
[a-my]
Malaysia
-
Sardinia (Italy)
Assigned code:
[e-it]
Italy
-
Saskatchewan
[n-cn-sn]
-
Saturn (Planet)
[zsa]
-
Saudi Arabia
[a-su]
-
Scandinavia
[ev]
-
Scotland
[e-uk-st]
-
Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)
Assigned code:
[lnma]
Madeira Islands
UF
Salvage Islands (Madeira Islands)
Salvages (Madeira Islands)
-
Senegal
[f-sg]
-
Serbia
[e-rb]
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before April 2007]
-
Seychelles
[i-se]
-
Shaanxi Sheng (China)
[a-cc-ss]
UF
Shensi Province (China)
-
Shan States
Assigned code:
[a-br]
Burma
-
Shandong Sheng (China)
[a-cc-sp]
UF
Shantung Province (China)
-
Shanghai (China)
[a-cc-sm]
-
Shansi Province (China)
USE
Shanxi Sheng (China)
-
Shantung Province (China)
USE
Shandong Sheng (China)
-
Shanxi Sheng (China)
[a-cc-sh]
UF
Shansi Province (China)
-
Shensi Province (China)
USE
Shaanxi Sheng (China)
-
Shetland (Scotland)
Assigned code:
[e-uk-st]
Scotland
-
Shinnan Islands
USE
Spratly Islands
-
Si Kiang (China)
USE
Xi River (China)
-
Si River (China)
USE
Xi River (China)
-
Siam
USE
Thailand
-
Siam, Gulf of
USE
Thailand, Gulf of
-
Siberia (Russia)
[e-urs]
-
Siberia, Eastern (Russia)
[e-ure]
UF
East Siberian Region (Russia)
Eastern Siberia (Russia)
-
Siberia, Northeastern (Russia)
Assigned code:
[e-urs]
Siberia (Russia)
-
Siberia, Northwestern (Russia)
Assigned code:
[e-urs]
Siberia (Russia)
-
Siberia, Western (Russia)
[e-urw]
UF
Western Siberia (Russia)
-
Sichuan Sheng (China)
[a-cc-sz]
UF
Szechwan Province (China)
-
Sicily (Italy)
Assigned code:
[e-it]
Italy
-
Sierra Leone
[f-sl]
-
Sikkim (India)
Assigned code:
[a-ii]
India
-
Singapore
[a-si]
-
Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China)
USE
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)
-
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
[nweu]
UF
Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
Statia (Netherlands Antilles)
-
Sint Maarten (West Indies)
USE
Saint Martin (West Indies)
-
Skagerrak (Denmark and Norway)
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)
USE
Slovakia
-
Slovakia
[e-xo]
[Coded [e-cs] (Czechoslovakia) before May 1993]
UF
Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)
-
Slovenia
[e-xv]
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]
-
Snowbelt States
Assigned code:
[n-us]
United States
UF
Frostbelt (U.S.)
-
Society Islands (French Polynesia)
Assigned code:
[pofp]
French Polynesia
-
Socotra (Yemen)
Assigned code:
[a-ye]
Yemen (Republic)
UF
Sokotra (Yemen)
-
Sokotra (Yemen)
USE
Socotra (Yemen)
-
Solar system
[zs]
-
Solomon Islands
[pobp]
[Coded also [posn] (Solomon Islands) before Mar. 1988]
UF
British Solomon Islands
-
Somali Republic
USE
Somalia
-
Somalia
[f-so]
UF
British Somaliland
Italian Somaliland
Somali Republic
-
Somaliland, French
USE
Djibouti
-
Song Tíên Giang
USE
Mekong River
-
Songhai Empire
Assigned
codes:
[f-ml]
Mali
[f-ng]
Niger
[f-nr]
Nigeria
-
South Africa
[f-sa]
UF
Africa, South
Union of South Africa
-
South America
[s]
-
South Arabia, Federation of
USE
Federation of South Arabia
-
South Asia
[az]
UF
Asia, South
-
South Atlantic Ocean
[ls]
-
South Atlantic States
Assigned code:
[n-usu]
Southern States
UF
Atlantic States, South
-
South Australia
[u-at-sa]
-
South Carolina
[n-us-sc]
-
South China Sea
[ao]
-
South Dakota
[n-us-sd]
-
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
[lsxs]
[Coded [lsfk] (Falkland Islands) before Oct. 1992]
UF
Sandwich Islands, South
South Sandwich Islands
-
South Korea
USE
Korea (South)
-
South Orkney Islands
Assigned code:
[lsfk]
Falkland Islands
-
South Pole
USE
Antarctica
-
South Sandwich Islands
USE
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
-
South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)
Assigned code:
[t]
Antarctica
-
South Vietnam
USE
Vietnam (Republic)
-
South-West Africa
USE
Namibia
-
Southeast Asia
[as]
UF
Asia, Southeastern
Southeastern Asia
-
Southeastern Asia
USE
Southeast Asia
-
Southeastern Europe
USE
Balkan Peninsula
-
Southern Africa
USE
Africa, Southern
-
Southern Cameroons
USE
Cameroon
-
Southern Europe
USE
Europe, Southern
-
Southern Germany
USE
Germany, Southern
-
Southern Hemisphere
[xc]
-
Southern Rhodesia
USE
Zimbabwe
-
Southern Soviet Union
USE
Soviet Union, Southern
-
Southern States
[n-usu]
-
Southern Yemen
USE
Yemen (Republic)
-
Southwest, New
[n-ust]
-
Southwest, Old
Assigned code:
[n-usu]
Southern States
-
Southwestern States
Assigned
codes:
[n-usu]
Southern States
[n-ust]
Southwest, New
-
Soviet Central Asia
USE
Asia, Central
-
Soviet Far East (Russia)
USE
Russian Far East (Russia)
-
Soviet Union
[e-ur]
UF
Commonwealth of Independent States countries
Former Soviet republics
U.S.S.R.
-
Soviet Union, Northern
USE
Russia, Northern
-
Soviet Union, Northwestern
[e-urn]
UF
Northwestern Soviet Union
-
Soviet Union, Southern
Assigned code:
[e-ur]
Soviet Union
UF
Southern Soviet Union
-
Soviet Union, Western
Assigned code:
[e-ur]
Soviet Union
UF
Western Soviet Union
-
Space, Outer
USE
Outer space
-
Spain
[e-sp]
-
Spanish Guinea
USE
Equatorial Guinea
-
Spanish Main
Assigned code:
[cc]
Caribbean Area
-
Spanish North Africa
[f-sh]
UF
Spanish Territories in Northern Morocco
-
Spanish Sahara
USE
Western Sahara
-
Spanish Territories in Northern Morocco
USE
Spanish North Africa
-
Spitsbergen Island (Norway)
Assigned code:
[lnsb]
Svalbard (Norway)
UF
West Spitsbergen (Norway)
-
Spratly Islands
[aoxp]
UF
Nansha Islands
Shinnan Islands
-
Sri Lanka
[a-ce]
UF
Ceylon
-
St. Barthélémy
USE
Saint-Barthélemy
-
St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
USE
Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
-
St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
USE
Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
-
St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
USE
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
-
St. Helena
USE
Saint Helena
-
St. Lucia
USE
Saint Lucia
-
St. Martin (West Indies)
USE
Saint Martin (West Indies)
-
St. Pierre and Miquelon
USE
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
-
St. Vincent
USE
Saint Vincent
-
Statia (Netherlands Antilles)
USE
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
-
Strait of Gibraltar
USE
Gibraltar, Strait of
-
Straits Settlements
Assigned
codes:
[a-my]
Malaysia
[a-si]
Singapore
-
Sub-Saharan Africa
USE
Africa, Sub-Saharan
-
Sudan
[f-sj]
UF
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
-
Sudan (Region)
[fn]
-
Sudan, French
USE
Mali
-
Suez Canal (Egypt)
[fu]
-
Sulawesi (Indonesia)
USE
Celebes (Indonesia)
-
Sumatra (Indonesia)
Assigned code:
[a-io]
Indonesia
-
Sun
[zsu]
-
Sunbelt States
Assigned
codes:
[n-us-hi]
Hawaii
[n-usu]
Southern States
[n-ust]
Southwest, New
-
Sunda Islands, Lesser (Indonesia and East Timor)
USE
Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia and East Timor)
-
Surinam
USE
Suriname
-
Suriname
[s-sr]
UF
Dutch Guiana
Guiana, Dutch
Surinam
-
Svalbard (Norway)
[lnsb]
-
Swan Islands (Honduras)
[nwsv]
-
Swaziland
[f-sq]
-
Sweden
[e-sw]
-
Switzerland
[e-sz]
-
Syria
[a-sy]
-
Szechwan Province (China)
USE
Sichuan Sheng (China)
-
T.A.A.F.
USE
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
-
Tadzik Soviet Socialist Republic
USE
Tajikistan
-
Taiwan
[a-ch]
UF
Formosa
-
Tajik S.S.R.
USE
Tajikistan
-
Tajikistan
[a-ta]
[Coded [e-ur-ta] (Tajikistan) before June 1998]
UF
Tadzik Soviet Socialist Republic
Tajik S.S.R.
-
Tanganyika
Assigned code:
[f-tz]
Tanzania
-
Tangier (Morocco)
Assigned code:
[f-mr]
Morocco
-
Tanzania
[f-tz]
UF
German East Africa
-
Tasmania
[u-at-tm]
-
Tennessee
[n-us-tn]
-
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
[i-fs]
UF
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
French Southern Indian Ocean Islands
Indian Ocean Islands, French
T.A.A.F.
-
Texas
[n-us-tx]
-
Thailand
[a-th]
UF
Siam
-
Thailand, Gulf of
[af]
UF
Gulf of Thailand
Siam, Gulf of
-
Thian Shan
USE
Tien Shan
-
Third World
USE
Developing countries
-
Tian Shan
USE
Tien Shan
-
Tianjin (China)
[a-cc-tn]
UF
Tientsin (China)
-
Tibesti Mountains
Assigned code:
[f-cd]
Chad
-
Tibesti Mountains
Assigned
codes:
[f-ly]
Libya
[f-ng]
Niger
-
Tibet (China)
[a-cc-ti]
UF
Tibetan Autonomous Region (China)
-
Tibetan Autonomous Region (China)
USE
Tibet (China)
-
Tien Mountains
USE
Tien Shan
-
Tien Shan
[at]
UF
Thian Shan
Tian Shan
Tien Mountains
-
Tientsin (China)
USE
Tianjin (China)
-
Timor, East
USE
East Timor
-
Timor, Portuguese
USE
East Timor
-
Timor Island
Assigned
codes:
[a-em]
East Timor
[a-io]
Indonesia
-
Timor Sea
Assigned code:
[i]
Indian Ocean
-
Timor Timur
USE
East Timor
-
Tobago
Assigned code:
[nwtr]
Trinidad and Tobago
-
Togo
[f-tg]
UF
French Togoland
Togoland (French)
-
Togoland
Assigned
codes:
[f-gh]
Ghana
[f-tg]
Togo
-
Togoland (British)
Assigned code:
[f-gh]
Ghana
UF
British Togoland
-
Togoland (French)
USE
Togo
-
Tokelau
[potl]
UF
Union Islands
-
Tonga
[poto]
UF
Friendly Islands
Tonga Islands
-
Tonga Islands
USE
Tonga
-
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Assigned code:
[u-at-qn]
Queensland
-
Transcaucasia
Assigned
codes:
[a-ai]
Armenia (Republic)
[a-aj]
Azerbaijan
-
Transcaucasia
Assigned code:
[a-gs]
Georgia (Republic)
-
Transjordan
USE
Jordan
-
Trinidad
Assigned code:
[nwtr]
Trinidad and Tobago
-
Trinidad and Tobago
[nwtr]
-
Tristan da Cunha
[lstd]
-
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp]
Papua New Guinea
-
Tropics
[w]
-
Trucial States
USE
United Arab Emirates
-
Truk (Micronesia)
USE
Chuuk (Micronesia)
-
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
USE
Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
-
Tsinghai Province (China)
USE
Qinghai Sheng (China)
-
Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia)
Assigned code:
[pofp]
French Polynesia
-
Tubuai Islands (French Polynesia)
USE
Austral Islands (French Polynesia)
-
Tunisia
[f-ti]
-
Turkey
[a-tu]
UF
Asia Minor
-
Turkmen S.S.R.
USE
Turkmenistan
-
Turkmenistan
[a-tk]
[Coded [e-ur-tk] (Turkmenistan) before June 1998]
UF
Turkmen S.S.R.
-
Turks and Caicos Islands
[nwtc]
UF
Caicos Islands
-
Tuvalu
[potv]
[Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) before Mar. 1988]
UF
Ellice Islands