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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)

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