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Entity | FIPS 10-4 | ISO 3166 | Internet | Comment
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Afghanistan_______________|AF____|AF|AFG|004|.af|_________________________
Albania___________________|AL____|AL|ALB|008|.al|_________________________
Algeria___________________|AG____|DZ|DZA|012|.dz|_________________________
American Samoa____________|AQ____|AS|ASM|016|.as|_________________________
Andorra___________________|AN____|AD|AND|020|.ad|_________________________
Angola____________________|AO____|AO|AGO|024|.ao|_________________________
Anguilla__________________|AV____|AI|AIA|660|.ai|_________________________
Antarctica |AY |AQ|ATA|010|.aq|ISO defines as the
| | | | | |territory south of 60
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|degrees south latitude___
Antigua and Barbuda_______|AC____|AG|ATG|028|.ag|_________________________
Argentina_________________|AR____|AR|ARG|032|.ar|_________________________
Armenia___________________|AM____|AM|ARM|051|.am|_________________________
Aruba_____________________|AA____|AW|ABW|533|.aw|_________________________
Ashmore and Cartier |AT |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with
Islands___________________|______|__|___|___|___|Australia________________
Australia |AS |AU|AUS|036|.au|ISO includes Ashmore and
| | | | | |Cartier Islands, Coral
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Sea Islands______________
Austria___________________|AU____|AT|AUT|040|.at|_________________________
Azerbaijan________________|AJ____|AZ|AZE|031|.az|_________________________
Bahamas, The______________|BF____|BS|BHS|044|.bs|_________________________
Bahrain___________________|BA____|BH|BHR|048|.bh|_________________________
Baker Island |FQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Bangladesh________________|BG____|BD|BGD|050|.bd|_________________________
Barbados__________________|BB____|BB|BRB|052|.bb|_________________________
Bassas da India |BS |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the
| | | | | |Miscellaneous(French)
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Indian Ocean Islands_____
Belarus___________________|BO____|BY|BLR|112|.by|_________________________
Belgium___________________|BE____|BE|BEL|056|.be|_________________________
Belize____________________|BH____|BZ|BLZ|084|.bz|_________________________
Benin_____________________|BN____|BJ|BEN|204|.bj|_________________________
Bermuda___________________|BD____|BM|BMU|060|.bm|_________________________
Bhutan____________________|BT____|BT|BTN|064|.bt|_________________________
Bolivia___________________|BL____|BO|BOL|068|.bo|_________________________
Bosnia and Herzegovina____|BK____|BA|BIH|070|.ba|_________________________
Botswana__________________|BC____|BW|BWA|072|.bw|_________________________
Bouvet Island_____________|BV____|BV|BVT|074|.bv|_________________________
Brazil____________________|BR____|BR|BRA|076|.br|_________________________
British Indian Ocean |IO |IO|IOT|086|.io|
Territory_________________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
British Virgin Islands____|VI____|VG|VGB|092|.vg|_________________________
Brunei____________________|BX____|BN|BRN|096|.bn|_________________________
Bulgaria__________________|BU____|BG|BGR|100|.bg|_________________________
Burkina Faso______________|UV____|BF|BFA|854|.bf|_________________________
Burma_____________________|BM____|MM|MMR|104|.mm|ISO uses the name Myanmar
Burundi___________________|BY____|BI|BDI|108|.bi|_________________________
Cambodia__________________|CB____|KH|KHM|116|.kh|_________________________
Cameroon__________________|CM____|CM|CMR|120|.cm|_________________________
Canada____________________|CA____|CA|CAN|124|.ca|_________________________
Cape Verde________________|CV____|CV|CPV|132|.cv|_________________________
Cayman Islands____________|CJ____|KY|CYM|136|.ky|_________________________
Central African Republic__|CT____|CF|CAF|140|.cf|_________________________
Chad______________________|CD____|TD|TCD|148|.td|_________________________
Chile_____________________|CI____|CL|CHL|152|.cl|_________________________
China_____________________|CH____|CN|CHN|156|.cn|see also Taiwan__________
Christmas Island__________|KT____|CX|CXR|162|.cx|_________________________
Clipperton Island |IP |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with French
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Polynesia________________
Cocos (Keeling) Islands___|CK____|CC|CCK|166|.cc|_________________________
Colombia__________________|CO____|CO|COL|170|.co|_________________________
Comoros___________________|CN____|KM|COM|174|.km|_________________________
Congo, Democratic |CG |ZR|ZAR|180|.cd|formerly Zaire
Republic of the___________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Congo, Republic of the____|CF____|CG|COG|178|.cg|_________________________
Cook Islands______________|CW____|CK|COK|184|.ck|_________________________
Coral Sea Islands |CR |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Australia________________
Costa Rica________________|CS____|CR|CRI|188|.cr|_________________________
Cote d'Ivoire_____________|IV____|CI|CIV|384|.ci|_________________________
Croatia___________________|HR____|HR|HRV|191|.hr|_________________________
Cuba______________________|CU____|CU|CUB|192|.cu|_________________________
Cyprus____________________|CY____|CY|CYP|196|.cy|_________________________
Czech Republic____________|EZ____|CZ|CZE|203|.cz|_________________________
Denmark___________________|DA____|DK|DNK|208|.dk|_________________________
Djibouti__________________|DJ____|DJ|DJI|262|.dj|_________________________
Dominica__________________|DO____|DM|DMA|212|.dm|_________________________
Dominican Republic________|DR____|DO|DOM|214|.do|_________________________
East Timor________________|TT____|TP|TMP|626|.tp|_________________________
Ecuador___________________|EC____|EC|ECU|218|.ec|_________________________
Egypt_____________________|EG____|EG|EGY|818|.eg|_________________________
El Salvador_______________|ES____|SV|SLV|222|.sv|_________________________
Equatorial Guinea_________|EK____|GQ|GNQ|226|.gq|_________________________
Eritrea___________________|ER____|ER|ERI|232|.er|_________________________
Estonia___________________|EN____|EE|EST|233|.ee|_________________________
Ethiopia__________________|ET____|ET|ETH|231|.et|_________________________
Europa Island |EU |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the
| | | | | |Miscellaneous (French)
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Indian Ocean Islands_____
Falkland Islands (Islas |FA |FK|FLK|238|.fk|
Malvinas)_________________| ____|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Faroe Islands_____________|FO____|FO|FRO|234|.fo|_________________________
Fiji______________________|FJ____|FJ|FJI|242|.fj|_________________________
Finland___________________|FI____|FI|FIN|246|.fi|_________________________
France____________________|FR____|FR|FRA|250|.fr|_________________________
France, Metropolitan |———|FX|FXX|249|.fx|ISO limits to the
| | | | | |European part of France,
| | | | | |excluding French Guiana,
| | | | | |French Polynesia, French
| | | | | |Southern and Antarctic
| | | | | |Lands, Guadeloupe,
| | | | | |Martinique, Mayotte, New
| | | | | |Caledonia, Reunion, Saint
| | | | | |Pierre and Miquelon,
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Wallis and Futuna________
French Guiana_____________|FG____|GF|GUF|254|.gf|_________________________
French Polynesia |FP |PF|PYF|258|.pf|ISO includes Clipperton
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Island___________________
French Southern and |FS |TF|ATF|260|.tf|FIPS 10-4 does not
Antarctic Lands | | | | | |include the French———-
| | | | | |claimed portion of
__________________________| ____|__|___|___|___|Antarctica (Terre Adelie)
Gabon_____________________|GB____|GA|GAB|266|.ga|_________________________
Gambia, The_______________|GA____|GM|GMB|270|.gm|_________________________
Gaza Strip________________|GZ____|—|—-|—-|—-|_________________________
Georgia___________________|GG____|GE|GEO|268|.ge|_________________________
Germany___________________|GM____|DE|DEU|276|.de|_________________________
Ghana_____________________|GH____|GH|GHA|288|.gh|_________________________
Gibraltar_________________|GI____|GI|GIB|292|.gi|_________________________
Glorioso Islands |GO |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the
| | | | | |Miscellaneous (French)
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Indian Ocean Islands_____
Greece____________________|GR____|GR|GRC|300|.gr|_________________________
Greenland_________________|GL____|GL|GRL|304|.gl|_________________________
Grenada___________________|GJ____|GD|GRD|308|.gd|_________________________
Guadeloupe________________|GP____|GP|GLP|312|.gp|_________________________
Guam______________________|GQ____|GU|GUM|316|.gu|_________________________
Guatemala_________________|GT____|GT|GTM|320|.gt|_________________________
Guernsey |GK |—|—-|—-|.gg|ISO includes with the
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|United Kingdom___________
Guinea____________________|GV____|GN|GIN|324|.gn|_________________________
Guinea-Bissau_____________|PU____|GW|GNB|624|.gw|_________________________
Guyana____________________|GY____|GY|GUY|328|.gy|_________________________
Haiti_____________________|HA____|HT|HTI|332|.ht|_________________________
Heard Island and |HM |HM|HMD|334|.hm|
McDonald Islands__________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Holy See (Vatican City)___|VT____|VA|VAT|336|.va|_________________________
Honduras__________________|HO____|HN|HND|340|.hn|_________________________
Hong Kong_________________|HK____|HK|HKG|344|.hk|_________________________
Howland Island |HQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Hungary___________________|HU____|HU|HUN|348|.hu|_________________________
Iceland___________________|IC____|IS|ISL|352|.is|_________________________
India_____________________|IN____|IN|IND|356|.in|_________________________
Indonesia_________________|ID____|ID|IDN|360|.id|_________________________
Iran______________________|IR____|IR|IRN|364|.ir|_________________________
Iraq______________________|IZ____|IQ|IRQ|368|.iq|_________________________
Ireland___________________|EI____|IE|IRL|372|.ie|_________________________
Israel____________________|IS____|IL|ISR|376|.il|_________________________
Italy_____________________|IT____|IT|ITA|380|.it|_________________________
Jamaica___________________|JM____|JM|JAM|388|.jm|_________________________
Jan Mayen |JN |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Svalbard_________________
Japan_____________________|JA____|JP|JPN|392|.jp|_________________________
Jarvis Island |DQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Jersey |JE |—|—-|—-|.je|ISO includes with the
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|United Kingdom___________
Johnston Atoll |JQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Jordan____________________|JO____|JO|JOR|400|.jo|_________________________
Juan de Nova Island |JU |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the
| | | | | |Miscellaneous (French)
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Indian Ocean Islands_____
Kazakhstan________________|KZ____|KZ|KAZ|398|.kz|_________________________
Kenya_____________________|KE____|KE|KEN|404|.ke|_________________________
Kingman Reef |KQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Kiribati__________________|KR____|KI|KIR|296|.ki|_________________________
Korea, North______________|KN____|KP|PRK|408|.kp|_________________________
Korea, South______________|KS____|KR|KOR|410|.kr|_________________________
Kuwait____________________|KU____|KW|KWT|414|.kw|_________________________
Kyrgyzstan________________|KG____|KG|KGZ|417|.kg|_________________________
Laos______________________|LA____|LA|LAO|418|.la|_________________________
Latvia____________________|LG____|LV|LVA|428|.lv|_________________________
Lebanon___________________|LE____|LB|LBN|422|.lb|_________________________
Lesotho___________________|LT____|LS|LSO|426|.ls|_________________________
Liberia___________________|LI____|LR|LBR|430|.lr|_________________________
Libya_____________________|LY____|LY|LBY|434|.ly|_________________________
Liechtenstein_____________|LS____|LI|LIE|438|.li|_________________________
Lithuania_________________|LH____|LT|LTU|440|.lt|_________________________
Luxembourg________________|LU____|LU|LUX|442|.lu|_________________________
Macau_____________________|MC____|MO|MAC|446|.mo|_________________________
Macedonia, The Republic of|MK____|MK|MKD|807|.mk|_________________________
Madagascar________________|MA____|MG|MDG|450|.mg|_________________________
Malawi____________________|MI____|MW|MWI|454|.mw|_________________________
Malaysia__________________|MY____|MY|MYS|458|.my|_________________________
Maldives__________________|MV____|MV|MDV|462|.mv|_________________________
Mali______________________|ML____|ML|MLI|466|.ml|_________________________
Malta_____________________|MT____|MT|MLT|470|.mt|_________________________
Man, Isle of |IM |—|—-|—-|.im|ISO includes with the
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|United Kingdom___________
Marshall Islands__________|RM____|MH|MHL|584|.mh|_________________________
Martinique________________|MB____|MQ|MTQ|474|.mq|_________________________
Mauritania________________|MR____|MR|MRT|478|.mr|_________________________
Mauritius_________________|MP____|MU|MUS|480|.mu|_________________________
Mayotte___________________|MF____|YT|MYT|175|.yt|_________________________
Mexico____________________|MX____|MX|MEX|484|.mx|_________________________
Micronesia, Federated |FM |FM|FSM|583|.fm|
States of_________________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Midway Islands |MQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Miscellaneous (French) |———|—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes Bassas da
Indian Ocean Islands | | | | | |India, Europa Island,
| | | | | |Glorioso Islands, Juan de
| | | | | |Nova Island, Tromelin
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Island___________________
Moldova___________________|MD____|MD|MDA|498|.md|_________________________
Monaco____________________|MN____|MC|MCO|492|.mc|_________________________
Mongolia__________________|MG____|MN|MNG|496|.mn|_________________________
Montserrat________________|MH____|MS|MSR|500|.ms|_________________________
Morocco___________________|MO____|MA|MAR|504|.ma|_________________________
Mozambique________________|MZ____|MZ|MOZ|508|.mz|_________________________
Myanmar___________________|———|—|—-|—-|—-|see Burma________________
Namibia___________________|WA____|NA|NAM|516|.na|_________________________
Nauru_____________________|NR____|NR|NRU|520|.nr|_________________________
Navassa Island____________|BQ____|—|—-|—-|—-|_________________________
Nepal_____________________|NP____|NP|NPL|524|.np|_________________________
Netherlands_______________|NL____|NL|NLD|528|.nl|_________________________
Netherlands Antilles______|NT____|AN|ANT|530|.an|_________________________
New Caledonia_____________|NC____|NC|NCL|540|.nc|_________________________
New Zealand_______________|NZ____|NZ|NZL|554|.nz|_________________________
Nicaragua_________________|NU____|NI|NIC|558|.ni|_________________________
Niger_____________________|NG____|NE|NER|562|.ne|_________________________
Nigeria___________________|NI____|NG|NGA|566|.ng|_________________________
Niue______________________|NE____|NU|NIU|570|.nu|_________________________
Norfolk Island____________|NF____|NF|NFK|574|.nf|_________________________
Northern Mariana Islands__|CQ____|MP|MNP|580|.mp|_________________________
Norway____________________|NO____|NO|NOR|578|.no|_________________________
Oman______________________|MU____|OM|OMN|512|.om|_________________________
Pakistan__________________|PK____|PK|PAK|586|.pk|_________________________
Palau_____________________|PS____|PW|PLW|585|.pw|_________________________
Palmyra Atoll |LQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Panama____________________|PM____|PA|PAN|591|.pa|_________________________
Papua New Guinea__________|PP____|PG|PNG|598|.pg|_________________________
Paracel Islands___________|PF____|—|—-|—-|—-|_________________________
Paraguay__________________|PA____|PY|PRY|600|.py|_________________________
Peru______________________|PE____|PE|PER|604|.pe|_________________________
Philippines_______________|RP____|PH|PHL|608|.ph|_________________________
Pitcairn Islands__________|PC____|PN|PCN|612|.pn|_________________________
Poland____________________|PL____|PL|POL|616|.pl|_________________________
Portugal__________________|PO____|PT|PRT|620|.pt|_________________________
Puerto Rico_______________|RQ____|PR|PRI|630|.pr|_________________________
Qatar_____________________|QA____|QA|QAT|634|.qa|_________________________
Reunion___________________|RE____|RE|REU|638|.re|_________________________
Romania___________________|RO____|RO|ROM|642|.ro|_________________________
Russia____________________|RS____|RU|RUS|643|.ru|_________________________
Rwanda____________________|RW____|RW|RWA|646|.rw|_________________________
Saint Helena______________|SH____|SH|SHN|654|.sh|_________________________
Saint Kitts and Nevis_____|SC____|KN|KNA|659|.kn|_________________________
Saint Lucia_______________|ST____|LC|LCA|662|.lc|_________________________
Saint Pierre and |SB |PM|SPM|666|.pm|
Miquelon__________________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Saint Vincent and the |VC |VC|VCT|670|.vc|
Grenadines________________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Samoa_____________________|WS____|WS|WSM|882|.ws|_________________________
San Marino________________|SM____|SM|SMR|674|.sm|_________________________
Sao Tome and Principe_____|TP____|ST|STP|678|.st|_________________________
Saudi Arabia______________|SA____|SA|SAU|682|.sa|_________________________
Senegal___________________|SG____|SN|SEN|686|.sn|_________________________
Seychelles________________|SE____|SC|SYC|690|.sc|_________________________
Sierra Leone______________|SL____|SL|SLE|694|.sl|_________________________
Singapore_________________|SN____|SG|SGP|702|.sg|_________________________
Slovakia__________________|LO____|SK|SVK|703|.sk|_________________________
Slovenia__________________|SI____|SI|SVN|705|.si|_________________________
Solomon Islands___________|BP____|SB|SLB|090|.sb|_________________________
Somalia___________________|SO____|SO|SOM|706|.so|_________________________
South Africa______________|SF____|ZA|ZAF|710|.za|_________________________
South Georgia and the |SX |GS|SGS|239|.gs|
Islands___________________|______|__|___|___|___|_________________________
Spain_____________________|SP____|ES|ESP|724|.es|_________________________
Spratly Islands___________|PG____|—|—-|—-|—-|_________________________
Sri Lanka_________________|CE____|LK|LKA|144|.lk|_________________________
Sudan_____________________|SU____|SD|SDN|736|.sd|_________________________
Suriname__________________|NS____|SR|SUR|740|.sr|_________________________
Svalbard__________________|SV____|SJ|SJM|744|.sj|ISO includes Jan Mayen___
Swaziland_________________|WZ____|SZ|SWZ|748|.sz|_________________________
Sweden____________________|SW____|SE|SWE|752|.se|_________________________
Switzerland_______________|SZ____|CH|CHE|756|.ch|_________________________
Syria_____________________|SY____|SY|SYR|760|.sy|_________________________
Taiwan____________________|TW____|TW|TWN|158|.tw|_________________________
Tajikistan________________|TI____|TJ|TJK|762|.tj|_________________________
Tanzania__________________|TZ____|TZ|TZA|834|.tz|_________________________
Thailand__________________|TH____|TH|THA|764|.th|_________________________
Togo______________________|TO____|TG|TGO|768|.tg|_________________________
Tokelau___________________|TL____|TK|TKL|772|.tk|_________________________
Tonga_____________________|TN____|TO|TON|776|.to|_________________________
Trinidad and Tobago_______|TD____|TT|TTO|780|.tt|_________________________
Tromelin Island |TE |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Miscellaneous Islands____
Tunisia___________________|TS____|TN|TUN|788|.tn|_________________________
Turkey____________________|TU____|TR|TUR|792|.tr|_________________________
Turkmenistan______________|TX____|TM|TKM|795|.tm|_________________________
Turks and Caicos Islands__|TK____|TC|TCA|796|.tc|_________________________
Tuvalu____________________|TV____|TV|TUV|798|.tv|_________________________
Uganda____________________|UG____|UG|UGA|800|.ug|_________________________
Ukraine___________________|UP____|UA|UKR|804|.ua|_________________________
United Arab Emirates______|AE____|AE|ARE|784|.ae|_________________________
United Kingdom |UK |GB|GBR|826|.uk|ISO includes Guernsey,
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Isle of Man, Jersey______
United States_____________|US____|US|USA|840|.us|_________________________
United States Minor |———|UM|UMI|581|.um|ISO includes Baker
Outlying Islands | | | | | |Island, Howland Island,
| | | | | |Jarvis Island, Johnston
| | | | | |Atoll, Kingman Reef,
| | | | | |Midway Islands, Palmyra
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Atoll, Wake Island_______
Uruguay___________________|UY____|UY|URY|858|.uy|_________________________
Uzbekistan________________|UZ____|UZ|UZB|860|.uz|_________________________
Vanuatu___________________|NH____|VU|VUT|548|.vu|_________________________
Venezuela_________________|VE____|VE|VEN|862|.ve|_________________________
Vietnam___________________|VM____|VN|VNM|704|.vn|_________________________
Virgin Islands____________|VQ____|VI|VIR|850|.vi|_________________________
Virgin Islands (UK) |———|—|—-|—-|.vg|see British Virgin
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Islands__________________
Virgin Islands (US)_______|———|—|—-|—-|.vi|see Virgin Islands_______
Wake Island |WQ |—|—-|—-|—-|ISO includes with the US
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Minor Outlying Islands___
Wallis and Futuna_________|WF____|WF|WLF|876|.wf|_________________________
West Bank_________________|WE____|—|—-|—-|—-|_________________________
Western Sahara____________|WI____|EH|ESH|732|.eh|_________________________
Western Samoa_____________|———|—|—-|—-|.ws|see Samoa________________
World |———|—|—-|—-|—-|the Factbook uses the W
| | | | | |data code from DIAM 65-18
| | | | | |Geopolitical Data
| | | | | |Elements and Related
| | | | | |Features, Data Standard
| | | | | |No. 3, December 1994,
| | | | | |published by the Defense
__________________________|______|__|___|___|___|Intelligence Agency______
Yemen_____________________|YM____|YE|YEM|887|.ye|_________________________
Yugoslavia________________|YI____|YU|YUG|891|.yu|_________________________
Zaire |———|—|—-|—-|—-|see Democratic Republic
__________________________| ____|__|___|___|___|of the Congo_____________
Zambia____________________|ZA____|ZM|ZWB|894|.zm|_________________________
Zimbabwe__________________|ZI____|ZW|ZWE|716|.zw|_________________________
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Appendix E - Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Data Codes
IHO 23-4th:
Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, Draft 4th Edition 1986,
published by the International Hydrographic Bureau of the International
Hydrographic Organization
IHO 23-3rd:
Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, 3rd Edition 1953,
published by the International Hydrographic Organization
ACIC M 49-1:
Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised January 1958,
published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC), United
States Air Force; note - ACIC is now part of the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency (NIMA)
DIAM 65-18:
Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data Standard No. 4,
Defense Intelligence Agency Manual 65-18, December 1994, published by the
Defense Intelligence Agency
The US Government has not yet adopted a standard for hydrographic codes similar to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 10-4 country codes. The names and limits of the following oceans and seas are not always directly comparable because of differences in the customers, needs, and requirements of the individual organizations. Even the number of principal water bodies varies from organization to organization. Factbook users, for example, find the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean entries useful, but none of the following standards include those oceans in their entirety. Nor is there any provision for combining codes or overcodes to aggregate water bodies.The recently delimited Southern Ocean is not included.
Principal Oceans and Seas of the World
With Hydrographic Codes by Institution
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_______________________|IHO_23-4th|IHO_23-3rd*|ACIC_M_49-1____|DIAM_65-18
Arctic Ocean___________|9_________|17_________|A______________|5A________
Atlantic Ocean_________|-_________|-__________|-______________|-_________
North Atlantic Ocean___|1_________|23_________|B______________|1A________
South Atlantic Ocean___|4_________|32_________|C______________|2A________
Baltic Sea_____________|2_________|1__________|B26____________|7B________
Indian Ocean___________|5_________|45_________|F______________|6A________
Mediterranean Sea______|3.1_______|28_________|B11____________|-_________
Eastern Mediterranean__|3.1.2_____|28_B_______|-______________|8E________
Western Mediterranean__|3.1.1_____|28_A_______|-______________|8W________
Pacific Ocean__________|-_________|-__________|-______________|-_________
North Pacific Ocean____|7_________|57_________|D______________|3A________
South Pacific Ocean____|8_________|61_________|E______________|4A________
South China and Eastern|6 |49, 48 |D18 plus |3U plus
Archipelagic Seas______|__________|___________|others_________|others____