Place Names with Codes

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates: Emirate)
  USE Abu Zaby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Abu Zaby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)
  Assigned code:
     [a-ts] United Arab Emirates
  UF Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Abyssinia
  USE Ethiopia

Acores
  USE Azores

Adamswa (Emirate)
  Assigned codes:
     [f-cm] Cameroon
     [f-nr] Nigeria

Aden
  Assigned code:
     [a-ye] Yemen
     [Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)) before
     Aug. 1992)

Aden (Protectorate)
  Assigned code:
     [a-ye] Yemen
     [Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)) before
     Aug. 1992]

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

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
  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 R.S.F.S.R.) [aa]
  UF Hei Ho (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
     Hei-lung Chiang (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
     Reka Amur (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
     Sakhalin Ula (China and R.S.F.S.R.)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  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-Nevis) before Mar. 1988]

Anhwei Province (China) [a-cc-an]

Antarctic Ocean [t]

Antarctic regions [t]
  UF Antarctica

Antarctica
  USE Antarctic regions
      [Coded [t-ay, (Antarctica) before Mar. 1988]

Antigua
  Assigned code:
      [nwaq] Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda [nwaq]

Antilles, Greater
  USE West Indies
      [Coded [nwga] (Greater Antilles) before Mar. 1988]

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 countries [ma]
  UF Arabic countries

Arab Republic of Yemen
  USE Yemen

Arabia
  USE Arabian Peninsula

Arabia, Southern
  Assigned codes:
      [a-mk] Oman
      [a-ye] Yemen
          [Includes Yemen (People's Democratic Republic), coded
          [a-ys] before Aug. 1992]

Arabian Peninsula [ar]
  UF Arabia

Arabian Sea [au]

Arabic countries
  USE Arab countries

Arafura Sea
  Assigned code:
      [ps] South Pacific Ocean

Aran Islands
  Assigned code:
      [e-ie] Ireland

Archipel des Marquises
  USE Marquesas Islands

Arctic Ocean [r]

Arctic regions [r]

Argentina [s-ag]

Arizona [n-us-az]

Arkansas [n-us-ar]

Armenia
  Assigned codes:
      [a-ir] Iran
      [e-ur] Soviet Union
      [a-tu] Turkey

Armenian S.S.R. [e-ur-ai]

Aruba
  Assigned code:
      [nwco] Curacao

Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean) [lsai]

Ashanti
  USE Ghana

Ashmore and Cartier Islands [u-ac]

Asia [a]

Asia, Central [ac]
  UF Central Asia

Asia, East
  USE East Asia

Asia, South [az]
  UF South Asia

Asia, Southeastern [as]
  UF Southeast Asia
     Southeastern Asia

Asia, Southwestern
  USE Middle East

Asia, Western
  USE Middle East

Asia and Europe (treated collectively)
  USE Eurasia

Asia Minor
  USE Turkey

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
  USE Tubuai Islands

Australasia [u]

Australia [u-at]

Australian Capital Territory
  Assigned code:
      [u-at-ne] New South Wales
  UF 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 S.S.R. [e-ur-aj]

Azores [lnaz]
  UF Acores

Babylonia
  Assigned code:
      [a-iq] Iraq

Bahamas [nwbf]

Bahrain [a-ba]
  UF Bahrein

Bahrein
  USE Bahrain

Balearic Islsnds
  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
  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
  [Coded [nwbc] (Barbuda) before Mar. 1988]

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 Bjornoya (Norway)

Beaufort Sea
  Assigned code:
      [r] Arctic Ocean

Bechuanaland
  USE Botswana

Beijing (China)
  USE Peking (China)

Belgian Congo
  USE Zaire

Belgium [e-be]

Belize [ncbh]
  UF British Honduras

Belorussian SSR
  USE Byelorussian S.S.R.

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:
     for Berlin as a whole
      [e-gx] Germany
     or for East Berlin
      [e-ge] Germany (East)
     or for West Berlin
      [e-gw] Germany (West)
  UF East Berlin
     West Berlin

Bermuda Islands [lnbm]

Bermuda Triangle
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Bhutan [a-bt]

Biafra
  Assigned code:
      [f-nr] Nigeria
      [Coded [f-by] (Biafra) before Mar. 1988]

Bikini Atoll (Pacific 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

Bjornoya (Norway)
  USE Bear Island (Norway)

Black Sea [mb]

Blue Ridge Mountains
  Assigned code:
      [n-usa] Appalachian Mountains

Bo Hai (China)
  USE Po Hai (China)

Bohai (China)
  USE Po Hai (China)

Bolivia [s-bo]

Bonaire
  Assigned code:
      [nwco] Curacao

Bophuthatswana (South Africa)
  Assigned code:
      [f-sa] South Africa

Borneo [a-bn]

Bosnia and Hercegovina [e-bn]
  [Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Aug. 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
  USE Commonwealth of Nations

British East Africa
  USE Africa, East

British Guiana
  USE Guyana

British Honduras
  USE Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory [i-bi]
  UF 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
  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]

Burundi [f-bd]

Byelorussian S.S.R. [e-ur-bw]
  UF Belorussian SSR
     White Russia

Byzantine Empire
  Assigned code:
      [mm] Mediterranean Region

Cabo Verde
  USE Cape Verde

Caicos Islands
  USE Turks and Caicos Islands

Calf 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 codes:
      [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
  [Coded [pocp] (Canton and Enderbury Islands) before Mar. 1988]

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
  Assigned code:
      [ps] South Pacific Ocean
  UF Gulf of Carpentaria

Caspian Sea [ak]

Caucasus [e-urk]

Caucasus, Northern (R.S.F.S.R.)  [e-urr]
  UF North Caucasus (R.S.F.S.R.)
     Northern Caucasus (R.S.F.S.R.)

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 Black Earth Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Central Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.)

Central Black Soil Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Central Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.)

Central Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.)  [e-urc]
  UF Central Black Earth Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
     Central Black Soil Region (R.S.F.S.R.)

Central Europe  [ec]
  UF Europe, Central
     Europe, East Central

Ceuta (Spain)
  Assigned code:
      [f-sh] Spanish North Africa

Ceylon
  USE Sri Lanka

Chad [f-cd]

Chad, Lake
  Assigned code:
      [fq] Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

Chagos Islands
  Assigned code:
      [i-bi] British Indian Ocean Territory


Ch'ang Chiang (China)
  USE Yangtze River (China)

Channel Islands
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-ui] Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Chekiang Pro-vince (China)  [a-cc-ch]

Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
  Assigned codes:
      [n-us-md] Maryland
      [n-us-va] Virginia

Chihli, Gulf of (China)
  USE Po Hai (China)

Chile [s-cl]

China [a-cc]
  UF Mainland China
     People's Republic of China

Cishima-retto (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Kuril Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) [i-xa]

Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)
  USE Kiritimati (Kiribati)

Chungsha Islands
  Assigned code:
      [a-cc-kn] Kwangtung Province (China)

Circumcaribbean
  USE Caribbean Area
      [Coded [cr] (Circumcaribbean) before Mar. 1988]

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 (Colo.-Mexico)--Delta
  Assigned code:
      [n-mx] Mexico

Columbia River
  Assigned code:
      [n-usp] West (U.S.)

Commonwealth of Nations [b]
  UF British Commonwealth

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  USE Mariana Islands

Communaute francaise
  USE French Community

Communist countries [v]
  UF Iron curtain lands
     Soviet bloc

Comoro Islands
  USE Comoros

Comoros [i-cq]
  UF Comoro Islands
     Iles Comores

Confederate States of America
  Assigned code:
      [n-usu] Southern States

Congo (Brazzaville) [f-cf]
  UF Brazzaville
     French Congo
     Middle Congo

Congo (Democratic Republic)
  USE Zaire

Congo (Kingdom)
  USE Kongo Kingdom

Congo (Kinshasa)
  USE Zaire

Congo (Leopoldville)
  USE Zaire

Congo River [fg]

Connecticut [n-us-ct]

Cook Islands [pocw]

Corsica
  Assigned code:
      [e-fr] France

Costa Rica [nccr]

Cote d'Ivoire
  USE Ivory Coast

Crete
  Assigned code:
      [e-gr] Greece

Croatia [e-ci]
  UF People's Republic of Croatia
  [Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Aug. 1992]

Cuba [nwcu]

Cumberland Mountains
  Assigned code:
      [n-usu] Southern States

Curacao [nwco]

Cyprus [a-cy]

Czech Republic [e-xr]
  UF Czech Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)

Czech Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)
  USE Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia
  Assigned codes:
      [e-cs] Czechoslovakia.  Use [e-cs] for the country of
          Czechoslovakia during the period 1918-1992 and for works
          concerning both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
      [e-xo] Slovakia
      [e-xr] Czech Republic

Dahomey
  USE Benin

Danube River [eo]

Delaware [n-us-de]

Democratic German Republic
  USE Germany (East)

Denmark [e-dk]

D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Papua New Guinea)
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Desolation Islands
  USE Kerguelen Islands

Developing countries [d]
  UF Emerging nations
     Third World
     Underdeveloped areas

Diego Garcia
  Assigned code:
      [i-bi] British Indian Ocean Territory

District of Columbia
  USE Washington (D.C.)

Djibouti [f-ft]
  UF Afars and Issas, French Territory of the
     French Somaliland
     French Territory of the Afars and Issas
     Somaliland, French

Dodecanese
  Assigned code:
      [e-gr] Greece

Dominica [nwdq]

Dominican Republic [nwdr]

Dubai
  USE Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)

Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ts] United Arab Emirates
  UF Dubai

Dutch East Indies
  USE Indonesia

Dutch Guiana
  USE Surinam

Dutch West Indies
  USE Netherlands Antilles

Dza-chu
  USE Mekong River

East
  USE Orient

East (Far East)
  USE East Asia

East (Near East)
  USE Middle East

East Africa
  USE Africa, East

East Africa, Portuguese
  USE Mozambique

East Africa Protectorate
  USE Kenya

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 codes:
[az] Asia, South
[as] Asia, Southeastern
  UF Indies, East

East Pakistan (Pakistan)
  USE Bangladesh

East Siberian Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Siberia, Eastern (R.S.F.S.R.)

East Timor (Indonesia)
  USE Timor Timur (Indonesia)

Easter Island [poea]
  UF Isla de Pascua
     Pascua Island

Eastern Africa
  USE Africa, Eastern

Eastern Canada
  USE Canada, Eastern

Eastern Europe
  USE Europe, Eastern

Eastern Hemisphere [xa]

Eastern Mediterranean
  USE Middle East

Eastern Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Siberia, Eastern (R.S.F.S.R.)

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

Equatorial Guinea [f-eg]
  UF Guinea, Equatorial
     Guinea, Spanish
     Rio Muni
     Spanish Guinea

Eritrea [f-ea]
     [Coded [f-et] (Eritrea (Ethiopia)) before Aug. 1993]

Estonia [e-ur-er]

Ethiopia [f-et]
  UF Abyssinia
     [Prior to Aug. 1993 included the jurisdiction of Eritrea [f-ea]]

Eurasia [me]
  UF Asia and Europe (treated collectively)
     Europe and Asia (treated collectively)

Europe [e]

Europe, Central
  USE Central Europe

Europe, East Central
  USE Central Europe
     Europe, Eastern
     [Coded [et] (Europe, East Central) before Mar. 1988]

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

Europe and Asia (treated collectively)
  USE Eurasia

European Economic Community countries
  Assigned code:
      [e] Europe

Faeroe Islands
  USE Faroe Islands

Falkland Islands [lsfk]
  UF Malvinas Islands

Far East
  USE East Asia

Far Eastern Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Soviet Far East (R.S.F.S.R.)

Far West (U.S.)
  USE West (U.S.)

Faroe Islands [lnfa]
  UF Faeroe Islands

Federal Capital Territory
  USE Australian Capital Territory

Federal German Republic
  USE Germany (West)

Federated States of Micronesia
  USE Micronesia (Federated States)

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  USE Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federation of South Arabia
  USE Yemen

Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
  Assigned code:
      [f-eg] Equatorial Guinea
  UF Bioco (Equatorial Guinea)
     Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)
     Macias Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)

Fiji [pofj]

Finland [e-fi]

Florida [n-us-fl]

Formosa
  UF Taiwan

France [e-fr]

French Cameroons
  USE Cameroon

French Community [h]
  UF Communaute francaise
     French Union

French Congo
  USE Congo (Brazzaville)

French Equatorial Africa
  USE Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

French Guiana [s-fg]

French Guinea
  USE Guinea

French India
  Assigned code:
      [a-ii] India
  UF India, French
French Indochina
  USE Indochina

French Morocco
  USE Morocco

French Polynesia [pofp]
  UF Oceania, French
     Polynesia, French

French Somaliland
  USE Djibouti

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  USE Terres australes et antarctiques francaises

French Southern Indian Ocean Islands
  USE Terres australes et antarctiques francaises

French-speaking Equatorial Africa
  USE Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

French-speaking West Africa
  USE Africa, French-speaking West

French Sudan
  USE Mali

French Territory of the Afars and Issas
  USE Djibouti

French Togoland
  USE Togo

French Union
  USE French Community

French West Africa
  USE Africa, French-speaking West

French West Indies
  USE West Indies, French

Friendly Islands
  USE Tonga

Froides, Iles
  USE Prince Edward Islands

Frostbelt (U.S.)
  USE Snowbelt States

Fukien Province (China) [a-cc-fu]

Fundy, Bay of
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean
  UF Bay of Fundy

Futuna Island
  Assigned code:
      [powf] Wallis and Futuna Islands

Gabon [f-go]

Galapagos Islands [pogg]

Gambia [f-gm]

Gambier Islands
  Assigned code:
      [pofp] French Polynesia

Gaza Strip [awgz]

Georges Bank
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Georgia [n-us-ga]

Georgia (Soviet Union)
  USE Georgian S.S.R.

Georgian S.S.R. [e-ur-gs]
  UF Georgia (Soviet Union)

German Democratic Republic
  USE Germany (East)

German East Africa
  USE Tanzania

German Federal Republic
  USE Germany (West)

Germany [e-gx]

Germany (East) [e-ge]
  UF Democratic German Republic
     East Germany
     German Democratic Republic
     Germany, Eastern

Germany (West) [e-gw]
  UF Federal German Republic
     German Federal Republic
     Germany, Western

Germany, Eastern
  USE Germany (East)

Germany, Northern
  Assigned code:
      [e-gx] Germany

Germany, Southern
  Assigned code:
      [e-gw] Germany (West)

Germany, Western
  USE Germany (West)

Ghana [f-gh]
  UF Ashanti
     Gold Coast

Ghana Empire
  Assigned code:
      [fw] Africa, West

Gibraltar [e-gi]

Gibraltar, Strait of
  Assigned codes:
      [e-gi] Gibraltar
      [mm] Mediterranean Sea
  UF Strait of Gibraltar

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
  Assigned codes:
      [pokb] Kiribati
      [potv] Tuvalu
      [Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Gilbert Islands
  USE Kiribati

Gold Coast
  USE Ghana

Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
  Assigned code:
      [u-at-qn] Queensland

Great Basin
  Assigned code:
      [n-usp] West (U.S.)

Great Britain [e-uk]
  UF United Kingdom

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies [e-uk-ui]
  UF Island Dependencies of Great Britain
     United Kingdom Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Great Lakes [nl]

Great Lakes States
  USE Lake States

Great Plains [np]

Great Rift Valley [fr]
  UF Rift Valley

Greater Antilles
  USE West Indies
      [Coded [nwga] (Greater Antilles) before Mar. 1988]

Greece [e-gr]

Greenland [n-gl]

Grenada [nwgd]

Grenadines
  Assigned code:
      [nwxm] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
      [Coded [nwgs] (Grenadines) before Mar. 1988]

Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands)
  Assigned code:
      [pobp] Solomon Islands

Guadeloupe [nwgp]

Guam [pogu]

Guatemala [ncgt]

Guernsey
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-ui] Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Guiana, Dutch
  USE Surinam

Guinea [f-gv]
  UF French Guinea
     Guinea, French
     Guinee
     Republique de Guinee

Guinea, Equatorial
  USE Equatorial Guinea

Guinea, French
  USE Guinea

Guinea, Gulf of
  Assigned code:
      [ls] South Atlantic Ocean
  UF Gulf of Guinea

Guinea, Portuguese
  USE Guinea-Bissau

Guinea, Spanish
  USE Equatorial Guinea

Guinea-Bissau [f-pg]
 UF Guinea, Portuguese
     Portuguese Guinea

Guinee
  USE Guinea

Gulf of Aden
  USE Aden, Gulf of

Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)
  USE Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)

Gulf of Aqaba
  USE Aqaba, Gulf of

Gulf of Carpentaria
  USE Carpentaria, Gulf of

Gulf of Guinea
  USE Guinea, Gulf of

Gulf of Mexico
  USE Mexico, Gulf of

Gulf of Oman
  USE Oman, Gulf of

Gulf of Thailand
  USE Thailand, Gulf of

Gulf States
  Assigned code:
      [n-usu] Southern States

Guyana [s-gy]
 UF British Guiana

Hainan Island (China)
  Assigned code:
      [a-cc-kn] Kwangtung Province (China)

Haiti [nwht]

Hawaii [n-us-hi]

Heard and McDonald Islands [i-hm]

Heard Island
  Assigned code:
      [i-hm] Heard and McDonald Islands

Hei Ho (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Amur River (China and R.S.F.S.R.)

Hei-lung Chiang (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Amur River (China and R.S.F.S.R.)

Heilungkiang Province (China) [a-cc-he]

Himalaya Mountains [ah]

Hispaniola [nwhi]

Ho-pei sheng (China)
  USE Hopeh Province (China)

Hoang Ho (China)
  USE Yellow River (China)

Holland
  USE Netherlands

Holy Roman Empire
  Assigned code:
      [e] Europe

Holy See
  USE Vatican City

Homelands (South Africa)
  Assigned code:
      [f-sa] South Africa

Honan Province (China) [a-cc-ho]

Honduras [ncho]

Hong Kong [a-hk]

Hoorn Islands
  Assigned code:
      [powf] Wallis and Futuna Islands

Hopeh Province (China) [a-cc-hp]
 UF Ho-pei sheng (China)

Hsi Chiang (China)
  USE West River (China)

Hsi-sha Islands
  USE Paracel Islands

Hsin-chiang-wei-wu-erh tzu chih ch'u (China)
  USE Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China)

Hu-pei (China)
  USE Hupeh Province (China)

Huang Hai
  USE Yellow Sea

Huang Ho (China)
  USE Yellow River (China)

Hudson Bay [n-cnh]

Hunan Province (China) [a-cc-hu]

Hungary [e-hu]

Hupeh Province (China) [a-cc-hh]
 UF Hu-pei (China)

Huthera (Tanzania)
  USE Pemba (Tanzania)

Hwang Ho (China)
  USE Yellow River (China)

IAkutskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.)
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur-ru] Russian S.F.S.R.
  UF Yakut A.S.S.R.
     Yakutia

Iberian Peninsula
  Assigned codes:
      [e-po] Portugal
      [e-sp] Spain
      [Coded [ei] (Iberian Peninsula) before Mar. 1988]

Iceland [e-ic]

Idaho [n-us-id]

Ifni
  Assigned code:
      [f-mr] Morocco
      [Coded [f-if] (Ifni) before Mar. 1988]

Iles Comores
  USE Comoros

Iles Froides
  USE Prince Edward Islands

Iles Kerguelen
  USE Kerguelen Islands

Iles Marquises de Mendoca
  USE Marquesas Islands

Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
  USE Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Illinois [n-us-il]

India [a-ii]

India, French
  USE French India

Indian Ocean [i]

Indian Ocean Islands, French
  USE Terres australes et antarctiques francaises

Indian Ocean Territory, British
  USE British Indian Ocean Territory

Indian Territory
  Assigned code:
      [n-us-ok] Oklahoma

Indiana [n-us-in]

Indies, East
  USE East Indies

Indies, West
  USE West Indies

Indochina [ai]
  UF French Indochina

Indonesia [a-io]
  UF Dutch East Indies
     Netherlands East Indies

Inner Mongolia (China) [a-cc-im]
  UF Mongolia (Inner Mongolia)

Intercontinental areas (Eastern Hemisphere) [m]

Intercontinental areas (Western Hemisphere) [c]

Iowa [n-us-ia]

Iran [a-ir]
 UF Persia

Iraq [a-iq]

Ireland [e-ie]
  UF Eire
     Ireland (Eire)
     Irish Republic
     Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Eire)
  USE Ireland

Ireland, Northern
  USE Northern Ireland

Irian Barat (Indonesia)
  USE Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia
  UF Irian Barat (Indonesia)
     West Irian
     West New Guinea

Irish Republic
  USE Ireland

Irish Sea
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Iron curtain lands
  USE Communist countries

Isla de Pascua
  USE Easter Island

Islamic countries
  Assigned codes:
      [f] Africa
      [a] Asia

Islamic Empire
  Assigned codes:
      [aw] Middle East
      [ff] Africa, North
      [e-sp] Spain

Island Dependencies of Great Britain
  USE Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Island Dependencies of the United States in the Caribbean
  USE United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands

Island Dependencies of the United States in the Pacific
  USE United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands

Islands of the Aegean
  USE Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)

Islands of the Atlantic
  Assigned code:
      [l] Atlantic Ocean

Islands of the Indian Ocean
  Assigned code:
      [i] Indian Ocean

Islands of the Pacific
  Assigned code:
      [po] Oceania

Islas Marquesas de Mendoza
  USE Marquesas Islands

Isle of Man
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-ui] Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
  UF Man, Isle of

Isle of Wight
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-en] England
  UF Wight, Isle of

Israel [a-is]

Italian East Africa
  USE Africa, Northeast

Italian Somaliland
  USE Somalia

Italy [e-it]

Ivory Coast [f-iv]
  UF Cote d'Ivoire

Jamaica [nwjm]

Jammu and Kashmir (India)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ii] India
  UF Kashmir
     Kashmir and Jammu (India)

Jan Mayen Island [lnjn]

Japan [a-ja]

Java (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia

Jersey
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-ui] Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Jerusalem
  Assigned code:
      [a-is] Israel
               and/or
      [a-jo] Jordan

Johnston Island (Atoll) [poji]

Jordan [a-jo]
 UF Transjordan

Judaea and Samaria
  USE West Bank

Kalimantan Barat (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia

Kampuchea
  USE Cambodia

Kansas [n-us-ks]

Kansu Province (China) [a-cc-ka]

Kashmir
  USE Azad Kashmir
     Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Kashmir and Jammu (India)
  USE Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Kazakh S.S.R. [e-ur-kz]
  UF Kazakstan

Kazakstan
  USE Kazakh S.S.R.

Keeling Islands
  USE Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Kentucky [n-us-ky]

Kenya [f-ke]
  UF East Africa Protectorate

Kerguelen Islands
  Assigned code:
      [i-fs] Terres australes et antarctiques francaises
  UF Desolation Islands
     Iles Kerguelen

Kermadec Islands [poki]

Khmer Republic
  USE Cambodia

Kiangsi Province (China) [a-cc-ki]

Kiangsu Province (China) [a-cc-ku]

Kirghiz S.S.R. [e-ur-kg]

Kiribati [pokb]
  UF Gilbert Islands
     [Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) or [poln] (Line
     Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Kirin Province (China) [a-cc-kr]

Kiritimati (Kiribati)
  Assigned code:
      [pokb] Kiribati
  UF Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean)

Kongo Kingdom
  Assigned codes:
      [f-ao] Angola
      [f-cf] Congo (Brazzaville)
      [f-cg] Zaire
  UF Congo (Kingdom)

Korea [a-kr]

Korea (North) [a-kn]
  UF Korean People's Republic
     North Korea

Korea (Republic)
  USE Korea (South)

Korea (South) [a-ko]
  UF Korea (Republic)
     South Korea

Korean People's Republic
  USE Korea (North)

Kosrae (Micronesia)
  Assigned code:
      [pomi] Micronesia (Federated States)
  UF Kusaie (Micronesia)

Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch'u (China)
  USE Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China)

Kunlun Mountains [a-cck]
  UF Kwenlun Mountains

Kuril Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur-ru] Russian S.F.S.R.
  UF Chishima-retto (R.S.F.S.R.)
     Kurile Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)
     Kuril'skie Ostrova (R.S.F.S.R.)

Kurile Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Kuril Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)

Kuril'skie Ostrova (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Kuril Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)

Kusaie (Micronesia)
  USE Kosrae (Micronesia)


Kuwait [a-ku]

Kwang Sea
  USE Yellow Sea

Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China)
      [a-cc-kc]
  UF Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch'u (China)

Kwangtung Province (China) [a-cc-kn]

Kweichow Province (China) [a-cc-kw]

Kwenlun Mountains
  USE Kunlun Mountains

La Plata River (Argentina and Uruguay)
  USE Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)

Labrador (Nfld.)
  Assigned code:
      [n-cn-nf] Newfoundland

Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands (India)
  USE Lakshadweep (India)

Lake States [nl]
  UF Great Lakes States

Lakshadweep (India)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ii] India
  UF Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands (India)

Lan-ts'ang Chiang
  USE Mekong River

Lancang Jiang
  USE Mekong River

Laos [a-ls]

Lapland
  Assigned codes:
      [e-fi] Finland
      [e-no] Norway
      [e-sw] Sweden

Latin America [cl]

Latin Orient
  Assigned code:
      [aw] Middle East


Latvia [e-ur-lv]

Lebanon [a-le]

Leeward Islands (West Indies) [nwli]

Lesotho [f-lo]
  UF Basutoland

Lesser Antilles
  USE Antilles, Lesser

Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)
  USE Sunda Islands, Lesser (Indonesia)

Levant
  USE Middle East

Liaoning Province (China) [a-cc-lp]

Liberia [f-lb]

Libya [f-ly]

Liechtenstein [e-lh]

Line Islands [poln]

Lithuania [e-ur-li]

Long River (China)
  USE Yangtze River (China)

Loro Sae (Indonesia)
  USE Timor Timur (Indonesia)

Louisiade Archipelago
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Louisiana [n-us-la]

Low countries
  USE Benelux countries

Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia)
  Assigned code:
      [ponl] New Caledonia

Luxembourg [e-lu]

Luzon (Philippines)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ph] Philippines

Macao [a-mh]

Macedonia
  Assigned codes:
      [e-bu] Bulgaria
      [e-gr] Greece
      [e-xn] Macedonia [former republic of Yugoslavia]
          [Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Aug. 1992]

Macias Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)
  USE Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Madagascar [f-mg]
  UF Malagasy Republic

Madeira Islands [lnma]

Madura Island (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia

Maine [n-us-me]

Mainland China
  USE China

Malagasy Republic
  USE Madagascar

Malawi [f-mw]
 UF Nyasaland

Malay Archipelago
  Assigned code:
      [as] Asia, Southeastern

Malay Peninsula
  Assigned codes:
      [am] Malaya
      [a-th] Thailand

Malaya [am]

Malaysia [a-my]

Maldives [i-xc]

Mali [f-ml]
  UF French Sudan
     Sudan, French

Mali empire
  Assigned code:
      [fw] Africa, West
  UF Mandinga empire

Malta [e-mm]

Maluku (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia
  UF Moluccas

Malvinas Islands
  USE Falkland Islands

Man, Isle of
  USE Isle of Man

Manchuria (China)
  Assigned code:
      [a-cc] China

Mandinga empire
  USE Mali empire

Manitoba [n-cn-mb]

Mariana Islands [poxd]
  UF Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
     Northern Mariana Islands

Marie-Galante
  Assigned code:
      [nwgp] Guadeloupe

Maritime Provinces [n-cnm]

Marquesas Islands
  Assigned code:
      [pofp] French Polynesia
  UF Archipel des Marquises
     Iles Marquises de Mendoca
     Islas Marquesas de Mendoza
     Mendana

Marshall Islands [poxe]

Martinique [nwmq]

Maryland [n-us-md]

Massachusetts [n-us-ma]

Mauritania [f-mu]

Mauritius [i-mf]

Mayotte [i-my]
      [Coded [i-cq] (Comoros) before Mar. 1988]

McDonald Island
  Assigned code:
      [i-hm] Heard and McDonald Islands

Mediterranean Region [mm]

Mediterranean Region, Eastern
  USE Middle East

Mediterranean Sea [mm]

Mekong River [ag]
  UF Dza-chu
     Lan-ts'ang Chiang
     Lancang Jiang
     Song Tien Giang

Melanesia [pome]

Melilla (Spain)
  Assigned code:
      [f-sh] Spanish North Africa

Mendana
  USE Marquesas Islands

Mexico [n-mx]
  UF Middle America

Mexico, Gulf of [nm]
  UF Gulf of Mexico

Michigan [n-us-mi]

Micronesia [pott]

Micronesia (Federated States) [pomi]
  UF Federated States of Micronesia
      [Coded [pott] (Micronesia) before Mar. 1988]

Middle America
  USE Central America
      Mexico
      [Coded [cm] (Middle America) before Mar. 1988]

Middle Atlantic States [n-usl]
  UF Middle States

Middle Congo
  USE Congo (Brazzaville)

Middle East [aw]
  UF Asia, Southwestern
     Asia, Western
     East (Near East)
     Eastern Mediterranean
     Levant
     Mediterranean Region, Eastern
     Mideast
     Near East

Middle States
  USE Middle Atlantic States

Middle West [n-usc]
  UF Midwest
     North Central States

Mideast
  USE Middle East

Midway Islands [poxf]

Midwest
  USE Middle West

Mindanao Island (Philippines)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ph] Philippines

Minnesota [n-us-mn]

Miquelon
  Assigned code:
      [n-xl] Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Mississippi [n-us-ms]

Mississippi River [n-usm]

Missouri [n-us-mo]

Missouri River [n-uss]

Moldavia
  Assigned code:
      [e-rm] Romania

Moldavia (Soviet Union)
  USE Moldavian S.S.R.

Moldavian S.S.R. [e-ur-mv]
  UF Moldavia (Soviet Union)

Moluccas
  USE Maluku (Indonesia)

Monaco [e-mc]

Mongolia [a-mp]
  UF Mongolian People's Republic
     Outer Mongolia

Mongolia (Inner Mongolia)
  USE Inner Mongolia (China)

Mongolian People's Republic
  USE Mongolia

Montana [n-us-mt]

Montenegro [e-yu] 

Montserrat [nwmj]

Morocco [f-mr]
  UF French Morocco

Mozambique [f-mz]
  UF East Africa, Portuguese
     People's Republic of Mozambique
     Portuguese East Africa

Muscat and Oman
  USE Oman

Namibia [f-sx]
  UF Africa, Southwest
     South-West Africa

Nansha Islands
  USE Spratly Islands

Nauru [ponu]
  UF Pleasant Island

Near East
  USE Middle East

Nebraska [n-us-nb]

Negros Island (Philippines)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ph] Philippines

Nepal [a-np]

Netherlands [e-ne]
  UF Holland

Netherlands Antilles [nwna]
  UF Dutch West Indies
     Netherlands West Indies
     West Indies, Dutch

Netherlands East Indies
  USE Indonesia

Netherlands West Indies
  USE Netherlands Antilles

Nevada [n-us-nv]

Nevis
  Assigned code:
      [nwxi] Saint Kitts-Nevis

New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea)
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

New Brunswick [n-cn-nk]

New Caledonia [ponl]

New England [n-usn]

New France
  Assigned code:
      [n] North America

New Guinea [a-nw]
  UF New Guinea Island

New Guinea (Territory)
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

New Guinea Island
  USE New Guinea

New Hampshire [n-us-nh]

New Hebrides
  USE Vanuata

New Ireland Island (Papua New Guinea)
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

New Jersey [n-us-nj]


New Mexico [n-us-nm]

New South Wales [u-at-ne]

New York (State) [n-us-ny]

New Zealand [u-nz]

Newfoundland [n-cn-nf]

Nicaragua [ncnq]

Niger [f-ng]

Niger River [fi]

Nigeria [f-nr]

Nile River [fl]

Ninghsia Province (China)
  USE Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region (China)

Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region (China) [a-cc-nn]
  UF Ninghsia Province (China)

Niue [poxh]

Non-Black Earth Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Non-Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.)

Non-Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur-ru] Russian S.F.S.R.
   UF Non-Black Earth Region (R.S.F.S.R.)

Norfolk Island
  Assigned code:
      [u-at] Australia

North Africa
  USE Africa, North

North America [n]

North Atlantic Ocean [ln]

North Borneo
  USE Sabah

North Carolina [n-us-nc]

North Caucasus (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Caucasus, Northern (R.S.F.S.R.)

North Central States
  USE Middle West

North Dakota [n-us-nd]

North Korea
  USE Korea (North)

North Pacific Ocean [pn]
   UF Pacific Ocean, North

North Sea
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean

North Vietnam
  USE Vietnam (Democratic Republic)

Northeast (U.S.)
  USE Northeastern States

Northeast Africa
  USE Africa, Northeast

Northeast Passage
  Assigned code:
      [r] Arctic regions

Northeastern States [n-use]
  UF Northeast (U.S.)

Northern Canada
  USE Canada, Northern

Northern Caucasus (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Caucasus, Northern (R.S.F.S.R.)

Northern Europe
  USE Europe, Northern

Northern Hemisphere [xb]

Northern Ireland [e-uk-ni]
  UF Ireland, Northern

Northern Mariana Islands
  USE Mariana Islands

Northern Rhodesia
  USE Zambia

Northern Soviet Union
  USE Soviet Union, Northern

Northern Territory [u-at-no]

Northwest (U.S.)
  USE Northwest, Pacific
      [Coded [n-usw] (Northwest (U.S.)) before Mar. 1988]

Northwest, Canadian
  Assigned code:
      [n-cn] Canada
   UF Canadian Northwest
     West (Canada)

Northwest, Old
  Assigned code:
      [n-usc] Middle West

Northwest, Pacific
  Assigned codes:
      [n-usp] West (U.S.)
               and if appropriate
      [n-cn-bc] British Columbia
  UF Northwest (U.S.)
     Pacific Northwest

Northwest Africa
  USE Africa, Northwest

Northwest Passage
  Assigned code:
      [r] Arctic regions

Northwest Territories [n-cn-nt]

Northwestern Soviet Union
  USE Soviet Union, Northwestern

Northwestern States
  Assigned codes:
      [n-usc] Middle West
      [n-usp] West (U.S.)

Norway [e-no]

Norwegian Sea
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Nova Scotia [n-cn-ns]

Nyasaland
  USE Malawi

Ocean Island (Kiribati)
  USE Banaba


Oceania [po]
   UF Oceanica

Oceania, French
  USE French Polynesia

Oceanica
  USE Oceania

Ohio [n-us-oh]

Ohio River [n-uso]

Okinawa Island (Japan)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ja] Japan
  [Coded [a-ok] (Okinawa) before 1984]

Oklahoma [n-us-ok]

Oman [a-mk]
   UF Muscat and Oman

Oman, Gulf of
  Assigned code:
      [au] Arabian Sea
   UF Gulf of Oman

Ontario [n-cn-on]

Oregon [n-us-or]

Orient
  Assigned code:
      [a] Asia
   UF East

Orkney
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-st] Scotland

Outer Mongolia
  USE Mongolia

Ozark Mountains
  Assigned codes:
      [n-us-ar] Arkansas
      [n-us-mo] Missouri
      [n-us-ok] Oklahoma

Pacific and Mountain States
  USE West (U.S.)

Pacific Area
  Assigned code:
      [p] Pacific Ocean

Pacific Coast (North America)
  Assigned code:
      [n] North America

Pacific Island Dependencies of the United States
  USE United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands

Pacific Islands (Ter.)
  USE Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)

Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
  Assigned code:
      [poup] United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands
  UF Pacific Islands (Ter.)
     Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Pacific Northwest
  USE Northwest, Pacific

Pacific Ocean [p]

Pacific Ocean, North
  USE North Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean, South
  USE South Pacific Ocean

Pacific States
  Assigned codes:
      [n-us-ca] California
      [n-us-or] Oregon
      [n-us-wa] Washington (State)

Pakistan [a-pk]
   UF West Pakistan

Palau [popl]
  UF Pelew
     Republic of Palau
     [Coded [poci] (Caroline Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Palestine
  Assigned code:
      [a-is] Israel

Panama [ncpn]

Panama Canal Zone
  USE Canal Zone


Panay Island (Philippines)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ph] Philippines

Pannonia
  Assigned codes:
      [e-au] Austria
      [e-hu] Hungary
      [e-yu] Yugoslavia

Papua
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea [a-pp]

Paracel Islands [aopf]
  UF Hsi-sha Islands

Paraguay [s-py]

Pascua Island
  USE Easter Island

Peiping (China)
  USE Peking (China)

Peking (China) [a-cc-pe]
  UF Beijing (China)
     Peiping (China)

Pelew
  USE Palau

Pemba (Tanzania)
  Assigned code:
      [f-tz] Tanzania
   UF Huthera (Tanzania)

Pennsylvania [n-us-pa]

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  USE Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
  USE Yemen

People's Republic of Angola
  USE Angola

People's Republic of Benin
  USE Benin


People's Republic of Bulgaria
  USE Bulgaria

People's Republic of China
  USE China

People's Republic of Croatia
  USE Croatia

People's Republic of Mozambique
  USE Mozambique

People's Socialist Republic of Albania
  USE Albania

Persia
  USE Iran

Persian Gulf [ap]

Persian Gulf States
  Assigned code:
      [ar] Arabian Peninsula

Peru [s-pe]

Pescadores Islands
  Assigned code:
      [a-ch] Taiwan

Philippine Islands
  USE Philippines

Philippine Sea
  Assigned code:
      [pn] North Pacific Ocean

Philippines [a-ph]
   UF Philippine Islands

Phoenix Islands
  Assigned code:
      [pokb] Kiribati

Pirineos (France and Spain)
  USE Pyrenees (France and Spain)

Pitcairn Island [popc]

Plata, Rio de la (Argentina and Uruguay)
  USE Rio del la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)

Plate River (Argentina and Uruguay)
  USE Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)

Pleasant Island
  USE Nauru

Po Gulf (China)
  USE Po Hai (China)

Po Hai (China) [a-ccp]
  UF Bo Hai (China)
     Bohai (China)
     Chihli, Gulf of (China)
     Po Gulf (China)

Poland [e-pl]

Polar regions
  Assigned codes:
      [t] Antarctic regions
      [r] Arctic regions

Polynesia [pops]

Polynesia, French
  USE French Polynesia

Ponape (Micronesia)
  Assigned code:
      [pomi] Micronesia (Federated States)

Portugal [e-po]

Portuguese East Africa
  USE Mozambique

Portuguese Guinea
  USE Guinea-Bissau

Portuguese Timor
  USE Timor Timur (Indonesia)

Portuguese West Africa
  USE Angola

Prairie Provinces [n-cnp]

Pratas Islands
  Assigned code:
      [a-cc-kn] Kwangtung Province (China)

Prince Edward Island [n-cn-pi]

Prince Edward Islands
  Assigned code:
      [f-sa] South Africa
  UF Froides, Iles
     Iles Froides

Prussia (Germany)
  Assigned code:
      [e-gx] Germany

Puerto Rico [nwpr]

Pyrenees (France and Spain) [ep]
  UF Pirineos (France and Spain)

Qatar [a-qa]

Quebec (Province) [n-cn-qu]

Queensland [u-at-qn]

R.S.F.S.R.
  USE Russian S.F.S.R.

Red Sea [mr]

Reka Amur (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Amur River (China and R.S.F.S.R.)

Republic of Cape Verde
  USE Cape Verde

Republic of Ireland
  USE Ireland

Republic of Palau
  USE Palau

Republic of Vanuatu
  USE Vanuatu

Republique de Guinee
  USE Guinea

Reunion [i-re]

Rhine River [er]

Rhode Island [n-us-ri]

Rhodesia
  Assigned codes:
      [f-za] Zambia
      [f-rh] Zimbabwe

Rhodesia, Southern
  USE Zimbabwe

Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  Assigned codes:
      [f-mw] Malawi
      [f-za] Zambia
      [f-rh] Zimbabwe
   UF Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Rift Valley
  USE Great Rift Valley

Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay) [sp]
  UF La Plata River (Argentina and Uruguay)
     Plata, Rio de la (Argentina and Uruguay)
     Plate River (Argentina and Uruguay)

Rio Muni
  USE Equatorial Guinea

Rio Zambezi
  USE Zambezi River

Rocky Mountains [nr]

Roman Empire
  USE Rome

Romania [e-rm]
  UF Rumania

Rome
  Assigned codes:
      [ff] Africa, North
      [e]  Europe
      [aw] Middle East
   UF Roman Empire

Ruanda-Urundi
  Assigned codes:
      [f-bd] Burundi
      [f-rw] Rwanda
   UF Rwanda-Urundi

Rumania
  USE Romania

Russia
  USE Soviet Union

Russian Republic
  USE Russian S.F.S.R.

Russian S.F.S.R. [e-ur-ru]
  UF R.S.F.S.R.
     Russian Republic
     Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
  USE Russian S.F.S.R.

Rwanda [f-rw]

Rwanda-Urundi
  USE Ruanda-Urundi

Ryukyu Islands
  Assigned code:
      [a-ja] Japan

Ryukyu Islands, Southern
  Assigned code:
      [a-ja] Japan
      [Coded [pory] (Ryukyu Islands, Southern) before 1984]

Saba (Netherlands Antilles) [nwsd]

Sabah
  Assigned code:
      [a-my] Malaysia
  UF British North Borneo
     North Borneo

Sahara [fd]
   UF Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert
  USE Sahara

Sahel
  Assigned code:
      [f] Africa

Saint-Barthelemy
  Assigned code:
      [nwgp] Guadeloupe
   UF Saint Bartholomew
     Saint Barts
     St. Barthelemy
   [Coded [nwsb] (Saint-Barthelemy) before Mar. 1988]

Saint Bartholomew
  USE Saint-Barthelemy

Saint Barts
  USE Saint-Barthelemy

Saint Christopher-Nevis
  USE Saint Kitts-Nevis

Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles) [nweu]
  UF Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
     St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
     Statia (Netherlands Antilles)

Saint Helena [lsxj]
   UF St. Helena

Saint Kitts
  Assigned code:
      [nwxi] Saint Kitts-Nevis

Saint Kitts-Nevis [nwxi]
  UF Saint Christopher-Nevis

Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
  Assigned codes:
      [nwxa] Anguilla
      [nwxi] Saint Kitts-Nevis
  UF St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

Saint Lawrence River
  Assigned codes:
      [n-cn] Canada
      [n-us] United States

Saint Lucia [nwxk]
  UF St. Lucia

Saint Martin [nwst]
  UF Sint Maarten
     St. Martin

Saint Pierre and Miquelon [n-xl]
  UF Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
      St. Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent
  Assigned code:
      [nwxm] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  UF St. Vincent

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [nwxm]

Sakhalin Ula (China and R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Amur River (China and R.S.F.S.R.)

Salvador
  USE El Salvador

Salvage Islands (Madeira Islands)
  USE Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)

Salvages (Madeira Islands)
  USE Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)

Samar (Philippines)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ph] Philippines

Samoa
  USE Samoan Islands

Samoa, American
  USE American Samoa

Samoa, Western
  USE Western Samoa

Samoan Islands [posh]
   UF Samoa

San Marino [e-sm]

Sandwich Islands, South
  USE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)
  Assigned code:
      [pobp] Solomon Islands
      [Coded [posc] (Santa Cruz Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Sao Thome e Principe
  USE Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe [f-sf]
   UF Sao Thome e Principe

Sarawak
  Assigned code:
      [a-my] Malaysia

Sardinia
  Assigned code:
      [e-it] Italy

Saskatchewan [n-cn-sn]

Saudi Arabia [a-su]

Scandinavia [ev]

Scotland [e-uk-st]

Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands)
  Assigned code:
      [lnma] Madeira Islands
  UF Salvage Islands (Madeira Islands)
     Salvages (Madeira Islands)

Senegal [f-sg]

Serbia [e-yu]

Shan States
  Assigned code:
      [a-br] Burma

Shanghai (China) [a-cc-sm]

Shansi Province (China) [a-cc-sh]

Shantung Province (China) [a-cc-sp]

Shensi Province (China) [a-cc-ss]

Shetland
  Assigned code:
      [e-uk-st] Scotland

Shinnan Islands
  USE Spratly Islands

Si-kiang (China)
  USE West River (China)

Si River (China)
  USE West River (China)

Siam
  USE Thailand

Siam, Gulf of
  USE Thailand, Gulf of

Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.) [e-urs]

Siberia, Eastern (R.S.F.S.R.) [e-ure]
  UF East Siberian Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
     Eastern Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.)

Siberia, Northeastern (R.S.F.S.R.)
  Assigned code:
      [e-urs] Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.)

Siberia, Western (R.S.F.S.R.) [e-urw]
   UF Western Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.)

Sicily
  Assigned code:
      [e-it] Italy

Sierra Leone [f-sl]

Sikkim (India)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ii] India
      [Coded [a-sk] (Sikkim) before Mar. 1988]

Singapore [a-si]

Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) [a-cc-su]
  UF Hsin-chiang-wei-wu-erh tzu chih ch'u (China)

Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
  USE Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

Sint Maarten
  USE Saint Martin

Skagerrak (Denmark and Norway)
  Assigned code:
      [ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)
  USE Slovakia

Slovakia [e-xo]
  UF Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia)

Slovenia [e-xv]
  [Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Aug. 1992]

Snowbelt States
  Assigned code:
      [n-us] United States
   UF Frostbelt (U.S.)

Society Islands
  Assigned code:
      [pofp] French Polynesia

Socotra (Yemen)
  Assigned code:
      [a-ye] Yemen
  UF Sokotra (Yemen)
     [Coded [i-xo] (Socotra Island) before Mar. 1988]

Sokotra (Yemen)
  USE Socotra (Yemen)

Solomon Islands [pobp]
  UF British Solomon Islands
      [Coded also [posn] (Solomon Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Somali Republic
  USE Somalia

Somalia [f-so]
  UF British Somaliland
     Italian Somaliland
     Somali Republic

Somaliland, French
  USE Djibouti

Song Tien Giang
  USE Mekong River

Songhai
  Assigned codes:
      [f-ml] Mali
      [f-ng] Niger
      [f-nr] Nigeria

South Africa [f-sa]
  UF Africa, South
     Union of South Africa

South America [s]

South Arabia, Federation of
  USE Federation of South Arabia

South Asia
  USE Asia, South

South Atlantic Ocean [ls]

South Atlantic States
  Assigned code:
      [n-usu] Southern States
  UF Atlantic States, South

South Australia [u-at-sa]

South Carolina [n-us-sc]

South China Sea [ao]

South Dakota [n-us-sd]

South Georgia Island
  USE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands [lsxs]
  UF Sandwich Islands, South
     South Sandwich Islands
     South Georgia Island
  [Coded [lsfk] (Falkland Islands) before Aug. 1992)

South Korea
  USE Korea (South)

South Orkney Islands
  Assigned code:
      [lsfk] Falkland Islands

South Pacific Ocean [ps]
  UF Pacific Ocean, South

South Sandwich Islands
  USE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

South Shetland Islands
  Assigned code:
      [lsfk] Falkland Islands

South Vietnam
  USE Vietnam
      [Coded [a-vs] (Viet Nam, South) before Mar. 1988]

South-West Africa
  USE Namibia

Southeast Asia
  USE Asia, Southeastern

Southeastern Asia
  USE Asia, Southeastern

Southeastern Europe
  USE Balkan Peninsula

Southern Africa
  USE Africa, Southern

Southern Cameroons
  USE Cameroon

Southern Europe
  USE Europe, Southern

Southern Hemisphere [xc]

Southern Rhodesia
  USE Zimbabwe

Southern Soviet Union
  USE Soviet Union, Southern

Southern States [n-usu]

Southern Yemen
  USE Yemen

Southwest, New [n-ust]

Southwest, Old
  Assigned code:
      [n-usu] Southern States

Southwestern States
  Assigned codes:
      [n-usu] Southern States
      [n-ust] Southwest, New

Soviet bloc
  USE Communist countries

Soviet Central Asia [e-uro]

Soviet Far East (R.S.F.S.R.) [e-urf]
  UF Far Eastern Region (R.S.F.S.R.)

Soviet Union [e-ur]
  UF Russia
     U.S.S.R.

Soviet Union, Northern
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur-ru] Russian S.F.S.R.
  UF Northern Soviet Union

Soviet Union, Northwestern [e-urn]
   UF Northwestern Soviet Union

Soviet Union, Southern
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur] Soviet Union
  UF Southern Soviet Union

Soviet Union, Western
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur] Soviet Union
  UF Western Soviet Union

Spain [e-sp]

Spanish Guinea
  USE Equatorial Guinea

Spanish Main
  Assigned code:
      [cc] Caribbean Area

Spanish North Africa [f-sh]
   UF Spanish Territories in Northern Morocco

Spanish Sahara
  USE Western Sahara

Spanish Territories in Northern Morocco
  USE Spanish North Africa

Spitsbergen Island (Norway)
  Assigned code:
      [lnsb] Svalbard (Norway)
   UF West Spitsbergen (Norway)

Spratly Islands [aoxp]
  UF Nansha Islands
     Shinnan Islands

Sri Lanka [a-ce]
   UF Ceylon

St. Barthelemy
  USE Saint-Barthelemy

St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
  USE Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla

St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
  USE Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

St. Helena
  USE Saint Helena

St. Lucia
  USE Saint Lucia

St. Martin
  USE Saint Martin

St. Pierre and Miquelon
  USE Saint Pierre and Miquelon

St. Vincent
  USE Saint Vincent

Statia (Netherlands Antilles)
  USE Saint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)

Strait of Gibraltar
  USE Gibraltar, Strait of

Straits Settlements
  Assigned codes:
      [a-my] Malaysia
      [a-si] Singapore

Sub-Saharan Africa
  USE Africa, Sub-Saharan

Sudan [f-sj]
  UF Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Sudan (Region) [fn]

Sudan, French
  USE Mali

Suez Canal (Egypt) [fu]

Sulawesi (Indonesia)
  USE Celebes (Indonesia)

Sumatra (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia

Sunbelt States
  Assigned codes:
      [n-usu] Southern States
      [n-ust] Southwest, New
          and if appropriate
      [n-us-hi] Hawaii

Sunda Islands, Lesser (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia
  UF Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

Surinam [s-sr]
  UF Dutch Guiana
     Guiana, Dutch
     Suriname

Suriname
  USE Surinam

Svalbard (Norway) [lnsb]

Swan Islands [nwsv]

Swaziland [f-sq]

Sweden [e-sw]

Switzerland [e-sz]

Syria [a-sy]

Szechwan Province (China) [a-cc-sz]


T.A.A.F.
  USE Terres australes et antarctiques francaises

Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic
  USE Tajik S.S.R.

Taiwan [a-ch]
  UF Formosa

Tajik S.S.R. [e-ur-ta]
  UF Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic
     Tajikistan

Tajikistan
  USE Tajik S.S.R.

Tanganyika
  Assigned code:
      [f-tz] Tanzania

Tangier (Morocco)
  Assigned code:
      [f-mr] Morocco

Tanzania [f-tz]
  UF German East Africa

Tasmania [u-at-tm]

Tennessee [n-us-tn]

Terres australes et antarctiques francaises [i-fs]
  UF French Southern and Antarctic Lands
     French Southern Indian Ocean Islands
     Indian Ocean Islands, French
     T.A.A.F.

Texas [n-us-tx]

Thailand [a-th]
  UF Siam

Thailand, Gulf of [af]
  UF Gulf of Thailand
     Siam, Gulf of

Thian Shan
  USE Tien Shan

Third World
  USE Developing countries

Tian Shan
  USE Tien Shan

Tibesti Mountains
  Assigned codes:
      [f-cd] Chad
      [f-ly] Libya
      [f-ng] Niger

Tibet (China) [a-cc-ti]
  UF Tibetan Autonomous Region (China)

Tibetan Autonomous Region (China)
  USE Tibet (China)

Tien Mountains
  USE Tien Shan

Tien Shan [at]
  UF Thian Shan
     Tian Shan
     Tien Mountains

Timor, Portuguese
  USE Timor Timur (Indonesia)

Timor Island (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia

Timor Sea
  Assigned code:
      [i] Indian Ocean

Timor Timur (Indonesia)
  Assigned code:
      [a-io] Indonesia
  UF East Timor (Indonesia)
     Loro Sae (Indonesia)
     Portuguese Timor
     Timor, Portuguese
     [Coded [a-pt] (Portuguese Timor) before Apr. 21, 1980]

Tobago
  Assigned code:
      [nwtr] Trinidad and Tobago

Togo [f-tg]
  UF French Togoland
     Togoland (French)

Togoland
  Assigned codes:
      [f-gh] Ghana
      [f-tg] Togo

Togoland (British)
  Assigned code:
      [f-gh] Ghana
  UF British Togoland

Togoland (French)
  USE Togo

Tokelau Islands [potl]
  UF Union Islands

Tonga [poto]
  UF Friendly Islands
     Tonga Islands

Tonga Islands
  USE Tonga

Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
  Assigned code:
      [u-at-qn] Queensland

Transcaucasia
  Assigned codes:
      [e-ur-ai] Armenian S.S.R.
      [e-ur-aj] Azerbaijan S.S.R.
      [e-ur-gs] Georgian S.S.R.

Transjordan
  USE Jordan

Trinidad
  Assigned code:
      [nwtr] Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago [nwtr]

Tristan da Cunha Islands [lstd]

Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Tropics [w]

Trucial States
  USE United Arab Emirates

Truk (Micronesia)
  Assigned code:
      [pomi] Micronesia (Federated States)

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
  USE Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)

Tsinghai Province (China) [a-cc-ts]

Tuamotu Islands
  Assigned code:
      [pofp] French Polynesia

Tubuai Islands
  Assigned code:
      [pofp] French Polynesia
  UF Austral Islands

Tunisia [f-ti]

Turkey [a-tu]
  UF Asia Minor

Turkmen S.S.R. [e-ur-tk]
  UF Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan
  USE Turkmen S.S.R.

Turks and Caicos Islands [nwtc]
  UF Caicos Islands

Tuvalu [potv]
  UF Ellice Islands
     [Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) before Mar. 1988]

U.S.S.R.
  USE Soviet Union

Ubangi Shari
  USE Central African Republic

Uganda [f-ug]

Ukraine [e-ur-un]

Underdeveloped areas
  USE Developing countries

Union Islands
  USE Tokelau Islands

Union of South Africa
  USE South Africa

United Arab Emirates [a-ts]
   UF Trucial States

United Arab Republic
  Assigned codes:
      [f-ua] Egypt
      [a-sy] Syria

United Kingdom
  USE Great Britain

United Kingdom Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
  USE Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

United States [n-us]

United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands [nwuc]
  UF Caribbean Island Dependencies of the United States
     Island Dependencies of the United States in the Caribbean

United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands [poup]
     Includes American Samoa, Guam, Pacific Islands (Trust
     Territory) treated collectively
  UF Island Dependencies of the United States in the Pacific
     Pacific Island Dependencies of the United States

Upper Volta
  USE Burkina Faso

Ural Mountains (R.S.F.S.R.) [e-uru]

Uruguay [s-uy]

Utah [n-us-ut]

Uvea Island (Wallis and Futuna Islands)
  Assigned code:
      [powf] Wallis and Futuna Islands

Uzbek S.S.R. [e-ur-uz]
  UF Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan
  USE Uzbek S.S.R.

Vanuatu [ponn]
  UF New Hebrides
     Republic of Vanuatu

Vatican City [e-vc]
  UF Holy See

Venezuela [s-ve]

Vermont [n-us-vt]

Victoria [u-at-vi]

Vietnam [a-vt]
  UF South Vietnam
     Vietnam, South

Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
  Assigned code:
      [a-vt] Vietnam
  UF North Vietnam
     Vietnam, North
     [Coded [a-vn] (Viet Nam, North) before Mar. 1988]

Vietnam, North
  USE Vietnam (Democratic Republic)

Vietnam, South
  USE Vietnam
      [Coded [a-vs] (Viet Nam, South) before Mar. 1988]

Virgin Islands
  USE British Virgin Islands
      Virgin Islands of the United States
      [Coded [nwvr] (Virgin Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Virgin Islands (American)
  USE Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands (Danish)
  USE Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands (Great Britain)
  USE British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands (Presidency)
  USE British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands, British
  USE British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands of the United States [nwvi]
  UF Virgin Islands
     Virgin Islands (American)
     Virgin Islands (Danish)

Virginia [n-us-va]

Volga River (R.S.F.S.R.) [e-urp]

Volgo-Viatskii Region (R.S.F.S.R.)
  Assigned code:
      [e-ur-ru] Russian S.F.S.R.
      [Coded [e-urv] (Volgo-Viatskii Region, RSFSR) before Mar.
          1988]

Volta River (Ghana) [fv]

Wake Island [powk]

Wales [e-uk-wl]

Wallis and Futuna Islands [powf]

Washington (D.C.) [n-us-dc]
   UF District of Columbia

Washington (State) [n-us-wa]

Washington Region
  Assigned codes:
      [n-us-md] Maryland
      [n-us-va] Virginia
      [n-us-dc] Washington (D.C.)

West (Canada)
  USE Northwest, Canadian

West (U.S.) [n-usp]
  UF Far West (U.S.)
     Pacific and Mountain States
     Western States (U.S.)

West Africa
  USE Africa, West

West Africa, Portuguese
  USE Angola

West Bank [awba]
  UF Judaea and Samaria
     West Bank of the Jordan River
      [Coded [a-is] (Israel) and/or [a-jo] (Jordan) before Mar.
          1988]

West Bank of the Jordan River
  USE West Bank

West Berlin
  USE Berlin (Germany)

West Germany
  USE Germany (West)

West Indies [nw]
  UF Antilles, Greater
     Greater Antilles
     Indies, West

West Indies, Dutch
  USE Netherlands Antilles

West Indies, French
  Assigned code:
      [nwla] Antilles, Lesser
  UF French West Indies

West Irian
  USE Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

West New Guinea
  USE Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

West Pakistan
  USE Pakistan

West River (China) [a-ccs]
  UF Hsi Chiang (China)
     Si-kiang (China)
     Si River (China)

West Spitsbergen (Norway)
  USE Spitsbergen Island (Norway)

West Virginia [n-us-wv]

Western Australia [u-at-we]

Western Canada
  USE Canada, Western

Western Europe
  USE Europe, Western

Western Hemisphere [xd]

Western Sahara [f-ss]
  UF Spanish Sahara

Western Samoa [pows]
   UF Samoa, Western

Western Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.)
  USE Siberia, Western (R.S.F.S.R.)

Western Soviet Union
  USE Soviet Union, Western

Western States (U.S.)
  USE West (U.S.)

White Russia
  USE Byelorussian S.S.R.

Wight, Isle of
  USE Isle of Wight

Windward Islands [nwwi]

Wisconsin [n-us-wi]

Woodlark Islands (Papua New Guinea)
  Assigned code:
      [a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Wyoming [n-us-wy]

Yakut A.S.S.R.
  USE IAkutskaia, A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.)

Yakutia
  USE IAkutskaia, A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.)

Yangtze River (China) [a-ccg]
  UF Ch'ang Chiang (China)
     Long River (China)

Yap (Micronesia)
  Assigned code:
     [pomi] Micronesia (Federated States)

Yellow River (China) [a-ccy]
  UF Hoang Ho (China)
     Huang Ho (China)
     Hwang Ho (China)

Yellow Sea [ay]
  UF Huang Hai
     Kwang Sea

Yemen [a-ye]
  UF Arabia, Southern
          [Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic))
          before Aug. 1992]
     Arab Republic of Yemen
     Federation of South Arabia
          [Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic))
          before Aug. 1992]
     Southern Yemen
          [Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic))
          before Aug. 1992]
     Yemen Arab Republic
     Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)
          [Coded [a-ys] (Yemen (People's Democratic Republic))
          before Aug. 1992]   

Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)
  USE Yemen
    
Yemen Arab Republic
  USE Yemen

Yugoslavia
  Assigned codes:
      [e-bn] Bosnia and Hercegovina
      [e-ci] Croatia
      [e-xn] Macedonia [former republic of Yugoslavia]
      [e-yu] Montenegro
      [e-yu] Serbia
      [e-yu] Yugoslavia:  Use [e-yu] for the country of Yugoslavia
          during the period 1918-1992 and for the current country
          consisting of Serbia and Montenegro.
      [e-xv] Slovenia
          [All former Yugoslav republics coded [e-yu] before Aug.
          1992]

Yukon Territory [n-cn-yk]

Yunnan Province (China) [a-cc-yu]

Zaire [f-cg]
  UF Belgian Congo
     Congo (Democratic Republic)
     Congo (Kinshasa)
     Congo (Leopoldville)

Zambezi River [fz]
  UF Rio Zambezi

Zambia [f-za]
  UF Northern Rhodesia

Zanzibar
  Assigned code:
      [f-tz] Tanzania

Zimbabwe [f-rh]
  UF Rhodesia, Southern
     Southern Rhodesia