| Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names (B 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)
Bab el Mandeb (strait) | Indian Ocean | 12 40 N | 43 20 E
Babuyan Channel | Pacific Ocean | 18 44 N | 121 40 E
Babuyan Islands | Philippines | 19 10 N | 121 40 E
Baffin Bay | Arctic Ocean | 73 00 N | 66 00 W
Baffin Island | Canada | 68 00 N | 70 00 W
Baghdad (capital) | Iraq | 33 21 N | 44 25 E
Baki (see Baku) | Azerbaijan | 40 23 N | 49 51 E
Baku (capital) | Azerbaijan | 40 23 N | 49 51 E
Baky (see Baku) | Azerbaijan | 40 23 N | 49 51 E
Balabac Strait | Pacific Ocean | 7 35 N | 117 00 E
Balearic Islands | Spain | 39 30 N | 3 00 E
Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) | Atlantic Ocean | 40 30 N | 2 00 E
Bali (island) | Indonesia | 8 20 S | 115 00 E
Bali Sea | Indian Ocean | 7 45 S | 115 30 E
Balintang Channel | Pacific Ocean | 19 49 N | 121 40 E
Balintang Islands | Philippines | 19 55 N | 122 10 E
Balkan Peninsula | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Yugoslavia | 42 00 N | 23 00 E
Balleny Islands | Antarctica | 67 00 S | 163 00 E
Balochistan (region) | Pakistan | 28 00 N | 63 00 E
Baltic Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 57 00 N | 19 00 E
Bamako (capital) | Mali | 12 39 N | 8 00 W
Banaba (Ocean Island) | Kiribati | 0 52 S | 169 35 E
Banat (region) | Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia | 45 30 N | 21 00 E
Banda Sea | Pacific Ocean | 5 00 S | 128 00 E
Bandar Seri Begawan (capital) | Brunei | 4 52 S | 114 55 E
Bangka (island) | Indonesia | 2 30 S | 106 00 E
Bangkok (capital) | Thailand | 13 45 N | 100 31 E
Bangui (capital) | Central African Republic | 4 22 N | 18 35 E
Banjul (capital) | The Gambia | 13 28 N | 16 39 W
Banks Island | Australia | 10 12 S | 142 16 E
Banks Island | Canada | 75 15 N | 121 30 W
Banks Islands (Iles Banks) | Vanuatu | 14 00 S | 167 30 E
Barbuda (island) | Antigua and Barbuda | 17 38 N | 61 48 W
Barents Sea | Arctic Ocean | 74 00 N | 36 00 E
Barranquilla (city) | Colombia | 10 59 N | 74 48 W
Bashi Channel | Pacific Ocean | 22 00 N | 121 00 E
Basilan Strait | Pacific Ocean | 6 49 N | 122 05 E
Basque Provinces | Spain | 43 00 N | 2 30 W
Bass Strait | Pacific Ocean | 39 20 S | 145 30 E
Basse-Terre (capital) | Guadeloupe | 16 00 N | 61 44 W
Basseterre (capital) | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 18 N | 62 43 W
Bastia (city) | France (Corsica) | 42 42 N | 9 27 E
Basutoland (former name for Lesotho) | Lesotho | 29 30 S | 28 30 E
Batan Islands | Philippines | 20 30 N | 121 50 E
Bavaria (Bayern) (region) | Germany | 48 30 N | 11 30 E
Beagle Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 54 53 S | 68 10 W
Bear Island (see Bjornoya) | Svalbard | 74 26 N | 19 05 E
Beaufort Sea | Arctic Ocean | 73 00 N | 140 00 W
Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana) | Botswana | 22 00 S | 24 00 E
Beijing (capital) | China | 39 56 N | 116 24 E
Beirut (capital) | Lebanon | 33 53 N | 35 30 E
Bekaa Valley | Lebanon | 34 00 N | 36 05 E
Belau (Palau Islands) | Palau | 7 30 N | 134 30 E
Belep Islands (Iles Belep) | New Caledonia | 19 45 S | 163 40 E
Belgian Congo (former name for Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 00 N | 25 00 E
Belgie (local name for Belgium) | Belgium | 50 50 N | 4 00 E
Belgique (local name for Belgium) | Belgium | 50 50 N | 4 00 E
Belgrade (capital) | Yugoslavia | 44 50 N | 20 30 E
Belize City (capital) | Belize | 17 30 N | 88 12 W
Belle Isle, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 51 35 N | 56 30 W
Bellingshausen Sea | Southern Ocean | 71 00 S | 85 00 W
Belmopan (capital) | Belize | 17 15 N | 88 46 W
Belorussia (former name for Belarus) | Belarus | 53 00 N | 28 00 E
Benadir (region; former name of Italian Somaliland) | Somalia | 4 00 N | 46 00 E
Bengal, Bay of | Indian Ocean | 15 00 N | 90 00 E
Berau, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 2 30 S | 132 30 E
Bering Island | Russia | 55 00 N | 166 30 E
Bering Sea | Pacific Ocean | 60 00 N | 175 00 W
Bering Strait | Pacific Ocean | 65 30 N | 169 00 W
Berkner Island | Antarctica | 79 30 S | 49 30 W
Berlin (capital) | Germany | 52 31 N | 13 24 E
Berlin, East (former name for eastern sector of Berlin) | Germany | 52 30 N | 13 33 E
Berlin, West (former name for western sector of Berlin) | Germany | 52 30 N | 12 20 E
Bern (capital) | Switzerland | 46 57 N | 7 26 E
Bessarabia (region) | Moldova, Romania, Ukraine | 47 00 N | 28 30 E
Bharat (local name for India) | India | 20 00 N | 77 00 E
Bhopal (city) | India | 23 16 N | 77 24 E
Biafra (region) | Nigeria | 5 30 N | 7 30 E
Big Diomede Island | Russia | 65 46 N | 169 06 W
Bijagos, Arquipelago dos (island group) | Guinea-Bissau | 11 25 N | 16 20 W
Bikini Atoll | Marshall Islands | 11 35 N | 165 23 E
Bilbao (city) | Spain | 43 15 N | 2 58 W
Bioko (island) | Equatorial Guinea | 3 30 N | 8 42 E
Biscay, Bay of | Atlantic Ocean | 44 00 N | 4 00 W
Bishkek (capital) | Kyrgyzstan | 42 54 N | 74 36 E
Bishop Rock | United Kingdom | 49 52 N | 6 27 W
Bismarck Archipelago (island group) | Papua New Guinea | 5 00 S | 150 00 E
Bismarck Sea | Pacific Ocean | 4 00 S | 148 00 E
Bissau (capital) | Guinea-Bissau | 11 51 N | 15 35 W
Bjornoya (Bear Island) | Svalbard | 74 26 N | 19 05 E
Black Forest (region) | Germany | 48 00 N | 8 15 E
Black Rock (island) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 53 39 S | 41 48 W
Black Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 43 00 N | 35 00 E
Bloemfontein (city, judicial center) | South Africa | 29 12 S | 26 07 E
Bo Hai (gulf) | Pacific Ocean | 38 00 N | 120 00 E
Boa Vista (island) | Cape Verde | 16 05 N | 22 50 W
Bogota (capital) | Colombia | 4 36 N | 74 05 W
Bohemia (region) | Czech Republic | 50 00 N | 14 30 E
Bombay (see Mumbai) | India | 18 58 N | 72 50 E
Bonaire (island) | Netherlands Antilles | 12 10 N | 68 15 W
Bonifacio, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 41 01 N | 14 00 E
Bonin Islands | Japan | 27 00 N | 140 10 E
Bonn (capital) | Germany | 50 44 N | 7 05 E
Bophuthatswana (enclave region) | South Africa | 26 30 S | 25 30 E
Bora-Bora (island) | French Polynesia | 16 30 S | 151 45 W
Bordeaux (city) | France | 44 50 N | 0 34 W
Borneo (island) | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia | 0 30 N | 114 00 E
Bornholm (island) | Denmark | 55 10 N | 15 00 E
Bosna i Hercegovina (local name for Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44 00 N | 18 00 E
Bosnia (political region) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44 00 N | 18 00 E
Bosporus (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 41 00 N | 29 00 E
Bothnia, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 63 00 N | 20 00 E
Bougainville (island) | Papua New Guinea | 6 00 S | 155 00 E
Bougainville Strait | Pacific Ocean | 6 40 S | 156 10 E
Bounty Islands | New Zealand | 47 43 S | 174 00 E
Bourbon Island (former name of Reunion) | Reunion | 21 06 S | 55 36 E
Brasilia (capital) | Brazil | 15 47 S | 47 55 W
Bratislava (capital) | Slovakia | 48 09 N | 17 07 E
Brazzaville (capital) | Republic of the Congo | 4 16 S | 15 17 E
Bridgetown (capital) | Barbados | 13 06 N | 59 37 W
Brisbane (city) | Australia | 27 28 S | 153 02 E
Bristol Bay | Pacific Ocean | 57 00 N | 160 00 W
Bristol Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 51 18 N | 3 30 W
Britain (see Great Britain) | United Kingdom | 54 00 N | 2 00 W
British Bechuanaland (region; former name for northwest South Africa) | South Africa | 27 30 S | 23 30 E
British Central African Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland) | Malawi | 13 30 S | 34 00 E
British East Africa (former name for British possessions in eastern Africa) | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda | 1 00 N | 38 00 E
British Guiana (former name for Guyana) | Guyana | 5 00 N | 59 00 W
British Honduras (former name for Belize) | Belize | 17 15 N | 88 45 W
British Solomon Islands (former name for Solomon Islands) | Solomon Islands | 8 00 S | 159 00 E
British Somaliland (former name for northern Somalia) | Somalia | 10 00 N | 49 00 E
Brussels (capital) | Belgium | 50 50 N | 4 20 E
Bubiyan (island) | Kuwait | 29 47 N | 48 10 E
Bucharest (capital) | Romania | 44 26 N | 26 06 E
Budapest (capital) | Hungary | 47 30 N | 19 05 E
Buenos Aires (capital) | Argentina | 34 36 S | 58 27 W
Bujumbura (capital) | Burundi | 3 23 S | 29 22 E
Bukovina (region) | Romania, Ukraine | 48 00 N | 26 00 E
Byelarus (local name for Belarus) | Belarus | 53 00 N | 28 00 E
Byelorussia (former name for Belarus) | Belarus | 53 00 N | 28 00 E
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