Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic
Names
(S Entries)
This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook ‘country’ entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.
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Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic
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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. |
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Name |
Entry in The World Factbook |
Latitude (deg min) |
Longitude (deg min) |
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Saar (region) |
Germany |
49 25 N |
7 00 E |
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Saaremaa (island) |
Estonia |
58 25 N |
22 30 E |
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Saba (island) |
Netherlands Antilles |
17 38 N |
63 10 W |
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Sabah (state) |
Malaysia |
5 20 N |
117 10 E |
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Sable Island |
Canada |
43 55 N |
59 50 W |
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Safety Islands (Iles du Salut) |
French Guiana |
5 20 N |
52 37 W |
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Sahara Occidental (former name for Western Sahara) |
Western Sahara |
24 30 N |
13 00 W |
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Sahel (region) |
Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal |
15 00 N |
8 00 W |
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Saigon (city; former name for Ho Chi Minh City) |
Vietnam |
10 45 N |
106 40 E |
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Saint Barthelemy (Saint Bart’s) (island) |
Guadeloupe |
17 55 N |
62 52 W |
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Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos Shoals) |
Mauritius |
16 25 S |
59 38 E |
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Saint Christopher (island) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
17 20 N |
62 45 W |
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Saint Christopher and Nevis |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
17 20 N |
62 45 W |
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Saint Eustatius (island) |
Netherlands Antilles |
17 30 N |
63 00 W |
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Saint George's (capital) |
Grenada |
12 03 N |
61 45 W |
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Saint George's Channel |
Atlantic Ocean |
52 00 N |
6 00 W |
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Saint Helens, Mount (volcano) |
United States |
46 15 N |
122 12 W |
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Saint Helier (capital) |
Jersey |
49 12 N |
2 37 W |
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Saint John (city) |
Canada (New Brunswick) |
45 16 N |
66 04 W |
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Saint John's (capital) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
17 06 N |
61 51 W |
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Saint Lawrence Island |
United States |
49 30 N |
67 00 W |
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Saint Lawrence Seaway |
Atlantic Ocean |
49 15 N |
67 00 W |
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Saint Lawrence, Gulf of |
Atlantic Ocean |
48 00 N |
62 00 W |
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Saint Paul Island |
Canada |
47 12 N |
60 09 W |
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Saint Paul Island |
United States |
57 11 N |
170 16 W |
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Saint Paul Island (Ile Saint-Paul) |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
38 43 S |
77 29 E |
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo) |
Brazil |
0 23 N |
29 23 W |
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Saint Peter Port (capital) |
Guernsey |
49 27 N |
2 32 W |
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Saint Petersburg (city; former capital) |
Russia |
59 55 N |
30 15 E |
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Saint Thomas (island) |
Virgin Islands |
18 21 N |
64 55 W |
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Saint Vincent Passage |
Atlantic Ocean |
13 30 N |
61 00 W |
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Saint-Denis (capital) |
Reunion |
20 52 S |
55 28 E |
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Saint-Martin (Sint Maarten) (island) |
Guadeloupe |
18 04 N |
63 04 W |
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Saint-Pierre (capital) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
46 46 N |
56 11 W |
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Saipan (island) |
Northern Mariana Islands |
15 12 N |
145 45 E |
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Sak’art’velo (local name for Georgia) |
Georgia |
42 00 N |
43 30 E |
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Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) |
Russia |
51 00 N |
143 00 E |
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Sakishima Islands |
Japan |
24 30 N |
124 00 E |
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Sala y Gomez, Isla (island) |
Chile |
26 28 S |
105 00 W |
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Salisbury (city; former name for Harare) |
Zimbabwe |
17 50 S |
105 00 W |
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Salzburg (city) |
Austria |
47 48 N |
13 02 E |
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Samar (island) |
Philippines |
12 00 N |
125 00 E |
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Samaria (region) |
West Bank |
32 15 N |
35 10 E |
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Samoa Islands |
American Samoa, Samoa |
14 00 S |
171 00 W |
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Samos (island) |
Greece |
37 48 N |
26 44 E |
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San Ambrosio, Isla (island) |
Chile |
26 21 S |
79 52 W |
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San Andres y Providencia, Archipielago (island group) |
Colombia |
13 00 N |
81 30 W |
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San Bernardino Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
12 32 N |
124 10 E |
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San Felix, Isla (island) |
Chile |
26 17 S |
80 05 W |
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San Jose (capital) |
Costa Rica |
9 56 N |
84 05 W |
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San Juan (capital) |
Puerto Rico |
18 28 N |
66 07 W |
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San Marino (capital) |
San Marino |
43 56 N |
12 25 E |
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San Salvador (capital) |
El Salvador |
13 42 N |
89 12 W |
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Sanaa (capital) |
Yemen |
15 21 N |
44 12 E |
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Sandzak (region) |
Yugoslavia |
43 05 N |
19 45 E |
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Santa Cruz (city) |
Bolivia |
17 48 S |
63 10 W |
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Santa Cruz Islands |
Solomon Islands |
11 00 S |
166 15 E |
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Santa Sede (local name for the Holy See) |
Holy See |
41 54 N |
12 27 E |
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Santiago (capital) |
Chile |
33 27 S |
70 40 W |
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Santo Antao (island) |
Cape Verde |
17 05 N |
25 10 W |
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Santo Domingo (capital) |
Dominican Republic |
18 28 N |
69 54 W |
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Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de (rocks) |
Brazil |
0 23 N |
29 23 W |
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Sao Tiago (island) |
Cape Verde |
15 05 N |
23 40 W |
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Sao Tome (island) |
Sao Tome and Principe |
0 12 N |
6 39 E |
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Sapudi Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
7 05 S |
114 10 E |
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Sarajevo (capital) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
43 52 N |
18 25 E |
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Sarawak (state) |
Malaysia |
2 30 N |
113 30 E |
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Sardinia (island) |
Italy |
40 00 N |
9 00 E |
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Sargasso Sea (region) |
Atlantic Ocean |
30 00 N |
55 00 W |
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Sark (island) |
Guernsey |
49 26 N |
2 21 W |
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Savage Island (former name for Niue) |
Niue |
19 02 S |
169 52 W |
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Savu Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
9 30 S |
122 00 E |
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Saxony (region) |
Germany |
51 00 N |
13 00 E |
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Schleswig-Holstein (region) |
Germany |
54 31 N |
9 33 E |
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Schweiz (local German name for Switzerland) |
Switzerland |
47 00 N |
8 00 E |
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Scopus, Mount |
Israel, West Bank |
31 48 N |
35 14 E |
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Scotia Sea |
Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean |
56 00 S |
40 00 W |
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Scotland (region) |
United Kingdom |
57 00 N |
4 00 W |
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Scott Island |
Antarctica |
67 24 S |
179 55 W |
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Senegambia (region; former name of confederation of Senegal and The Gambia) |
The Gambia, Senegal |
13 50 N |
15 25 W |
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Senyavin Islands |
Federated States of Micronesia |
6 55 N |
158 00 E |
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Seoul (capital) |
South Korea |
37 34 N |
127 00 E |
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Serbia and Montenegro |
Yugoslavia |
43 00 N |
21 00 E |
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Serendib (former name for Sri Lanka) |
Sri Lanka |
7 00 N |
81 00 E |
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Serrana Bank (shoal) |
Colombia |
14 25 N |
80 16 W |
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Serranilla Bank (shoal) |
Colombia |
15 51 N |
79 46 W |
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Settlement, The (capital) |
Christmas Island |
18 44 N |
64 19 W |
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Severnaya Zemlya (Northland) (island group) |
Russia |
79 30 N |
98 00 E |
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Shaba (region) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
8 00 S |
27 00 E |
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Shag Island |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
53 00 S |
72 30 E |
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Shag Rocks |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
53 33 S |
42 02 W |
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Shetland Islands |
United Kingdom |
60 30 N |
1 30 W |
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Shikoku (island) |
Japan |
33 45 N |
133 30 E |
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Shikotan (island) |
Russia (de facto) |
43 47 N |
146 45 E |
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Shqiperia (local name for Albania) |
Albania |
41 00 N |
20 00 E |
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Siam (former name for Thailand) |
Thailand |
15 00 N |
100 00 E |
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Siberia (region) |
Russia |
60 00 N |
100 00 E |
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Sibutu Passage |
Pacific Ocean |
4 50 N |
119 35 E |
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Sicily (island) |
Italy |
37 30 N |
14 00 E |
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Sicily, Strait of |
Atlantic Ocean |
37 20 N |
11 20 E |
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Sidra, Gulf of |
Atlantic Ocean |
31 30 N |
18 00 E |
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Sikkim (state) |
India |
27 50 N |
88 30 E |
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Silesia (region) |
Czech Republic, Germany, Poland |
51 00 N |
17 00 E |
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Sinai Peninsula |
Egypt |
29 30 N |
34 00 E |
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Singapore (capital) |
Singapore |
1 17 N |
103 51 E |
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Singapore Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
1 15 N |
104 00 E |
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Sinkiang (Xinjiang) (city) |
China |
42 00 N |
86 00 E |
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Sint Eustatius (island) |
Netherlands Antilles |
17 29 N |
62 58 W |
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Sint Maarten (Saint-Martin) (island) |
Netherlands Antilles |
18 04 N |
63 04 W |
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Sjaelland (island) |
Denmark |
55 30 N |
12 00 E |
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Skagerrak (strait) |
Atlantic Ocean |
57 45 N |
9 00 E |
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Skopje (capital) |
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
41 59 N |
21 26 E |
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Slavonia (region) |
Croatia |
45 27 N |
18 00 E |
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Slovenija (local name for Slovenia) |
Slovenia |
46 00 N |
15 00 E |
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Slovensko (local name for Slovakia) |
Slovakia |
48 40 N |
19 30 E |
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Smyrna (region; former name for Izmir) |
Turkey |
38 25 N |
27 10 E |
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Society Islands (Iles de la Societe) |
French Polynesia |
17 00 S |
150 00 W |
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Socotra (island) |
Yemen |
12 30 N |
54 00 E |
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Sofia (capital) |
Bulgaria |
42 41 N |
23 19 E |
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Solomon Islands, northern |
Papua New Guinea |
6 00 S |
155 00 E |
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Solomon Islands, southern |
Solomon Islands |
8 00 S |
159 00 E |
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Solomon Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
8 00 S |
153 00 E |
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Somaliland (region) |
Somalia |
9 30 N |
46 00 E |
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Somers Islands (former name for Bermuda) |
Bermuda |
32 20 N |
64 45 W |
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Songkhla (city) |
Thailand |
7 12 N |
100 36 E |
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Sound, The (Oresund) (strait) |
Atlantic Ocean |
55 50 N |
12 40 E |
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South Atlantic Ocean |
Atlantic Ocean |
30 00 S |
15 00 W |
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South China Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
10 00 N |
113 00 E |
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South Georgia (island) |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
54 15 S |
36 45 W |
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South Island |
New Zealand |
43 00 S |
171 00 E |
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South Korea |
South Korea |
37 00 N |
127 30 E |
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South Orkney Islands |
Antarctica |
61 00 S |
45 00 W |
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South Ossetia (region) |
Georgia |
42 20 N |
44 00 E |
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South Pacific Ocean |
Pacific Ocean |
30 00 S |
130 00 W |
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South Sandwich Islands |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
57 45 S |
26 30 W |
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South Shetland Islands |
Antarctica |
62 00 S |
59 00 W |
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South Tyrol (region) |
Italy |
46 30 N |
10 30 E |
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South Vietnam (former name for the southern portion of Vietnam) |
Vietnam |
12 00 N |
108 00 E |
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South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) |
Yemen |
14 00 N |
48 00 E |
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Southern Grenadines (island group) |
Grenada |
12 20 N |
61 30 W |
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Southern Rhodesia (former name for Zimbabwe) |
Zimbabwe |
20 00 S |
30 00 E |
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South-West Africa (former name for Namibia) |
Namibia |
22 00 S |
17 00 E |
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Soviet Union (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire) |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
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Spanish Guinea (former name for Equatorial Guinea) |
Equatorial Guinea |
2 00 N |
10 00 E |
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Spanish Morocco (former name for northern Morocco) |
Morocco |
32 00 N |
7 00 W |
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Spanish North Africa (exclaves) |
Spain (Ceuta, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera) |
35 15 N |
4 00 W |
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Spanish Sahara (former name) |
Western Sahara |
24 30 N |
13 00 W |
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Spanish West Africa (former name for Ifni and Spanish Sahara) |
Morocco, Western Sahara |
25 00 N |
13 00 W |
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Spice Islands (Moluccas) |
Indonesia |
2 00 S |
28 00 E |
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Spitsbergen (island) |
Svalbard |
78 00 N |
20 00 E |
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Srbija-Crna Gora (local name for Serbia and Montenegro) |
Yugoslavia |
44 00 N |
21 00 E |
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St. John’s (city) |
Canada (Newfoundland) |
47 34 N |
52 43 W |
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Stanley (capital) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
51 42 S |
57 41 W |
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Stockholm (capital) |
Sweden |
59 20 N |
18 03 E |
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Stuttgart (city) |
Germany |
48 46 N |
9 11 E |
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Sucre (city) |
Bolivia |
19 02 S |
65 17 W |
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Suez Canal |
Egypt |
29 55 N |
32 33 E |
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Suez, Gulf of |
Indian Ocean |
28 10 N |
33 27 E |
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Suisse (local French name for Switzerland) |
Switzerland |
47 00 N |
8 00 E |
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Sulawesi (Celebes) (island) |
Indonesia |
2 00 S |
121 00 E |
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Sulawesi Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
3 00 N |
122 00 E |
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Sulu Archipelago (island group) |
Philippines |
6 00 N |
121 00 E |
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Sulu Sea |
Pacific Ocean |
8 00 N |
120 00 E |
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Sumatra (island) |
Indonesia |
0 00 N |
102 00 E |
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Sumba (island) |
Indonesia |
10 00 S |
120 00 E |
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Sumba Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
9 10 S |
120 00 E |
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Sumbawa (island) |
Indonesia |
8 30 S |
118 00 E |
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Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
2 00 S |
110 00 E |
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Sunda Strait |
Indian Ocean |
6 00 S |
105 45 E |
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Suomi (local name for Finland) |
Finland |
64 00 N |
26 00 E |
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Surigao Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
10 15 N |
125 23 E |
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Surinam (former name for Suriname) |
Suriname |
4 00 N |
56 00 W |
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Suriyah (local name for Syria) |
Syria |
35 00 N |
38 00 E |
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Surtsey (volcanic island) |
Iceland |
63 17 N |
20 40 W |
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Suva (capital) |
Fiji |
18 08 S |
178 25 E |
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Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) (city) |
Russia |
56 50 N |
60 39 E |
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Sverige (local name for Sweden) |
Sweden |
62 00 N |
15 00 E |
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Svizzera (local Italian name for Switzerland) |
Switzerland |
47 00 N |
8 00 E |
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Swains Island |
American Samoa |
11 03 S |
171 15 W |
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Swan Islands |
Honduras |
17 25 S |
83 56 W |
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