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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)

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the

Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau

10 00 N

155 00 E

Pagan (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

18 08 N

145 47 E

Pago Pago (capital)

American Samoa

14 16 S

170 42 W

Palawan (island)

Philippines

9 30 N

118 30 E

Palermo (city)

Italy

38 07 N

13 21 E

Palestine (region)

Israel, West Bank

32 00 N

35 15 E

Palikir (capital)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 08 E

Palk Strait

Indian Ocean

10 00 N

79 45 E

Pamirs (mountains)

China, Tajikistan

38 00 N

73 00 E

Pampas (region)

Argentina

35 00 S

63 00 W

Panama (capital)

Panama

8 58 N

79 32 W

Panama Canal

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Panama, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

8 00 N

79 30 W

Panay (island)

Philippines

11 15 N

122 30 E

Pantelleria, Isola di (island)

Italy

36 47 N

12 00 E

Papeete (capital)

French Polynesia

17 32 S

149 34 W

Paramaribo (capital)

Suriname

5 50 N

55 10 W

Parece Vela (island)

Japan

20 20 N

136 00 E

Paris (capital)

France

48 52 N

2 20 E

Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Pashtunistan (region)

Afghanistan, Pakistan

32 00 N

69 00 E

Passion, Ile de la (island)

Clipperton Island

10 17 N

109 13 W

Patagonia (region)

Argentina

48 00 S

61 00 W

Peking (see Beijing)

China

39 56 N

116 24 E

Pelagian Islands (Isole Pelagie)

Italy

35 40 N

12 40 E

Peleliu (Beliliou) (island)

Palau

7 01 N

134 15 E

Peloponnese (peninsula)

Greece

37 30 N

22 25 E

Pemba Island

Tanzania

5 20 S

39 45 E

Penang Island

Malaysia

5 23 N

100 15 E

Pentland Firth (channel)

Atlantic Ocean

58 44 N

3 13 W

Perim (island)

Yemen

12 39 N

43 25 E

Perouse Strait, La

Pacific Ocean

44 45 N

142 00 E

Persia (former name for Iran)

Iran

32 00 N

53 00 E

Persian Gulf

Indian Ocean

27 00 N

51 00 E

Pescadores (islands)

Taiwan

23 30 N

119 30 E

Peter I Island

Antarctica

68 48 S

90 35 W

Philip Island

Norfolk Island

29 08 S

167 57 E

Philippine Sea

Pacific Ocean

20 00 N

134 00 E

Phnom Penh (capital)

Cambodia

11 33 N

104 55 E

Phoenix Islands

Kiribati

3 30 S

172 00 W

Pilipinas (local name for the Philippines)

Philippines

13 00 N

122 00 E

Pinatubo, Mount (volcano)

Philippines

15 08 N

120 21 E

Pines, Isle of (island; former name for Isla de la Juventud)

Cuba

21 40 N

82 50 W

Pleasant Island

Nauru

0 32 S

166 55 E

Plymouth (capital)

Montserrat

16 44 N

62 14 W

Polska (local name)

Poland

52 00 N

20 00 E

Polynesie Francaise (local name for French Polynesia)

French Polynesia

15 00 S

140 00 W

Pomerania (region)

Germany, Poland

53 40 N

15 35 E

Ponape (Pohnpei) (island)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 15 E

Port Louis (capital)

Mauritius

20 10 S

57 30 E

Port Moresby (capital)

Papua New Guinea

9 30 S

147 10 E

Port-au-Prince (capital)

Haiti

18 32 N

72 20 W

Port-of-Spain (capital)

Trinidad and Tobago

10 39 N

61 31 W

Porto-Novo (capital)

Benin

6 29 N

2 37 E

Portuguese East Africa (former name for Mozambique)

Mozambique

18 15 S

35 00 E

Portuguese Guinea (former name for Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

12 00 N

15 00 W

Portuguese Timor (former name for East Timor)

East Timor

9 00 S

126 00 E

Port-Vila (capital)

Vanuatu

17 44 S

168 19 E

Poznan (city)

Poland

52 25 N

16 55 E

Prague (capital)

Czech Republic

40 55 N

21 00 E

Praia (capital)

Cape Verde

14 55 N

23 31 W

Prathet Thai (local name for Thailand)

Thailand

15 00 N

100 00 E

Pretoria (administrative capital)

South Africa

25 45 S

28 10 E

Prevlaka peninsula

Croatia

42 24 N

18 31 E

Pribilof Islands

United States

57 00 N

170 00 W

Prince Edward Island

Canada

46 20 N

63 20 W

Prince Edward Islands

South Africa

46 35 S

38 00 E

Prince Patrick Island

Canada

76 30 N

119 00 W

Principe (island)

Sao Tome and Principe

1 38 N

7 25 E

Prussia (region)

Germany, Poland, Russia

53 00 N

14 00 E

Pukapuka Atoll

Cook Islands

10 53 S

165 49 W

Punjab (region)

India, Pakistan

30 50 N

73 30 E

Puntland (region)

Somalia

8 21 N

49 08 E

P’yongyang (capital)

North Korea

39 01 N

125 45 E