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CIESIN Location Indexing Terms
By Regions
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North America

Canada
St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)
United States


Middle America

Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
British Dependent Territories
    Anguilla
    Bermuda
    British Indian Ocean Territory
    Cayman Islands
    Montserrat
    Turks and Caicos Islands
British Virgin Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
France
    Clipperton Islands
    Martinique
French Overseas Departments
Grenada
Guatemala
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
US Virgin Islands
US Navassa Island


South America

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (UK)
Spratly Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela


Europe

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Byelorussia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
    Faroe Island
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Macedonia
Moldavia
Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
    Bouvet Island
    Jan Mayen
    Svalbard
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
    Guernsey
    Isle of Man
    Jersey
Vatican City


Middle East

Bahrain
Cyprus
Northern Cyprus
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates


Asia

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
    Paracel Islands
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kirghizia
North Korea
South Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Spratly Islands
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen


Africa

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
France
    Bassas da India
    Europa Island
    Juan de Nova Island
    Mayotte
    Tromelin Island
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Glorioso Islands
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
St. Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe


Antarctica


Oceania

Australia
    Christmas Island
    Cocos Islands
    Coral Sea Islands
    Heard Island and McDonald Island
    Norfolk Island
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
    Cook Islands
    Niue
    Tokelau
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
French Territories
    French Polynesia
    New Caledonia
    Wallis and Futuna Islands
United States Territories
    Guam
    American Samoa
    Johnson Atoll
    Kingman Reef
    Wake Island
    Midway Islands
    Baker, Howland and Jarvis Islands
    Palmyra Atoll
    Pacific Islands


Oceans

Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean


Seas

Andomon Sea
Arabian Sea
Baltic Sea
Barents Sea
Beaufort Sea
Bertin Sea
Black Sea
Caribbean Sea
Caspian Sea
Celeso Sea
Chukchi Sea
Coral Sea
East China Sea
East Siberian Sea
Greenland Sea
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson Bay
Kara Sea
Labrador Sea
Laptev Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Norwegian Sea
Persian Gulf
Philippine Sea
Red Sea
Sea of Japan
Sea of Okhutsk
South Claine Sea
Tasmania Sea
Yellow Sea


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Additional Location Terms
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source:

National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). 1993. Directory Interchange Format Manual: Version 4.1. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA.



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