NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 1 23 B 1A
Skagerrak 1.1 3 B24 1S
North Sea 1.2 4 B23 1N
Inner Seas off the West Coast 1.3 18 — 1K
of Scotland
Irish Sea and Saint Georges 1.4 19 B22 1R, 1Q
Channel
Bristol Channel 1.5 20 B21 1C
Celtic Sea 1.6 21 A — —
English Channel 1.7 21 B20 1E
Bay of Biscay 1.8 22 B19 1B
Canarias Sea 1.9 — — —
Gulf of Guinea 1.10 34 C4 1G
Caribbean Sea 1.11 27 B6 1X
Gulf of Mexico 1.12 26 B5 1M
Bay of Fundy 1.13 25 B4 1F
Gulf of Saint Lawrence 1.14 24 B3 1T
Labrador Sea 1.15 15 A — 1L
Greenland Sea 1.16 5 A1 5G
Denmark Strait — — B1 1D
Lake Erie — — — 9E
Lake Huron — — — 9H
Lake Michigan — — — 9M
Lake Ontario — — — 9N
Lake Superior — — — 9S
Panama Canal — — — 1J
Saint Lawrence Seaway — — — 9L
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 7 57 D 3A
Philippine Sea 7.1 56 D26 3P
Taiwan Strait (Formosa 7.2 — D17 3F
Strait)
East China Sea (Tung Hai) 7.3 50 D13 3E
Yellow Sea (Huang Hai, Hwang 7.4 51 D14 3Y
Hai)
Bo Hai (Bo Sea, Gulf of 7.5 — D16 3X
Chihli)
Liaodong Wan (Liaodong Gulf) 7.6 — — —
Inland Sea of Japan (Seto 7.7 53 — 3N
Naikai)
Sea of Japan (Japan Sea) 7.8 52 D11 3J
Gulf of Tartary 7.9 — D10 —
Sea of Okhotsk 7.10 54 D8 3Q
Bering Sea 7.11 55 D6 5D
Anadyrskiy Zaliv (Anadyrskiy 7.12 — — 5Y
Gulf)
Gulf of Alaska 7.13 58 D4 5F
Coastal Waters of Southeast 7.14 59 D3 5E
Alaska and British Columbia
Gulf of California 7.15 60 D2 3L
Gulf of Panama 7.16 — D1 —
Amurskiy Liman — — D27 —
Bering Strait — — D7 5R
Bristol Bay — — D5 —
Korea Bay — — D15 3R
Korea Strait — — D12 —
Sakhalinskiy Zaliv — — D28 3B
Zaliv Shelikhova (Zaliv — — D9 3K
Shelekhova)
Luzon Strait — — — 3I
Tatar Strait — — — 3D
PACIFIC OCEAN (see North — — — —
Pacific Ocean and South
Pacific Ocean)
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 4 32 C 2A
Rio de la Plata 4.1 33 C1 2R
Drake Passage — — C5 2D
Golfo San Matias — — C2 2M
Golfo San Jorge — — C3 2J
Scotia Sea — — C6 2S
Weddell Sea — — C7 2W
SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN 6 49 and 48 D18 plus 3U plus
ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS others others
South China Sea (Nan Hai) 6.1 49 D18 3U
Gulf of Tonkin 6.2 — D19 3G
Gulf of Thailand (Gulf of 6.3 47 D20 3T
Siam)
Natuna Sea 6.4 — — —
Singapore Strait 6.5 46 (b) — 3Z
Sunda Strait 6.6 — — —
Java Sea (Jawa Sea) 6.7 48 (n) F13 4J
Makassar Strait (Makasar 6.8 48 (m) E1 4M
Strait)
Bali Sea 6.9 48 (l) F14 4L
Flores Sea 6.10 48 (j) F16 4F
Sumba Strait 6.11 — — —
Savu Sea (Sawu Sea) 6.12 48 (o) F15 6S
Timor Sea 6.13 48 (i) F19 6T
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf 6.14 — F20 —
Gulf of Carpentaria 6.15 — E4 4P
Arafura Sea 6.16 48 (h) E3 4U
Aru Sea 6.17 — — —
Banda Sea 6.18 48 (g) E2 4B
Teluk Bone (Gulf of Bone, 6.19 48 (k) F17 4E
Gulf of Boni)
Ceram Sea (Seram Sea) 6.20 48 (f) D25 4Q
Gulf of Berau 6.21 — — —
Halmahera Sea 6.22 48 (e) D24 3H
Molucca Sea (Molukka Sea, 6.23 48 (c) D23 3M
Maluku Sea)
Teluk Tomini (Gulf of Tomini) 6.24 48 (d) F18 3V
Sulawesi Sea 6.25 — — —
Mindanao Sea 6.26 — — —
Sulu Sea 6.27 48 (a) D21 3S
Celebes Sea — 48 (b) D22 3C
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN 8 61 E 4A
Bismarck Sea 8.1 66 E6 4K
Solomon Sea 8.2 65 E7 4S
Torres Strait 8.3 — E5 —
Coastal Waters of Great 8.4 — — —
Barrier Reefs
Coral Sea 8.5 64 E9 4C
Tasman Sea 8.6 63 E10 4T
Bass Strait 8.7 62 A F22 6F
Amundsen Sea — — E12 4D
Bellingshausen Sea — — E13 4G
Cook Strait — — E8 —
Ross Sea — — E11 4R
* The letters after the numbers are subdivisions, not footnotes.
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Appendix H: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
This list indicates where various geographic names—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 those approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Additional information is included in brackets.