-
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]
-
Earth
[x]
-
East
USE
Orient
-
East (Far East)
USE
East Asia
-
East (Near East)
USE
Middle East
-
East (U.S.)
[n-usr]
-
East Africa
USE
Africa, East
-
East Africa Protectorate
USE
Kenya
-
East Africa, Portuguese German East Africa
USE
Mozambique
-
East African Horn
USE
Africa, Northeast
-
East Asia
[ae]
UF
Asia, East
East (Far East)
Far East
-
East Berlin
USE
Berlin (Germany)
-
East China Sea
[an]
-
East Germany
USE
Germany (East)
-
East Indies
Assigned code:
[as]
Southeast Asia
UF
Indies, East
-
East Indies
Assigned code:
[az]
South Asia
UF
Indies, East
-
East Pakistan (Pakistan)
USE
Bangladesh
-
East Siberian Region (Russia)
USE
Siberia, Eastern (Russia)
-
East Timor
[a-em]
[Coded [a-pt] (Portuguese Timor) before April 21, 1980; coded [a-io] (Indonesia) from
1980-Sept. 2002]]
UF
Portuguese Timor
Timor, East
Timor, Portuguese
Timor Timur
-
Easter Island
[poea]
UF
Isla de Pascua
Pascua Island
-
Eastern Africa
USE
Africa, Eastern
-
Eastern Australia
[u-ate]
[Coded [u-at] (Australia) before September 2005]
UF
Australia, Eastern
-
Eastern Canada
USE
Canada, Eastern
-
Eastern Europe
USE
Europe, Eastern
-
Eastern Hemisphere
[xa]
-
Eastern Mediterranean
USE
Middle East
-
Eastern Samar (Philippines)
Assigned code:
[a-ph]
Philippines
-
Eastern Siberia (Russia)
USE
Siberia, Eastern (Russia)
-
Economically advanced countries
USE
Developed countries
-
Ecuador
[s-ec]
-
Egypt
[f-ua]
-
Eire
USE
Ireland
-
El Salvador
[nces]
UF
Salvador
-
Ellice Islands
USE
Tuvalu
-
Emerging nations
USE
Developing countries
-
Enderbury and Canton Islands
USE
Canton and Enderbury Islands
-
England
[e-uk-en]
-
English Channel
Assigned code:
[ln]
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Equator
Assigned code:
[w]
Tropics
-
Equatorial Guinea
[f-eg]
UF
Guinea, Equatorial
Guinea, Spanish
Río Muni
Spanish Guinea
-
Eritrea
[f-ea]
[Coded [f-et] (Ethiopia) before Nov. 1993]
-
Estonia
[e-er]
[Coded [e-ur-er] (Estonia) before June 1998]
-
Ethiopia
[f-et]
UF
Abyssinia
-
Eurasia
[me]
UF
Asia and Europe (treated collectively)
Europe and Asia (treated collectively)
-
Europe
[e]
-
Europe and Asia (treated collectively)
USE
Eurasia
-
Europe, Central
[ec]
UF
Central Europe
Europe, East Central
-
Europe, East Central
USE
Europe, Central
-
Europe, Eastern
[ee]
UF
Eastern Europe
Europe, East Central
-
Europe, Northern
[en]
UF
Northern Europe
-
Europe, Southeastern
USE
Balkan Peninsula
-
Europe, Southern
[es]
UF
Southern Europe
-
Europe, Western
[ew]
UF
Western Europe
-
European Economic Community countries
Assigned code:
[e]
Europe
-
European Union countries
Assigned code:
[e]
Europe