This list indicates where various geographic items - including the location of all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names of countries, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities - can be found in The World Factbook. Spellings are normally, but not always, those approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in parentheses; additional information is included in brackets.
Abidjan [US Embassy] -- Cote d'Ivoire
Abu Dhabi [US Embassy] -- United Arab Emirates
Abuja [US Embassy Branch Office] -- Nigeria
Acapulco [US Consular Agency] -- Mexico
Accra [US Embassy] -- Ghana
Adamstown -- Pitcairn Islands
Adana [US Consulate] -- Turkey
Addis Ababa [US Embassy] -- Ethiopia
Adelie Land (Terre Adelie) -- Antarctica [claimed by France]
Aden -- Yemen
Aden, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean
Admiralty Islands -- Papua New Guinea
Adriatic Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Aegean Islands -- Greece
Aegean Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Afars and Issas, French Territory -- Djibouti of the (F.T.A.I.)
Agalega Islands -- Mauritius
Agana -- Guam
Aland Islands -- Finland
Alaska -- United States
Alaska, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean
Aldabra Islands -- Seychelles
Alderney -- Guernsey
Aleutian Islands -- United States
Alexander Island -- Antarctica
Alexandria -- Egypt
Algiers [US Embassy] -- Algeria
Alhucemas, Penon de -- Spain
Alma-Ata (see Almaty) -- Kazakhstan
Almaty (Alma-Ata) [US Embassy] -- Kazakhstan
Alofi -- Niue
Alphonse Island -- Seychelles
Amami Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Amindivi Islands -- India
Amirante Isles -- Seychelles
Amman [US Embassy] -- Jordan
Amsterdam [US Consulate General] -- Netherlands
Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam) -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Amundsen Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Amur -- China; Russia
Andaman Islands -- India
Andaman Sea -- Indian Ocean
Andorra la Vella -- Andorra
Anegada Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan -- Sudan
Anjouan -- Comoros
Ankara [US Embassy] -- Turkey
Annobon -- Equatorial Guinea
Antananarivo [US Embassy] -- Madagascar
Antipodes Islands -- New Zealand
Antwerp [European Logistical -- Belgium Support Office]
Aozou Strip -- Chad
Apia [US Embassy] -- Western Samoa
Aqaba, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea -- Indian Ocean
Arafura Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Argun -- China; Russia
Ascension Island -- Saint Helena
Ashgabat [US Embassy] -- Turkmenistan
Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat) -- Turkmenistan
Asmara [US Embassy] -- Eritrea
Asmera (see Asmara) -- Eritrea
Assumption Island -- Seychelles
Asuncion [US Embassy] -- Paraguay
Asuncion Island -- Northern Mariana Islands
Atacama -- Chile
Athens [US Embassy] -- Greece
Attu -- United States
Auckland [US Consulate General] -- New Zealand
Auckland Islands -- New Zealand
Australes Iles (Iles Tubuai) -- French Polynesia
Avarua -- Cook Islands
Axel Heiberg Island -- Canada
Azores -- Portugal
Azov, Sea of -- Atlantic Ocean
Bab el Mandeb -- Indian Ocean
Babuyan Channel -- Pacific Ocean
Babuyan Islands -- Philippines
Baffin Bay -- Arctic Ocean
Baffin Island -- Canada
Baghdad [US Embassy temporarily -- Iraq suspended; US Interests Section located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad]
Baki (Baku) -- Azerbaijan
Baku [US Embassy] -- Azerbaijan
Baky (Baku) -- Azerbaijan
Balabac Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Balearic Islands -- Spain
Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) -- Atlantic Ocean
Bali Sea -- Indian Ocean
Balintang Channel -- Pacific Ocean
Balintang Islands -- Philippines
Balleny Islands -- Antarctica
Balochistan -- Pakistan
Baltic Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Bamako [US Embassy] -- Mali
Banaba (Ocean Island) -- Kiribati
Bandar Seri Begawan [US Embassy] -- Brunei
Banda Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Bangkok [US Embassy] -- Thailand
Bangui [US Embassy] -- Central African Republic
Banjul [US Embassy] -- Gambia, The
Banks Island -- Canada
Banks Islands (Iles Banks) -- Vanuatu
Barcelona [US Consulate General] -- Spain
Barents Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Barranquilla [US Consulate] -- Colombia
Bashi Channel -- Pacific Ocean
Basilan Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Bass Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Basse-Terre -- Guadeloupe
Basseterre -- Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basutoland -- Lesotho
Batan Islands -- Philippines
Bavaria (Bayern) -- Germany
Beagle Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Bear Island (Bjornoya) -- Svalbard
Beaufort Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Bechuanaland -- Botswana
Beijing [US Embassy] -- China
Beirut [US Embassy] -- Lebanon
Belau -- Palau
Belem [US Consular Agency] -- Brazil
Belep Islands (Iles Belep) -- New Caledonia
Belfast [US Consulate General] -- United Kingdom
Belgian Congo -- Zaire
Belgrade [US Embassy; US does not -- Serbia and Montenegro maintain full diplomatic relations with Serbia and Montenegro]
Belize City [US Embassy] -- Belize
Belle Isle, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Bellingshausen Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Belmopan -- Belize
Belorussia -- Belarus
Bengal, Bay of -- Indian Ocean
Bering Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Bering Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Berkner Island -- Antarctica
Berlin [US Branch Office] -- Germany
Berlin, East -- Germany
Berlin, West -- Germany
Bern [US Embassy] -- Switzerland
Bessarabia -- Romania; Moldova
Bijagos, Arquipelago dos -- Guinea-Bissau
Bikini Atoll -- Marshall Islands
Bilbao [US Consulate] -- Spain
Bioko -- Equatorial Guinea
Biscay, Bay of -- Atlantic Ocean
Bishkek [US Embassy] -- Kyrgyzstan
Bishop Rock -- United Kingdom
Bismarck Archipelago -- Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Bissau [US Embassy] -- Guinea-Bissau
Bjornoya (Bear Island) -- Svalbard
Black Rock -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Black Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Bloemfontein -- South Africa
Boa Vista -- Cape Verde
Bogota [US Embassy] -- Colombia
Bombay [US Consulate General] -- India
Bonaire -- Netherlands Antilles
Bonifacio, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Bonin Islands -- Japan
Bonn [US Embassy] -- Germany
Bophuthatswana -- South Africa
Bora-Bora -- French Polynesia
Bordeaux [US Consulate General] -- France
Borneo -- Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia
Bornholm -- Denmark
Bosporus -- Atlantic Ocean
Bothnia, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean
Bougainville Island -- Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Bounty Islands -- New Zealand
Brasilia [US Embassy] -- Brazil
Bratislava [US Embassy] -- Slovakia
Brazzaville [US Embassy] -- Congo
Bridgetown [US Embassy] -- Barbados
Brisbane [US Consulate] -- Australia
British East Africa -- Kenya
British Guiana -- Guyana
British Honduras -- Belize
British Solomon Islands -- Solomon Islands
British Somaliland -- Somalia
Brussels [US Embassy, US Mission -- Belgium to European Union (USEU), US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO)]
Bucharest [US Embassy] -- Romania
Budapest [US Embassy] -- Hungary
Buenos Aires [US Embassy] -- Argentina
Bujumbura [US Embassy] -- Burundi
Burnt Pine -- Norfolk Island
Byelorussia -- Belarus
Cabinda -- Angola
Cabot Strait -- Atlantic Ocean
Caicos Islands -- Turks and Caicos Islands
Cairo [US Embassy] -- Egypt
Calcutta [US Consulate General] -- India
Calgary [US Consulate General] -- Canada
California, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean
Campbell Island -- New Zealand
Canal Zone -- Panama
Canary Islands -- Spain
Canberra [US Embassy] -- Australia
Canton (Guangzhou) -- China
Canton Island (Kanton Island) -- Kiribati
Cape Town [US Consulate General] -- South Africa
Caracas [US Embassy] -- Venezuela
Cargados Carajos Shoals -- Mauritius
Caroline Islands -- Micronesia, Federated States of; -- Palau
Caribbean Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Carpentaria, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean
Casablanca [US Consulate General] -- Morocco
Castries -- Saint Lucia
Cato Island -- Australia
Cayenne -- French Guiana
Cebu [US Consulate] -- Philippines
Celebes -- Indonesia
Celebes Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Celtic Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Central African Empire -- Central African Republic
Ceuta -- Spain
Ceylon -- Sri Lanka
Chafarinas, Islas -- Spain
Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) -- British Indian Ocean Territory
Channel Islands -- Guernsey; Jersey
Charlotte Amalie -- Virgin Islands
Chatham Islands -- New Zealand
Cheju-do -- Korea, South
Cheju Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Chengdu [US Consulate General] -- China
Chesterfield Islands -- New Caledonia (Iles Chesterfield)
Chiang Mai [US Consulate General] -- Thailand
Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai) -- Pacific Ocean
China, People's Republic of -- China
China, Republic of -- Taiwan
Chisinau [US Embassy] -- Moldova
Choiseul -- Solomon Islands
Christmas Island [Indian Ocean] -- Australia
Christmas Island [Pacific Ocean] -- Kiribati (Kiritimati)
Chukchi Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Ciskei -- South Africa
Ciudad Juarez [US Consulate General] -- Mexico
Cluj-Napoca [US Branch Office] -- Romania
Coco, Isla del -- Costa Rica
Cocos Islands -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombo [US Embassy] -- Sri Lanka
Colon, Archipielago de -- Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
Commander Islands -- Russia (Komandorskiye Ostrova)
Conakry [US Embassy] -- Guinea
Congo (Brazzaville) -- Congo
Congo (Kinshasa) -- Zaire
Congo (Leopoldville) -- Zaire
Con Son Islands -- Vietnam
Cook Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Copenhagen [US Embassy] -- Denmark
Coral Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz) -- Nicaragua
Corsica -- France
Cosmoledo Group -- Seychelles
Cotonou [US Embassy] -- Benin
Crete -- Greece
Crooked Island Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet) -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Curacao [US Consulate General] -- Netherlands Antilles
Czechoslovakia -- Czech Republic; Slovakia
Dahomey -- Benin
Daito Islands -- Japan
Dakar [US Embassy] -- Senegal
Daman (Damao) -- India
Damascus [US Embassy] -- Syria
Danger Atoll -- Cook Islands
Danish Straits -- Atlantic Ocean
Danzig (Gdansk) -- Poland
Dao Bach Long Vi -- Vietnam
Dardanelles -- Atlantic Ocean
Dar es Salaam [US Embassy] -- Tanzania
Davis Strait -- Atlantic Ocean
Deception Island -- Antarctica
Denmark Strait -- Atlantic Ocean
D'Entrecasteaux Islands -- Papua New Guinea
Devon Island -- Canada
Dhahran [US Consulate General] -- Saudi Arabia
Dhaka [US Embassy] -- Bangladesh
Diego Garcia -- British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Ramirez -- Chile
Diomede Islands -- Russia [Big Diomede]; United States -- [Little Diomede]
Diu -- India
Djibouti [US Embassy] -- Djibouti
Dodecanese -- Greece
Dodoma -- Tanzania
Doha [US Embassy] -- Qatar
Douala -- Cameroon
Douglas -- Man, Isle of
Dover, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Drake Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Dubai (see Dubayy) -- United Arab Emirates
Dubayy [US Consulate General] -- United Arab Emirates
Dublin [US Embassy] -- Ireland
Durban [US Consulate General] -- South Africa
Dushanbe [US Embassy] -- Tajikistan
Dutch East Indies -- Indonesia
Dutch Guiana -- Suriname
East China Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) -- Chile
Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait -- Pacific Ocean or Tsushima Strait)
East Germany (German Democratic -- Germany Republic)
East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel -- Pacific Ocean or Tsushima Strait)
East Pakistan -- Bangladesh
East Siberian Sea -- Arctic Ocean
East Timor (Portuguese Timor) -- Indonesia
Edinburgh [US Consulate General] -- United Kingdom
Elba -- Italy
Ellef Ringnes Island -- Canada
Ellesmere Island -- Canada
Ellice Islands -- Tuvalu
Elobey, Islas de -- Equatorial Guinea
Enderbury Island -- Kiribati
Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll) -- Marshall Islands
England -- United Kingdom
English Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Eniwetok Atoll -- Marshall Islands
Epirus, Northern -- Albania; Greece
Essequibo [claimed by Venezuela] -- Guyana
Etorofu -- Russia [de facto]
Farquhar Group -- Seychelles
Fernando de Noronha -- Brazil
Fernando Po (Bioko) -- Equatorial Guinea
Finland, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean
Florence [US Consulate General] -- Italy
Florida, Straits of -- Atlantic Ocean
Formosa -- Taiwan
Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait) -- Pacific Ocean
Fortaleza [US Consular Agency] -- Brazil
Fort-de-France -- Martinique
Frankfurt am Main [US -- Germany Consulate General]
Franz Josef Land -- Russia
Freetown [US Embassy] -- Sierra Leone
French Cameroon -- Cameroon
French Indochina -- Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam
French Guinea -- Guinea
French Sudan -- Mali
French Territory of the Afars -- Djibouti and Issas (F.T.A.I.)
French Togo -- Togo
Friendly Islands -- Tonga
Frunze (Bishkek) -- Kyrgyzstan
Fukuoka [US Consulate] -- Japan
Funafuti -- Tuvalu
Fundy, Bay of -- Atlantic Ocean
Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands) -- Wallis and Futuna
Gaborone [US Embassy] -- Botswana
Galapagos Islands (Archipielago -- Ecuador de Colon)
Galleons Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) -- French Polynesia
Gaspar Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Geneva [Branch Office of the -- Switzerland US Embassy, US Mission to European Office of the UN and Other International Organizations]
Genoa -- Italy
George Town [US Consular Agency] -- Cayman Islands
Georgetown [US Embassy] -- Guyana
German Democratic Republic -- Germany (East Germany)
Gibraltar -- Gibraltar
Gibraltar, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Gilbert Islands -- Kiribati
Goa -- India
Gold Coast -- Ghana
Golan Heights -- Syria
Good Hope, Cape of -- South Africa
Goteborg -- Sweden
Gotland -- Sweden
Gough Island -- Saint Helena
Grand Banks -- Atlantic Ocean
Grand Cayman -- Cayman Islands
Grand Turk -- Turks and Caicos Islands
Great Australian Bight -- Indian Ocean
Great Belt (Store Baelt) -- Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain -- United Kingdom
Great Channel -- Indian Ocean
Greater Sunda Islands -- Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia
Green Islands -- Papua New Guinea
Greenland Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Grenadines, Northern -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenadines, Southern -- Grenada
Grytviken -- Georgia
Guadalajara [US Consulate General] -- Mexico
Guadalcanal -- Solomon Islands
Guadalupe, Isla de -- Mexico
Guangzhou [US Consulate General] -- China
Guantanamo Bay [US Naval Base] -- Cuba
Guatemala [US Embassy] -- Guatemala
Gubal, Strait of -- Indian Ocean
Guinea, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean
Guayaquil [US Consulate General] -- Ecuador
Ha'apai Group -- Tonga
Habomai Islands -- Russia [de facto]
Hague, The [US Embassy] -- Netherlands
Hainan Dao -- China
Halifax [US Consulate General] -- Canada
Halmahera -- Indonesia
Hamburg [US Consulate General] -- Germany
Hamilton [US Consulate General] -- Bermuda
Hanoi [US Liaison Office] -- Vietnam
Harare [US Embassy] -- Zimbabwe
Hatay -- Turkey
Havana [US post not maintained; -- Cuba representation by US Interests Section (USINT) of the Swiss Embassy]
Hawaii -- United States
Heard Island -- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Helsinki [US Embassy] -- Finland
Hermosillo [US Consulate] -- Mexico
Hispaniola -- Dominican Republic; Haiti
Hokkaido -- Japan
Hong Kong [US Consulate General] -- Hong Kong
Honiara -- Solomon Islands
Honshu -- Japan
Hormuz, Strait of -- Indian Ocean
Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos) -- Chile
Horne, Iles de -- Wallis and Futuna
Horn of Africa -- Ethiopia; Somalia
Hudson Bay -- Arctic Ocean
Hudson Strait -- Arctic Ocean
Inaccessible Island -- Saint Helena
Indochina -- Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam
Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) -- China
Ionian Islands -- Greece
Ionian Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Irian Jaya -- Indonesia
Irish Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Islamabad [US Embassy] -- Pakistan
Islas Malvinas -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Istanbul [US Consulate General] -- Turkey
Italian Somaliland -- Somalia
Ivory Coast -- Cote d'Ivoire
Iwo Jima -- Japan
Jakarta [US Embassy] -- Indonesia
Jamestown -- Saint Helena
Japan, Sea of -- Pacific Ocean
Java -- Indonesia
Java Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Jeddah (see Jiddah) -- Saudi Arabia
Jerusalem [US Consulate General] -- Israel; West Bank
Jiddah [US Consulate General] -- Saudi Arabia
Johannesburg [US Consulate General] -- South Africa
Juan de Fuca, Strait of -- Pacific Ocean
Juan Fernandez, Isla de -- Chile
Juventud, Isla de la (Isle of Youth) -- Cuba
Kabul [US Embassy now closed] -- Afghanistan
Kaduna [US Consulate General] -- Nigeria
Kalimantan -- Indonesia
Kamchatka Peninsula -- Russia (Poluostrov Kamchatka)
Kampala [US Embassy] -- Uganda
Kampuchea -- Cambodia
Kanton Island -- Kiribati Karachi [US Consulate General] -- Pakistan
Kara Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Karimata Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Kathmandu [US Embassy] -- Nepal
Kattegat -- Atlantic Ocean
Kauai Channel -- Pacific Ocean
Keeling Islands -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Kerguelen, Iles -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Kermadec Islands -- New Zealand
Khabarovsk -- Russia
Khartoum [US Embassy] -- Sudan
Khmer Republic -- Cambodia
Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria -- Oman Muria Islands)
Khyber Pass -- Pakistan
Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal) -- Atlantic Ocean
Kiev [US Embassy] -- Ukraine
Kigali [US Embassy] -- Rwanda
Kingston [US Embassy] -- Jamaica
Kingston -- Norfolk Island
Kingstown -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa [US Embassy] -- Zaire
Kirghiziya -- Kyrgyzstan
Kiritimati (Christmas Island) -- Kiribati
Kishinev (Chisinau) -- Moldova
Kithira Strait -- Atlantic Ocean
Kodiak Island -- United States
Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Poluostrov) -- Russia
Kolonia [US Embassy] -- Micronesia, Federated States of
Korea Bay -- Pacific Ocean
Korea, Democratic People's -- Korea, North Republic of
Korea, Republic of -- Korea, South
Korea Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Koror [US Liaison Office] -- Palau
Kosovo -- Serbia and Montenegro
Kowloon -- Hong Kong
Krakow [US Consulate General] -- Poland
Kuala Lumpur [US Embassy] -- Malaysia
Kunashiri (Kunashir) -- Russia [de facto]
Kuril Islands -- Russia [de facto]
Kuwait [US Embassy] -- Kuwait
Kwajalein Atoll -- Marshall Islands
Kyushu -- Japan
Kyyiv (Kiev) -- Ukraine
Labrador -- Canada
Laccadive Islands -- India
Laccadive Sea -- Indian Ocean
Lagos [US Embassy] -- Nigeria
Lahore [US Consulate General] -- Pakistan
Lakshadweep -- India
La Paz [US Embassy] -- Bolivia
La Perouse Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Laptev Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Las Palmas -- Spain
Lau Group -- Fiji
Lefkosa (Nicosia) -- Cyprus
Leipzig [US Consulate General] -- Germany
Leningrad (see Saint Petersburg) -- Russia
Lesser Sunda Islands -- Indonesia
Leyte -- Philippines
Liancourt Rocks [claimed by Japan] -- Korea, South
Libreville [US Embassy] -- Gabon
Ligurian Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Lilongwe [US Embassy] -- Malawi
Lima [US Embassy] -- Peru
Lincoln Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Line Islands -- Kiribati; Palmyra Atoll
Lisbon [US Embassy] -- Portugal
Ljubljana [US Embassy] -- Slovenia
Lobamba -- Swaziland
Lombok Strait -- Indian Ocean
Lome [US Embassy] -- Togo
London [US Embassy] -- United Kingdom
Longyearbyen -- Svalbard
Lord Howe Island -- Australia
Louisiade Archipelago -- Papua New Guinea
Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute) -- New Caledonia
Luanda [US Embassy] -- Angola
Lubumbashi -- Zaire
Lusaka [US Embassy] -- Zambia
Luxembourg [US Embassy] -- Luxembourg
Luzon -- Philippines
Luzon Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Macao -- Macau
Macau -- Macau
Macedonia -- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav -- Republic of
Macquarie Island -- Australia
Madeira Islands -- Portugal
Madras [US Consulate General] -- India
Madrid [US Embassy] -- Spain
Magellan, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Maghreb -- Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, -- Tunisia
Mahe Island -- Seychelles
Maiz, Islas del (Corn Islands) -- Nicaragua
Majorca (Mallorca) -- Spain
Majuro [US Embassy] -- Marshall Islands
Makassar Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Malabo [US Embassy] -- Equatorial Guinea
Malacca, Strait of -- Indian Ocean
Malagasy Republic -- Madagascar
Male [US Consular Agency] -- Maldives
Mallorca (Majorca) -- Spain
Malpelo, Isla de -- Colombia
Malta Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Malvinas, Islas -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Mamoutzou -- Mayotte
Managua [US Embassy] -- Nicaragua
Manama [US Embassy] -- Bahrain
Manaus [US Consular Agency] -- Brazil
Manchukuo -- China
Manchuria -- China
Manila [US Embassy] -- Philippines
Manipa Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Mannar, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean
Manua Islands -- American Samoa
Maputo [US Embassy] -- Mozambique
Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima) -- Japan
Mariana Islands -- Guam; Northern Mariana Islands
Marion Island -- South Africa
Marmara, Sea of -- Atlantic Ocean
Marquesas Islands (Iles Marquises) -- French Polynesia
Marseille [US Consulate General] -- France
Martin Vaz, Ilhas -- Brazil
Mas a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe -- Chile Island)
Mascarene Islands -- Mauritius; Reunion
Maseru [US Embassy] -- Lesotho
Matamoros [US Consulate] -- Mexico
Mata-Utu -- Wallis and Futuna
Mazatlan -- Mexico
Mbabane [US Embassy] -- Swaziland
McDonald Islands -- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Medan [US Consulate General] -- Indonesia
Mediterranean Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Melbourne [US Consulate General] -- Australia
Melilla -- Spain
Merida [US Consulate] -- Mexico
Messina, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Mexico [US Embassy] -- Mexico
Mexico, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean
Milan [US Consulate General] -- Italy
Minami-tori-shima -- Japan
Mindanao -- Philippines
Mindoro Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Minicoy Island -- India
Minsk [US Embassy] -- Belarus
Mogadishu -- Somalia
Moldavia -- Moldova
Mombasa -- Kenya
Mona Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Monaco -- Monaco
Monrovia [US Embassy] -- Liberia
Montenegro -- Serbia and Montenegro
Monterrey [US Consulate General] -- Mexico
Montevideo [US Embassy] -- Uruguay
Montreal [US Consulate General, US -- Canada Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)]
Moravian Gate -- Czech Republic
Moroni -- Comoros
Mortlock Islands -- Micronesia, Federated States of
Moscow [US Embassy] -- Russia
Mozambique Channel -- Indian Ocean
Munich [US Consulate General] -- Germany
Musandam Peninsula -- Oman; United Arab Emirates
Muscat [US Embassy] -- Oman
Muscat and Oman -- Oman
Myanma, Myanmar -- Burma
Nagoya [US Consulate] -- Japan
Naha [US Consulate General] -- Japan
Nairobi [US Embassy] -- Kenya
Nampo-shoto -- Japan
Naples [US Consulate General] -- Italy
Nassau [US Embassy] -- Bahamas, The
Natuna Besar Islands -- Indonesia
N'Djamena [US Embassy] -- Chad
Netherlands East Indies -- Indonesia
Netherlands Guiana -- Suriname
Nevis -- Saint Kitts and Nevis
New Delhi [US Embassy] -- India
Newfoundland -- Canada
New Guinea -- Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
New Hebrides -- Vanuatu
New Siberian Islands -- Russia
New Territories -- Hong Kong
New York, New York [US Mission to -- United States the United Nations (USUN)]
Niamey [US Embassy] -- Niger
Nicobar Islands -- India
Nicosia [US Embassy] -- Cyprus
Nightingale Island -- Saint Helena
North Atlantic Ocean -- Atlantic Ocean
North Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Northeast Providence Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Northern Epirus -- Albania; Greece
Northern Grenadines -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Northern Ireland -- United Kingdom
Northern Rhodesia -- Zambia
North Island -- New Zealand
North Korea -- Korea, North
North Pacific Ocean -- Pacific Ocean
North Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
North Vietnam -- Vietnam
Northwest Passages -- Arctic Ocean
North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) -- Yemen
Norwegian Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Nouakchott [US Embassy] -- Mauritania
Noumea -- New Caledonia
Novaya Zemlya -- Russia
Nuku'alofa -- Tonga
Nuevo Laredo [US Consulate] -- Mexico
Nuuk (Godthab) -- Greenland
Nyasaland -- Malawi
Oahu -- United States
Ocean Island (Banaba) -- Kiribati
Ocean Island (Kure Island) -- United States
Ogaden -- Ethiopia; Somalia
Oil Islands (Chagos Archipelago) -- British Indian Ocean Territory
Okhotsk, Sea of -- Pacific Ocean
Okinawa -- Japan
Oman, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean
Ombai Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Oran -- Algeria
Oranjestad -- Aruba
Oresund (The Sound) -- Atlantic Ocean
Orkney Islands -- United Kingdom
Osaka-Kobe [US Consulate General] -- Japan
Oslo [US Embassy] -- Norway
Otranto, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Ottawa [US Embassy] -- Canada
Ouagadougou [US Embassy] -- Burkina
Outer Mongolia -- Mongolia
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory -- Palau of the
Pagan -- Northern Mariana Islands
Pago Pago -- American Samoa
Palawan -- Philippines
Palermo -- Italy
Palk Strait -- Indian Ocean
Pamirs -- China; Tajikistan
Panama [US Embassy] -- Panama
Panama Canal -- Panama
Panama, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean
Papeete -- French Polynesia
Paramaribo [US Embassy] -- Suriname
Parece Vela -- Japan
Paris [US Embassy, US Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), US Observer Mission at the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)] -- France
Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island) -- Chile
Passion, Ile de la -- Clipperton Island
Pashtunistan -- Afghanistan; Pakistan
Peking (Beijing) -- China
Peleliu -- Palau
Pemba Island -- Tanzania
Pentland Firth -- Atlantic Ocean
Perim -- Yemen
Perouse Strait, La -- Pacific Ocean
Persian Gulf -- Indian Ocean
Perth [US Consulate General] -- Australia
Pescadores -- Taiwan
Peshawar [US Consulate] -- Pakistan
Peter I Island -- Antarctica
Philip Island -- Norfolk Island
Philippine Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Phnom Penh [US Embassy] -- Cambodia
Phoenix Islands -- Kiribati
Pines, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud) -- Cuba
Pleasant Island -- Nauru
Plymouth -- Montserrat
Ponape (Pohnpei) -- Micronesia
Ponta Delgada [US Consulate] -- Portugal
Port-au-Prince [US Embassy] -- Haiti
Port Louis [US Embassy] -- Mauritius
Port Moresby [US Embassy] -- Papua New Guinea
Porto Alegre [US Consulate] -- Brazil
Port-of-Spain [US Embassy] -- Trinidad and Tobago
Porto-Novo -- Benin
Portuguese Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese Timor (East Timor) -- Indonesia
Port-Vila -- Vanuatu
Poznan [US Consulate General] -- Poland
Prague [US Embassy] -- Czech Republic
Praia [US Embassy] -- Cape Verde
Pretoria [US Embassy] -- South Africa
Pribilof Islands -- United States
Prince Edward Island -- Canada
Prince Edward Islands -- South Africa
Prince Patrick Island -- Canada
Principe -- Sao Tome and Principe
Pusan [US Consulate] -- Korea, South
P'yongyang -- Korea, North
Quebec [US Consulate General] -- Canada
Queen Charlotte Islands -- Canada
Queen Elizabeth Islands -- Canada
Queen Maud Land [claimed by Norway] -- Antarctica
Quito [US Embassy] -- Ecuador
Rabat [US Embassy] -- Morocco
Ralik Chain -- Marshall Islands
Rangoon [US Embassy] -- Burma
Ratak Chain -- Marshall Islands
Recife [US Consulate] -- Brazil
Redonda -- Antigua and Barbuda
Red Sea -- Indian Ocean
Revillagigedo Island -- United States
Revillagigedo Islands -- Mexico
Reykjavik [US Embassy] -- Iceland
Rhodes -- Greece
Rhodesia -- Zimbabwe
Rhodesia, Northern -- Zambia
Rhodesia, Southern -- Zimbabwe
Riga [US Embassy] -- Latvia
Rio de Janeiro [US Consulate -- Brazil General]
Rio de Oro -- Western Sahara
Rio Muni -- Equatorial Guinea
Riyadh [US Embassy] -- Saudi Arabia
Road Town -- British Virgin Islands
Robinson Crusoe Island (Mas -- Chile a Tierra)
Rocas, Atol das -- Brazil
Rockall [disputed] -- United Kingdom
Rodrigues -- Mauritius
Rome [US Embassy, US Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG)] -- Italy
Roncador Cay -- Colombia
Roosevelt Island -- Antarctica
Roseau -- Dominica
Ross Dependency [claimed by -- Antarctica New Zealand]
Ross Island -- Antarctica
Ross Sea -- Antarctica
Rota -- Northern Mariana Islands
Rotuma -- Fiji
Ryukyu Islands -- Japan
Saba -- Netherlands Antilles
Sabah -- Malaysia
Sable Island -- Canada
Sahel -- Burkina, Cape Verde, Chad, -- The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, -- Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) -- Vietnam
Saint Brandon -- Mauritius
Saint Christopher and Nevis -- Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint-Denis -- Reunion
Saint George's [US Embassy] -- Grenada
Saint George's Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Saint Helier -- Jersey
Saint John's -- Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Lawrence, Gulf of -- Atlantic Ocean
Saint Lawrence Island -- United States
Saint Lawrence Seaway -- Atlantic Ocean
Saint Martin -- Guadeloupe
Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) -- Netherlands Antilles
Saint Paul Island -- Canada
Saint Paul Island -- United States
Saint Paul Island (Ile Saint-Paul) -- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks -- Brazil (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo)
Saint Peter Port -- Guernsey
Saint Petersburg [US Consulate -- Russia General]
Saint-Pierre -- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Saipan -- Northern Mariana Islands
Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) -- Russia
Sala y Gomez, Isla -- Chile
Salisbury (Harare) -- Zimbabwe
Salvador de Bahia [US Consular -- Brazil Agency]
Salzburg -- Austria
Sanaa [US Embassy] -- Yemen
San Ambrosio -- Chile
San Andres y Providencia, -- Colombia Archipielago
San Bernardino Strait -- Pacific Ocean
San Felix, Isla -- Chile
San Jose [US Embassy] -- Costa Rica
San Juan -- Puerto Rico
San Luis Potosi -- Mexico
San Marino -- San Marino
San Salvador [US Embassy] -- El Salvador
Santa Cruz -- Bolivia
Santa Cruz Islands -- Solomon Islands
Santiago [US Embassy] -- Chile
Santo Domingo [US Embassy] -- Dominican Republic
Sao Paulo [US Consulate General] -- Brazil
Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de -- Brazil
Sao Tome -- Sao Tome and Principe
Sapporo [US Consulate General] -- Japan
Sapudi Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Sarajevo [US Embassy] -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarawak -- Malaysia
Sardinia -- Italy
Sargasso Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Sark -- Guernsey
Scotia Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Scotland -- United Kingdom
Scott Island -- Antarctica
Senyavin Islands -- Micronesia, Federated States of
Seoul [US Embassy] -- Korea, South
Serbia -- Serbia and Montenegro
Serrana Bank -- Colombia
Serranilla Bank -- Colombia
Settlement, The -- Christmas Island
Severnaya Zemlya (Northland) -- Russia
Shag Island -- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Shag Rocks -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Shanghai [US Consulate General] -- China
Shenyang [US Consulate General] -- China
Shetland Islands -- United Kingdom
Shikoku -- Japan
Shikotan (Shikotan-to) -- Japan
Siam -- Thailand
Sibutu Passage -- Pacific Ocean
Sicily -- Italy
Sicily, Strait of -- Atlantic Ocean
Sikkim -- India
Sinai -- Egypt
Singapore [US Embassy] -- Singapore
Singapore Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Sinkiang (Xinjiang) -- China
Sint Eustatius -- Netherlands Antilles
Sint Maarten (Saint Martin) -- Netherlands Antilles
Skagerrak -- Atlantic Ocean
Skopje [US Liaison Office] -- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav -- Republic of
Society Islands (Iles de la Societe) -- French Polynesia
Socotra -- Yemen
Sofia [US Embassy] -- Bulgaria
Solomon Islands, northern -- Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands, southern -- Solomon Islands
Solomon Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Songkhla [US Consulate] -- Thailand
Sound, The (Oresund) -- Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean -- Atlantic Ocean
South China Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Southern Grenadines -- Grenada
Southern Rhodesia -- Zimbabwe
South Georgia -- South Georgia and the South Sandwich -- Islands
South Island -- New Zealand
South Korea -- Korea, South
South Orkney Islands -- Antarctica
South Pacific Ocean -- Pacific Ocean
South Sandwich Islands -- South Georgia and the South Sandwich -- Islands
South Shetland Islands -- Antarctica
South Tyrol -- Italy
South Vietnam -- Vietnam
South-West Africa -- Namibia
South Yemen (People's Democratic -- Yemen Republic of Yemen)
Soviet Union [the former] -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, -- Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, -- Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, -- Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, -- Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Spanish Guinea -- Equatorial Guinea
Spanish Sahara -- Western Sahara
Spitsbergen -- Svalbard
Stanley -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Stockholm [US Embassy] -- Sweden
Strasbourg [US Consulate General] -- France
Stuttgart [US Consulate General] -- Germany
Sucre -- Bolivia
Suez, Gulf of -- Indian Ocean
Sulu Archipelago -- Philippines
Sulu Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Sumatra -- Indonesia
Sumba -- Indonesia
Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) -- Indonesia; Malaysia
Sunda Strait -- Indian Ocean
Surabaya [US Consulate General] -- Indonesia
Surigao Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Surinam -- Suriname
Suva [US Embassy] -- Fiji
Swains Island -- American Samoa
Swan Islands -- Honduras
Sydney [US Consulate General] -- Australia
Tahiti -- French Polynesia
Taipei -- Taiwan
Taiwan Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Tallinn [US Embassy] -- Estonia
Tanganyika -- Tanzania
Tangier -- Morocco
Tarawa -- Kiribati
Tartar Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Tashkent [US Embassy] -- Uzbekistan
Tasmania -- Australia
Tasman Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Taymyr Peninsula (Poluostrov Taymyra) -- Russia
T'bilisi [US Embassy] -- Georgia
Tegucigalpa [US Embassy] -- Honduras
Tehran [US post not maintained; -- Iran representation by Swiss Embassy]
Tel Aviv [US Embassy] -- Israel
Terre Adelie (Adelie Land) -- Antarctica [claimed by France]
Thailand, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean
Thessaloniki [US Consulate General] -- Greece
Thimphu -- Bhutan
Thurston Island -- Antarctica
Tibet (Xizang) -- China
Tibilisi (see T'bilisi) -- Georgia
Tierra del Fuego -- Argentina; Chile
Tijuana [US Consulate General] -- Mexico
Timor -- Indonesia
Timor Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Tinian -- Northern Mariana Islands
Tiran, Strait of -- Indian Ocean
Tirane [US Embassy] -- Albania
Tobago -- Trinidad and Tobago
Tokyo [US Embassy] -- Japan
Tonkin, Gulf of -- Pacific Ocean
Toronto [US Consulate General] -- Canada
Torres Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Torshavn -- Faroe Islands
Toshkent (Tashkent) -- Uzbekistan
Transjordan -- Jordan
Transkei -- South Africa
Transylvania -- Romania
Trindade, Ilha de -- Brazil
Tripoli [US post not maintained; -- Libya representation by Belgian Embassy]
Tristan da Cunha Group -- Saint Helena
Trobriand Islands -- Papua New Guinea
Trucial States -- United Arab Emirates
Truk Islands -- Micronesia
Tsugaru Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu) -- French Polynesia
Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai) -- French Polynesia
Tunis [US Embassy] -- Tunisia
Turin -- Italy
Turkish Straits -- Atlantic Ocean
Turkmeniya -- Turkmenistan
Turks Island Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Tyrol, South -- Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Udorn (Udon Thani) [US Consulate] -- Thailand
Ulaanbaatar [US Embassy] -- Mongolia
Ullung-do -- Korea, South
Unimak Pass [strait] -- Pacific Ocean
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, [the former USSR] -- Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, -- Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, -- Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, -- Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
United Arab Republic -- Egypt; Syria
Upper Volta -- Burkina
USSR [the former] -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, -- Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, -- Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, -- Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, -- Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Vaduz [US post not maintained; -- Liechtenstein representation from Zurich, Switzerland]
Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) -- Afghanistan
Valletta [US Embassy] -- Malta
Valley, The -- Anguilla
Vancouver [US Consulate General] -- Canada
Vancouver Island -- Canada
Van Diemen Strait -- Pacific Ocean
Vatican City [US Embassy] -- Holy See
Velez de la Gomera, Penon de -- Spain
Venda -- South Africa
Verde Island Passage -- Pacific Ocean
Victoria -- Hong Kong
Victoria [US Embassy] -- Seychelles
Vienna [US Embassy, US Mission to -- Austria International Organizations in Vienna (UNVIE)]
Vientiane [US Embassy] -- Laos
Vilnius [US Embassy] -- Lithuania
Vladivostok [US Consulate General] -- Russia
Volcano Islands -- Japan
Vostok Island -- Kiribati
Vrangelya, Ostrov (Wrangel Island) -- Russia
Wakhan Corridor (now Vakhan) -- Afghanistan
Wales -- United Kingdom
Walvis Bay -- Namibia
Warsaw [US Embassy] -- Poland
Washington, DC [The Permanent Mission of the US to the Organization of American States (OAS)] -- United States
Weddell Sea -- Atlantic Ocean
Wellington [US Embassy] -- New Zealand
Western Channel (West Korea Strait) -- Pacific Ocean
West Germany (Federal Republic of -- Germany Germany)
West Island -- Cocos (Keeling) -- Islands
West Korea Strait (Western Channel) -- Pacific Ocean
West Pakistan -- Pakistan
Wetar Strait -- Pacific Ocean
White Sea -- Arctic Ocean
Willemstad -- Netherlands Antilles
Windhoek [US Embassy] -- Namibia
Windward Passage -- Atlantic Ocean
Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya) -- Russia [de facto]
Yamoussoukro -- Cote d'Ivoire
Yangon (Rangoon) -- Burma
Yaounde [US Embassy] -- Cameroon
Yap Islands -- Micronesia
Yaren -- Nauru
Yekaterinburg [US Consulate General] -- Russia
Yellow Sea -- Pacific Ocean
Yemen (Aden) [People's Democratic -- Yemen Republic of Yemen]
Yemen Arab Republic -- Yemen
Yemen, North [Yemen Arab Republic] -- Yemen
Yemen (Sanaa) [Yemen Arab Republic] -- Yemen
Yemen, People's Democratic -- Yemen Republic of
Yemen, South [People's Democratic -- Yemen Republic of Yemen]
Yerevan [US Embassy] -- Armenia
Youth, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud) Cuba
Yucatan Channel -- Atlantic Ocean
Yugoslavia [the former] -- Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; -- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav -- Republic of; Serbia and Montenegro; -- and Slovenia
Zagreb [US Embassy] -- Croatia
Zanzibar -- Tanzania
Zurich [US Consulate General] -- Switzerland