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The World Factbook. 2008.

Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

 

Name

Entry in The World Factbook

Latitude
(deg min)

Longitude
(deg min)

Kabardino-Balkaria (region)

Russia

43 30 N

43 30 E

Kabul (capital)

Afghanistan

34 31 N

69 12 E

Kaduna (city)

Nigeria

10 33 N

7 27 E

Kailas Range

China, India

30 00 N

82 00 E

Kalaallit Nunaat (local name for Greenland)

Greenland

72 00 N

40 00 W

Kalahari (desert)

Botswana, Namibia

24 30 S

21 00 E

Kalimantan (region)

Indonesia

0 00 N

115 00 E

Kaliningrad (region; formerly part of East Prussia)

Russia

54 30 N

21 00 E

Kamaran (island)

Yemen

15 21 N

42 34 E

Kamchatka Peninsula (Poluostrov Kamchatka)

Russia

56 00 N

160 00 E

Kampala (capital)

Uganda

0 19 N

32 25 E

Kampuchea (former name for Cambodia)

Cambodia

13 00 N

105 00 E

Kane Basin (portion of channel)

Arctic Ocean

79 30 N

68 00 W

Kanton Island

Kiribati

2 49 S

171 40 W

Kara Sea

Arctic Ocean

76 00 N

80 00 E

Karachevo-Cherkessia (region)

Russia

43 40 N

41 50 E

Karafuto (island; former name for southern Sakhalin Island)

Russia

50 00 N

143 00 E

Karakoram Pass

China, India

35 30 N

77 50 E

Karelia (region)

Finland, Russia

63 15 N

30 48 E

Karelian Isthmus

Russia

60 25 N

30 00 E

Karimata Strait

Pacific Ocean

2 05 S

108 40 E

Kashmir (region)

India, Pakistan

34 00 N

76 00 E

Katanga (region)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 00 S

26 00 E

Kathmandu (capital)

Nepal

27 43 N

85 19 E

Kattegat (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

57 00 N

11 00 E

Kauai Channel

Pacific Ocean

21 45 N

158 50 W

Kazakstan (former name for Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan

48 00 N

68 00 E

Keeling Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 30 S

96 50 E

Kerguelen, Iles (island group)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

49 30 S

69 30 E

Kermadec Islands

New Zealand

29 50 S

178 15 W

Kerulen River

China, Mongolia

48 48 N

117 00 E

Khabarovsk (city)

Russia

48 27 N

135 06 E

Khanka, Lake

China, Russia

45 00 N

132 24 E

Khartoum (capital)

Sudan

15 36 N

32 32 E

Khios (island)

Greece

38 22 N

26 04 E

Khmer Republic (former name for Cambodia)

Cambodia

13 00 N

105 00 E

Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria Muria Islands)

Oman

17 30 N

56 00 E

Khyber Pass

Afghanistan, Pakistan

34 05 N

71 10 E

Kibris (Turkish local name for Cyprus)

Cyprus

35 00 N

33 00 E

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal)

Atlantic Ocean

53 53 N

9 08 E

Kiev (capital)

Ukraine

50 26 N

30 31 E

Kigali (capital)

Rwanda

1 57 S

30 04 E

Kingston (capital)

Jamaica

18 00 N

76 48 W

Kingston (capital)

Norfolk Island

29 03 S

167 58 E

Kingstown (capital)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13 09 N

61 14 W

Kinshasa (capital)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

4 18 S

15 18 E

Kipros (Greek local name for Cyprus)

Cyprus

35 00 N

33 00 E

Kirghiziya (former name for Kyrgyzstan)

Kyrgyzstan

41 00 N

75 00 E

Kirgizia (former name for Kyrgyzstan)

Kyrgyzstan

41 00 N

75 00 E

Kirguizstan (local name for Kyrgyzstan)

Kyrgyzstan

41 00 N

75 00 E

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

1 52 N

157 20 W

Kishinev (see Chisinau)

Moldova

47 00 N

28 50 E

Kithira Strait

Atlantic Ocean

36 00 N

23 00 E

Kobe (city)

Japan

34 41 N

135 10 E

Kodiak Island

United States

57 49 N

152 23 W

Kola Peninsula (Kol’skiy Poluostrov)

Russia

67 20 N

37 00 E

Kolonia (town; former capital; changed to Palikir)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 58 N

158 13 E

Korea Bay

Pacific Ocean

39 00 N

124 00 E

Korea Strait

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

129 00 E

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

North Korea

40 00 N

127 00 E

Korea, Republic of

South Korea

37 00 N

127 30 E

Koror (capital)

Palau

7 20 N

134 29 E

Kosovo (region)

Serbia and Montenegro

42 30 N

21 00 E

Kosrae (island)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 20 N

163 00 E

Kowloon (city)

Hong Kong

22 18 N

114 10 E

Kra, Isthmus of

Burma, Thailand

10 20 N

99 00 E

Krakatoa (volcano)

Indonesia

6 07 S

105 24 E

Kuala Lumpur (capital)

Malaysia

3 10 N

101 42 E

Kunashiri (island; also Kunashir)

Russia (de facto)

44 20 N

146 00 E

Kunlun Mountains

China

36 00 N

84 00 E

Kuril Islands

Russia (de facto)

46 10 N

152 00 E

Kuwait (capital)

Kuwait

29 20 N

47 59 E

Kuznetsk Basin

Russia

54 00 N

86 00 E

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

9 05 N

167 20 E

Kyushu (island)

Japan

33 00 N

131 00 E

Kyyiv (see Kiev)

Ukraine

50 26 N

30 31 E