| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (L 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)
La Paz (capital) | Bolivia | 16 30 S | 68 09 W
La Perouse Strait | Pacific Ocean | 45 45 N | 142 00 E
Labrador (peninsula, region) | Canada | 54 00 N | 62 00 W
Labrador Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 60 00 N | 55 00 W
Laccadive Islands | India | 10 00 N | 73 00 E
Laccadive Sea | Indian Ocean | 7 00 N | 76 00 E
Lagos (capital) | Nigeria | 6 27 N | 3 24 E
Lake Erie | Atlantic Ocean | 42 30 N | 81 00 W
Lake Huron | Atlantic Ocean | 45 00 N | 83 00 W
Lake Michigan | Atlantic Ocean | 43 30 N | 87 30 W
Lake Ontario | Atlantic Ocean | 43 30 N | 78 00 W
Lake Superior | Atlantic Ocean | 48 00 N | 88 00 W
Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands) | India | 10 00 N | 73 00 E
Lantau Island | Hong Kong | 22 15 N | 113 55 E
Lao (local name for Laos) | Laos | 18 00 N | 105 00 E
Laptev Sea | Arctic Ocean | 76 00 N | 126 00 E
Las Palmas (city) | Spain (Canary Islands) | 28 06 N | 15 24 W
Latakia (region) | Syria | 36 00 N | 35 50 E
Latvija (local name for Latvia) | Latvia | 57 00 N | 25 00 E
Lau Group (island group) | Fiji | 18 20 S | 178 30 E
Lefkosa (see Nicosia) | Cyprus | 35 10 N | 33 22 E
Lemnos (island) | Greece | 39 54 N | 25 21 E
Leningrad (see Saint Petersburg) | Russia | 59 55 N | 30 15 E
Lesser Sunda Islands | Indonesia | 9 00 S | 120 00 E
Lesvos (island) | Greece | 39 15 N | 26 15 E
Leyte (island) | Philippines | 10 50 N | 124 50 E
Liancourt Rocks (claimed by Japan) | South Korea | 37 15 N | 131 50 E
Liaodong Wan (gulf) | Pacific Ocean | 40 30 N | 121 20 E
Liban (local name for Lebanon) | Lebanon | 33 50 N | 36 50 E
Libreville (capital) | Gabon | 0 23 N | 9 27 E
Lietuva (local name for Lithuania) | Lithuania | 56 00 N | 24 00 E
Ligurian Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 43 30 N | 9 00 E
Lilongwe (capital) | Malawi | 13 59 S | 33 44 E
Lima (capital) | Peru | 12 03 S | 77 03 W
Lincoln Sea | Arctic Ocean | 83 00 N | 56 00 W
Line Islands | Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll | 0 05 N | 157 00 W
Lion, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 43 20 N | 4 00 E
Lisbon (capital) | Portugal | 38 43 N | 9 08 W
Little Belt (Lille Baelt) (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 55 05 N | 9 55 E
Ljubljana (capital) | Slovenia | 46 03 N | 14 31 E
Llanos (region) | Venezuela | 8 00 N | 68 00 W
Lobamba (city) | Swaziland | 26 27 S | 31 12 E
Lombok (island) | Indonesia | 8 28 S | 116 40 E
Lombok Strait | Indian Ocean | 8 30 S | 115 50 E
Lome (capital) | Togo | 6 08 N | 1 13 E
London (capital) | United Kingdom | 51 30 N | 0 10 W
Longyearbyen (town) | Svalbard | 78 13 N | 15 33 E
Lord Howe Island | Australia | 31 30 S | 159 00 E
Lorraine (region) | France | 48 42 N | 6 11 E
Louisiade Archipelago | Papua New Guinea | 11 00 S | 153 00 E
Lourenco Marques (city) (former name for Maputo) | Mozambique | 25 56 S | 32 34 E
Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute) | New Caledonia | 21 00 S | 167 00 E
Luanda (capital) | Angola | 8 48 S | 13 14 E
Lubnan (local name for Lebanon) | Lebanon | 33 50 N | 36 50 E
Lubumbashi (city) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11 40 S | 27 28 E
Lusaka (capital) | Zambia | 15 25 S | 28 17 E
Luxembourg (capital) | Luxembourg | 49 45 N | 6 10 E
Luzon (island) | Philippines | 16 00 N | 121 00 E
Luzon Strait | Pacific Ocean | 20 30 N | 121 00 E
Lyakhov Islands | Russia | 73 45 N | 138 00 E
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