The World Factbook. 2008.
Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
Name | Entry in The World Factbook | Latitude | Longitude |
La Paz (administrative capital) | Bolivia | 16 30 S | 68 09 W |
La Perouse Strait | Pacific Ocean | 45 45 N | 142 00 E |
Labrador (peninsula, region) | Canada | 54 00 N | 62 00 W |
Labrador Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 60 00 N | 55 00 W |
Laccadive Islands | India | 10 00 N | 73 00 E |
Laccadive Sea | Indian Ocean | 7 00 N | 76 00 E |
Lagos (former capital) | Nigeria | 6 27 N | 3 24 E |
Lake Erie | Atlantic Ocean | 42 30 N | 81 00 W |
Lake Huron | Atlantic Ocean | 45 00 N | 83 00 W |
Lake Michigan | Atlantic Ocean | 43 30 N | 87 30 W |
Lake Ontario | Atlantic Ocean | 43 30 N | 78 00 W |
Lake Superior | Atlantic Ocean | 48 00 N | 88 00 W |
Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands) | India | 10 00 N | 73 00 E |
Lantau Island | Hong Kong | 22 15 N | 113 55 E |
Lao (local name for Laos) | Laos | 18 00 N | 105 00 E |
Laptev Sea | Arctic Ocean | 76 00 N | 126 00 E |
Las Palmas (city) | Spain (Canary Islands) | 28 06 N | 15 24 W |
Latakia (region) | Syria | 36 00 N | 35 50 E |
Latvija (local name for Latvia) | Latvia | 57 00 N | 25 00 E |
Lau Group (island group) | Fiji | 18 20 S | 178 30 E |
Lefkosa (see Nicosia) | Cyprus | 35 10 N | 33 22 E |
Lemnos (island) | Greece | 39 54 N | 25 21 E |
Leningrad (see Saint Petersburg) | Russia | 59 55 N | 30 15 E |
Lesser Sunda Islands | Indonesia | 9 00 S | 120 00 E |
Lesvos (island) | Greece | 39 15 N | 26 15 E |
Leyte (island) | Philippines | 10 50 N | 124 50 E |
Liancourt Rocks (claimed by Japan) | South Korea | 37 15 N | 131 50 E |
Liaodong Wan (gulf) | Pacific Ocean | 40 30 N | 121 20 E |
Liban (local name for Lebanon) | Lebanon | 33 50 N | 36 50 E |
Libreville (capital) | Gabon | 0 23 N | 9 27 E |
Lietuva (local name for Lithuania) | Lithuania | 56 00 N | 24 00 E |
Ligurian Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 43 30 N | 9 00 E |
Lilongwe (capital) | Malawi | 13 59 S | 33 44 E |
Lima (capital) | Peru | 12 03 S | 77 03 W |
Lincoln Sea | Arctic Ocean | 83 00 N | 56 00 W |
Line Islands | Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll | 0 05 N | 157 00 W |
Lion, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 43 20 N | 4 00 E |
Lisbon (capital) | Portugal | 38 43 N | 9 08 W |
Little Belt (strait; also Lille Baelt) | Atlantic Ocean | 55 05 N | 9 55 E |
Ljubljana (capital) | Slovenia | 46 03 N | 14 31 E |
Llanos (region) | Venezuela | 8 00 N | 68 00 W |
Lobamba (city) | Swaziland | 26 27 S | 31 12 E |
Lombok (island) | Indonesia | 8 28 S | 116 40 E |
Lombok Strait | Indian Ocean | 8 30 S | 115 50 E |
Lome (capital) | Togo | 6 08 N | 1 13 E |
London (capital) | United Kingdom | 51 30 N | 0 10 W |
Longyearbyen (town) | Svalbard | 78 13 N | 15 33 E |
Lord Howe Island | Australia | 31 30 S | 159 00 E |
Lorraine (region) | France | 48 42 N | 6 11 E |
Louisiade Archipelago | Papua New Guinea | 11 00 S | 153 00 E |
Lourenco Marques (city; former name for Maputo) | Mozambique | 25 56 S | 32 34 E |
Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute) | New Caledonia | 21 00 S | 167 00 E |
Luanda (capital) | Angola | 8 48 S | 13 14 E |
Lubnan (local name for Lebanon) | Lebanon | 33 50 N | 36 50 E |
Lubumbashi (city) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11 40 S | 27 28 E |
Lusaka (capital) | Zambia | 15 25 S | 28 17 E |
Luxembourg (capital) | Luxembourg | 49 45 N | 6 10 E |
Luzon (island) | Philippines | 16 00 N | 121 00 E |
Luzon Strait | Pacific Ocean | 20 30 N | 121 00 E |
Lyakhov Islands | Russia | 73 45 N | 138 00 E |