| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (G Entries) |
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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook ‘country’ entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.

Name | Entry in The World Factbook | Latitude (deg min) | Longitude (deg min)
Gaborone (capital) | Botswana | 24 45 S | 25 55 E
Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon) | Ecuador | 0 00 N | 90 30 W
Galicia (region) | Poland, Ukraine | 49 30 N | 23 00 E
Galicia (region) | Spain | 42 45 N | 8 10 E
Galilee (region) | Israel | 32 54 N | 35 20 E
Galleons Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 11 00 N | 60 55 W
Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) | French Polynesia | 23 09 S | 134 58 W
Gaspar Strait | Pacific Ocean | 3 00 S | 107 00 E
Gdansk (Danzig) (city) | Poland | 54 23 N | 18 40 E
Geneva (city) | Switzerland | 46 12 N | 6 10 E
Genoa (city) | Italy | 44 25 N | 8 57 E
George Town (capital) | Cayman Islands | 19 20 N | 81 23 W
George Town (city) | Malaysia | 5 26 N | 100 16 E
George Town (city) | The Bahamas | 23 30 N | 75 46 W
Georgetown (capital) | Guyana | 6 48 N | 58 10 W
Georgetown (city) | The Gambia | 13 30 N | 14 47 W
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (former name for eastern portion of Germany) | Germany | 52 00 N | 13 00 E
German Southwest Africa (former name for Namibia) | Namibia | 22 00 S | 17 00 E
Germany, Federal Republic of | Germany | 51 00 N | 9 00 E
Gibraltar (city, peninsula) | Gibraltar | 36 11 N | 5 22 W
Gibraltar, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 35 57 N | 5 36 W
Gidi Pass | Egypt | 30 13 N | 33 09 E
Gilbert Islands | Kiribati | 1 25 N | 173 00 E
Goa (state) | India | 14 20 N | 74 00 E
Gobi (desert) | China, Mongolia | 42 30 N | 107 00 E
Godthab (Nuuk) (capital) | Greenland | 64 11 N | 51 44 W
Golan Heights (region) | Syria | 33 00 N | 35 45 E
Gold Coast (former name for Ghana) | Ghana | 8 00 N | 2 00 W
Golfo San Jorge (gulf) | Atlantic Ocean | 46 00 S | 66 00 W
Golfo San Matias (gulf) | Atlantic Ocean | 41 30 S | 64 00 W
Good Hope, Cape of | South Africa | 34 24 S | 18 30 E
Goteborg (city) | Sweden | 57 43 N | 11 58 E
Gotland (island) | Sweden | 57 30 N | 18 33 E
Gough Island | Saint Helena | 40 10 S | 9 45 W
Graham Land (region) | Antarctica | 65 00 S | 64 00 W
Gran Chaco (region) | Argentina, Paraguay | 24 00 S | 60 00 W
Grand Bahama (island) | The Bahamas | 26 40 N | 78 35 W
Grand Banks (fishing ground) | Atlantic Ocean | 47 06 N | 55 48 W
Grand Cayman (island) | Cayman Islands | 19 20 N | 81 20 W
Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) (capital) | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21 28 N | 71 08 W
Great Australian Bight | Indian Ocean | 35 00 S | 130 00 E
Great Belt (Store Baelt) (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 55 30 N | 11 00 E
Great Bitter Lake | Egypt | 30 20 N | 32 23 E
Great Britain (island) | United Kingdom | 54 00 N | 2 00 W
Great Channel | Indian Ocean | 6 25 N | 94 20 E
Great Inagua (island) | The Bahamas | 21 00 N | 73 20 W
Great Rift Valley | Ethiopia, Kenya | 0 30 N | 36 00 E
Greater Sunda Islands | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia | 2 00 S | 110 00 E
Green Islands | Papua New Guinea | 4 30 S | 154 10 E
Greenland Sea | Arctic Ocean | 79 00 N | 5 00 W
Grenadines, Northern (island group) | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13 15 N | 61 12 W
Grenadines, Southern (island group) | Grenada | 12 07 N | 61 40 W
Grytviken (South Georgia) (town) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 54 15 S | 36 45 W
Guadalcanal (island) | Solomon Islands | 9 32 S | 160 12 E
Guadalupe, Isla de (island) | Mexico | 29 11 N | 118 17 W
Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Base) | Cuba | 20 00 N | 75 08 W
Guatemala (capital) | Guatemala | 14 38 N | 90 31 W
Guinea Ecuatorial (local name for Equatorial Guinea) | Equatorial Guinea | 2 00 N | 10 00 E
Guinea, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 3 00 N | 2 30 E
Guine-Bissau (local name for Guinea-Bissau) | Guinea-Bissau | 12 00 N | 15 00 W
Guinee (local name for Guinea) | Guinea | 11 00 N | 10 00 W
Guyane Francaise (local name for French Guiana) | French Guiana | 4 00 N | 53 00 W
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