World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
established-NA 1945
aim-to promote the trade union movement
members-(67) Afghanistan, Angola,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, The Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, North Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire
World Food Council (WFC)
established-17 December 1974
aim-ECOSOC organization that studies world food problems and recommends solutions
members-(36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
World Food Program (WFP)
established-24 November 1961
aim-ECOSOC organization that provides food aid to assist in development or disaster relief
members-(42) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
World Health Organization (WHO)
established-22 July 1946
effective-7 April 1948
aim-UN specialized agency concerned with health matters
members-(180) Afghanistan, Albania,
Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members-(2) Puerto Rico, Tokelau
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
established-14 July 1967
effective-26 April 1970
aim-UN specialized agency concerned
with the protection of literary, artistic, and scientific works
members-(133) Albania, Algeria,
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine,
UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
established-11 October 1947
effective-4 April 1951
aim-specialized UN agency concerned
with meteorological cooperation
members-(162) Afghanistan, Albania,
Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Caribbean Territories, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa (suspended), Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
World Tourism Organization (WTO)
established-2 January 1975
aim-promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace members-(110) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members-(4) Aruba, Macau, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico observer-(1) Holy See
Zangger Committee (ZC)
established-early 1970s
aim-to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
members-(28) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
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Appendix D:
Weights and Measures
Mathmatical Notation
Mathmatical Power Name 10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion 10^15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion 10^9 or 1,000,000,000 one billion 10^6 or 1,000,000 one million 10^3 or 1,000 one thousand 10^2 or 100 one hundred 10^1 or 10 ten
10^0 or 1 one
10-^1 or 0.1 one tenth 10-^2 or 0.01 one hundredth 10-^3 or 0.001 one thousandth 10-^6 or 0.000 001 one millionth 10-^9 or 0.000 000 001 one billionth 10-^12 or0.000 000 000 001 one trillionth 10-^15 or 0.000 000 000 000 001 one quadrillionth 10-^18 or 0.000 000 000 000 000 00 one quintillionth
Metric Interrelationships
Conversions from a multiple or submultiple to the basic units of meters, liters, or grams can be done using the table. For example, to convert from kilometers to meters, multiply by 1,000 (9.26 kilometers equals 9,260 meters) or to convert from meters to kilometers, multiply by 0.001 (9,260 meters equals 9.26 kilometers).
Prefix Symbol Length, weight, or capacity Area Volume exa E 0^18 10^36 10^54 peta P 10^15 10^30 10^45 tera T 10^12 10^24 10^36 giga G 10^9 10^18 10^27 mega M 10^6 10^12 10^18 hectokilo hk 10^5 10^10 10^15 myria ma 10^4 10^8 10^12 kilo k 10^3 10^6 10^9 hecto h 10^2 10^4 10^6 basic unit – 1 meter 1 meter^2 1 meter^3 1 gram,
1 liter
deci d 10-^1 10-^2 10-^3 centi c 10-^2 10-^4 10-^6 milli m 10-^3 10-^6 10-^9 decimilli dm 10-^4 10-^8 10-^12 centimilli cm 10-^5 10-^10 10^15 micro u 10-^6 10-^12 10-^18 nano n 10-^9 10-^18 10-^27 pico p 10-^12 10-^24 10-^36 femto f 10-^15 10-^30 10-^45 atto a 10-^18 10-^36 10-^54
Equivalents
Units Metric Equivalent US Equivalent acre 0.404 685 64 hectares 43,560 feet^2 acre 4,046,856 4 meters^2 4,840 yards^ 2 acre 0.004 046 856 4 kilometers^2 0.001 562 miles^2,statute are 100 meters^2 119.599 yards^2 barrel
(petroleum, US) 158.987 29 liters 42 gallons (proof spirits, US) 151.416 47 liters 40 gallons (beer, US) 117.347 77 liters 31 gallons bushel 35.239 07 liters 4 pecks cable 219.456 meters 120 fathoms chain (surveyor’s) 20.116 8 meters 66 feet cord (wood) 3.624 556 meters^3 128 feet^3 cup 0.236 588 2 liters 8 ounces, liquid (US) degrees, celsius
water boils at 100 degrees C, freezes at 0 degrees C) multiply by 1.8 and add 32 to obtain degrees F degrees, fahrenheit
subtract 32 and divide by 1.8 to obtain degrees C (water boils at 212 degrees F, freezes at 32 degrees F) dram, avdp. 1.771 845 2 grams 0.0625 5 ounces, avdp dram, troy 3.887 934 6 grams 0.125 ounces, troy dram, liquid (US) 3.696 69 milliliters 0.125 ounces, liquid fathom 1.828 8 meters 6 feet foot 30.48 centimeters 12 inches foot 0.304 8 meters 0.333 333 3 yards foot 0.000 304 8 kilometers 0.000 189 39 miles, statute foot^2 929.030 4 centimeters^2 144 inches^2 foot 2 0.092 903 04 meters^2 0.111 111 1 yards^2 foot^3 28.316 846 592 liters 7.480 519 gallons foot^3 0.028 316 847 meters^3 1,728 inches^3 furlong 201.168 meters 220 yards gallon, liquid (US) 3.785 411 784 liters 4 quarts, liquid gill (US) 118.294 118 milliliters 4 ounces, liquid grain 64.798 91 milligrams 0.002 285 71 ounces, advp. gram 1,000 milligrams 0.035 273 96 ounces, advp. hand (height of horse) 10.16 centimeters 4 inches hectare 10,000 meters^2 2.471 053 8 acres hundredweight, long 50.802 345 kilograms 112 pounds, avdp hundredweight, short 45.359 237 kilograms 100 pounds, avdp inch 2.54 centimeters 0.083 333 33 feet inch^2 6.451 6 centimeters^2 0.006 944 44 feet^2 inch^3 16.387 064 centimeters^3 0.000 578 7 feet^3 inch^3 16.387 064 milliliters 0.029 761 6 pints, dry inch^3 16.387 064 milliliters 0.034 632 0 pints, liquid kilogram 0.001 tons, metric 2.204 623 pounds, avdp kilometer 1,000 meters 0.621 371 19 miles, statute kilometer^2 100 hectares 247.105 38 acres kilometer^2 1,000,000 meters^2 0.386 102 16 miles^2,statute knot (1 nautical mi/hr) 1.852 kilometers/hour 1.151 statute miles/hour
league, nautical 5.559 552 kilometers 3 miles, nautical league, statute 4.828.032 kilometers 3 miles, statute link (surveyor’s) 20.116 8 centimeters 7.92 inches liter 0.001 meters^3 61.023 74 inches^3 liter 0.1 dekaliter 0.908 083 quarts, dry liter 1,000 milliliters 1.056 688 quarts, liquid meter 100 centimeters 1.093 613 yards meter^2 10,000 centimeters^2 1.195 990 yards^2 meter^3 1,000 liters 1.307 951 yards^3 micron 0.000 001 meter 0.000 039 4 inches mil 0.025 4 millimeters 0.001 inch mile, nautical 1.852 kilometers 1.150 779 4 miles, statute mile^2, nautical 3.429 904 kilometers^2 1.325 miles^2, statute mile, statute 1.609 344 kilometers 5,280 feet or 8 furlongs mile^2 statute 258.998 811 hectares 640 acres or 1 section mile^2, statute 2.589 988 11 kilometers^2 0.755 miles2, nautical minim (US) 0.061 611 52 milliliters 0.002 083 33 ounces, liquid ounce,avoirdupois 28.349 523 125 grams 437.5 grains ounce, liquid (US) 29.573 53 milliliters 0.062 5 pints, liquid ounce, troy 31.103 476 8 grams 480 grains pace 76.2 centimeters 30 inches peck 8.809 767 5 liters 8 quarts, dry pennyweight 1.555 173 84 grams 24 grains pint, dry (US) 0.550 610 47 liters 0.5 quarts, dry pint, liquid (US) 0.473 176 473 liters 0.5 quarts, liquid point (typographical) 0.351 459 8 millimeters 0.013 837 inches pound, avdp 453.592 37 grams 16 ounces, avdp pound, troy 373.241 721 6 grams 12 ounces, troy quart, dry (US) 1.101 221 liters 2 pints, dry quart, liquid (US) 0.946 352 946 liters 2 pints, liquid quintal 100 kilograms 220.462 26 pounds, avdp. rod 5.029 2 meters 5.5 yards scruple 1.295 978 2 grams 20 grains section (US) 2.589 988 1 kilometers^2 1 mile^2, statute or 640 acres
span 22.86 centimeters 9 inches stere 1 meter^3 1.307 95 yards^3 tablespoon 14.786 76 milliliters 3 teaspoons teaspoon 4.928 922 milliliters 0.333 333 tablespoons ton, long or deadweight
1,016.046 909 kilograms 2,240 pounds, avdp. ton, metric 1,000 kilograms 2,204.623 pounds, avdp. ton, metric 1,000 kilograms 32,150.75 ounces, troy ton, register 2.831 684 7 meters^3 100 feet^3 ton, short 907.184 74 kilograms 2,000 pounds, avdp. township (US) 93.239 572 kilometers^2 36 miles^2, statute yard 0.914 4 meters 3 feet yard^2 0.836 127 36 meters^2 9 feet^2 yard^3 0.764 554 86 meters^3 27 feet^3 yard^3 764.554 857 984 liters 201.974 gallons
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Appendix E
Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names This list indicates where various names including all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities can be found in The World Fact-book. Spellings are not necessarily those approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in parentheses; additional information is included in brackets.
Name Entry in The World Factbook
A
Abidjan [US Embassy]
Cote d’Ivoire
Abu Dhabi [US Embassy]
United Arab Emirates
Abuja [US Embassy Branch Office]
Nigeria
Acapulco [US Consular Agency]
Mexico
Accra [US Embassy]
Ghana
Adamstown
Pitcairn Islands
Adana [US Consulate]
Turkey
Addis Ababa [US Embassy]
Ethiopia
Adelaide [US Consular Agency]
Australia
Adelie Land (Terre Adelie) [claimed by France] Antarctica
Aden
Yemen
Aden, Gulf of
Indian Ocean
Admiralty Islands
Papua New Guinea
Adriatic Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Aegean Islands
Greece
Aegean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Afars and Issas, French Territory of the (F.T.A.I.) Djibouti
Agalega Islands
Mauritius
Agana
Guam
Aland Islands
Finland
Alaska
United States
Alaska, Gulf of
Pacific Ocean
Aldabra Islands
Seychelles
Alderney
Guernsey
Aleutian Islands
United States
Alexander Island
Antarctica
Alexandria [US Consulate General]
Egypt
Algiers [US Embassy]
Algeria
Alhucemas, Penon de
Spain
Alma-Ata (Almaty)
Kazakhstan
Almaty (Alma-Ata) [US Embassy]
Kazakhstan
Alofi
Niue
Alphonse Island
Seychelles
Amami Strait
Pacific Ocean
Amindivi Islands
India
Amirante Isles
Seychelles
Amman [US Embassy]
Jordan
Amsterdam [US Consulate General]
Netherlands
Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Amundsen Sea
Pacific Ocean
Amur
China; Russia
Andaman Islands
India
Andaman Sea
Indian Ocean
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
Anegada Passage
Atlantic Ocean
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Sudan
Anjouan
Comoros
Ankara [US Embassy]
Turkey
Annobon
Equatorial Guinea
Antananarivo [US Embassy]
Madagascar
Antipodes Islands
New Zealand
Antwerp [US Consulate General]
Belgium
Aozou Strip [claimed by Libya]
Chad
Apia [US Embassy]
Western Samoa
Aqaba, Gulf of
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Arafura Sea
Pacific Ocean
Argun
China; Russia
Ascension Island
Saint Helena
Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
Turkmenistan
Ashkhabad [US Embassy]
Turkmenistan
Asmara [US Embassy]
Eritrea
Asmera (see Asmara)
Eritrea
Assumption Island
Seychelles
Asuncion [US Embassy]
Paraguay
Asuncion Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Atacama
Chile
Athens [US Embassy]
Greece
Attu
United States
Auckland [US Consulate General]
New Zealand
Auckland Islands
New Zealand
Australes Iles (Iles Tubuai)
French Polynesia
Avarua
Cook Islands
Axel Heiberg Island
Canada
Azores
Portugal
Azov, Sea of
Atlantic Ocean
B
Bab el Mandeb
Indian Ocean
Babuyan Channel
Pacific Ocean
Babuyan Islands
Philippines
Baffin Bay
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Island
Canada
Baghdad
[US Embassy temporarily suspended; US Interests Section located in Poland’s embassy in Baghdad]
Iraq
Baku [US Embassy]
Azerbaijan
Baky (Baku)
Azerbaijan
Balabac Strait
Pacific Ocean
Balearic Islands
Spain
Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea)
Atlantic Ocean
Bali [US Consular Agency]
Indonesia
Bali Sea
Indian Ocean
Balintang Channel
Pacific Ocean
Balintang Islands
Philippines
Balleny Islands
Antarctica
Balochistan
Pakistan
Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Bamako [US Embassy]
Mali
Banaba (Ocean Island)
Kiribati
Bandar Seri Begawan [US Embassy]
Brunei
Banda Sea
Pacific Ocean
Bangkok [US Embassy]
Thailand
Bangui [US Embassy]
Central African Republic
Banjul [US Embassy]
Gambia, The
Banks Island
Canada
Banks Islands (Iles Banks)
Vanuatu
Barcelona [US Consulate General]
Spain
Barents Sea
Arctic Ocean
Barranquilla [US Consulate]
Colombia
Bashi Channel
Pacific Ocean
Basilan Strait
Pacific Ocean
Bass Strait
Indian Ocean
Basse-Terre
Gaudeloupe
Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Batan Islands
Philippines
Basutoland
Lesotho
Bavaria (Bayern)
Germany
Beagle Channel
Atlantic Ocean
Bear Island (Bjornoya)
Svalbard
Beaufort Sea
Arctic Ocean
Bechuanaland
Botswana
Beijing [US Embassy]
China
Beirut [US Embassy]
Lebanon
Belau
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
Belem [US Consular Agency]
Brazil
Belep Islands (Iles Belep)
New Caledonia
Belfast [US Consulate General]
United Kingdom
Belgian Congo
Zaire
Belgrade [US Embassy; US does not maintain full diplomatic relations with Serbia and Montenegro]
Serbia and Montenegro
Belize City [US Embassy]
Belize
Belle Isle, Strait of
Atlantic Ocean
Bellingshausen Sea
Pacific Ocean
Belmopan
Belize
Belorussia
Belarus
Bengal, Bay of
Indian Ocean
Bering Sea
Pacific Ocean
Bering Strait
Pacific Ocean
Berkner Island
Antarctica
Berlin [US Branch Office]
Germany
Berlin, East
Germany
Berlin, West
Germany
Bern [US Embassy]
Switzerland
Bessarabia
Romania; Moldova
Bijagos, Arquipelago dos
Guinea-Bissau
Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
Bilbao [US Consulate]
Spain
Bioko
Equatorial Guinea
Biscay, Bay of
Atlantic Ocean
Bishkek [Interim Chancery]
Kyrgyzstan
Bishop Rock
United Kingdom
Bismarck Archipelago
Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Pacific Ocean
Bissau [US Embassy]
Guinea-Bissau
Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Svalbard
Black Rock
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Black Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Boa Vista
Cape Verde
Bogota [US Embassy]
Colombia
Bombay [US Consulate General]
India
Bonaire
Netherlands Antilles
Bonifacio, Strait of
Atlantic Ocean
Bonin Islands
Japan
Bonn [US Embassy]
Germany
Bophuthatswana
South Africa
Bora-Bora
French Polynesia
Bordeaux [US Consulate General]
France
Borneo
Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia
Bornholm
Denmark
Bosporus
Atlantic Ocean
Bothnia, Gulf of
Atlantic Ocean
Bougainville Island
Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Strait
Pacific Ocean
Bounty Islands
New Zealand
Brasilia [US Embassy]
Brazil
Bratislava [US Embassy]
Slovakia
Brazzaville [US Embassy]
Congo
Bridgetown [US Embassy]
Barbados
Brisbane [US Consulate]
Australia
British East Africa
Kenya
British Guiana
Guyana
British Honduras
Belize
British Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
British Somaliland
Somalia
Brussels [US Embassy, US Mission to European Communities, US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO)] Belgium
Bucharest [US Embassy]
Romania
Budapest [US Embassy]
Hungary
Buenos Aires [US Embassy]
Argentina
Bujumbura [US Embassy]
Burundi
Burnt Pine
Norfolk Island
Byelorussia
Belarus
C
Cabinda
Angola
Cabot Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cairo [US Embassy]
Egypt
Calcutta [US Consulate General]
India
Calgary [US Consulate General]
Canada
California, Gulf of
Pacific Ocean
Campbell Island
New Zealand
Canal Zone
Panama
Canary Islands
Spain
Canberra [US Embassy]
Australia
Cancun [US Consular Agency]
Mexico
Canton (Guangzhou)
China
Canton Island
Kiribati
Cape Town [US Consulate General]
South Africa
Caracas [US Embassy]
Venezuela
Cargados Carajos Shoals
Mauritius
Caroline Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of; Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Carpentaria, Gulf of
Pacific Ocean
Casablanca [US Consulate General]
Morocco
Castries
Saint Lucia
Cato Island
Australia
Cayenne
French Guiana
Cebu [US Consulate General]
Philippines
Celebes
Indonesia
Celebes Sea
Pacific Ocean
Celtic Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Central African Empire
Central African Republic
Ceuta
Spain
Ceylon
Sri Lanka
Chafarinas, Islas
Spain
Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands)
British Indian Ocean Territory
Channel Islands
Guernsey; Jersey
Charlotte Amalie
Virgin Islands
Chatham Islands
New Zealand
Cheju-do
Korea, South
Cheju Strait
Pacific Ocean
Chengdu [US Consulate General]
China
Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield) New Caledonia
Chiang Mai [US Consulate General]
Thailand
Chihli, Gulf of (Bo Hai)
Pacific Ocean
China, People’s Republic of
China
China, Republic of
Taiwan
Chisinau [US Embassy]
Moldova
Choiseul
Solomon Islands
Christchurch [US Consular Agency]
New Zealand
Christmas Island [Indian Ocean]
Australia
Christmas Island [Pacific Ocean] (Kiritimati) Kiribati
Chukchi Sea
Arctic Ocean
Ciskei
South Africa
Ciudad Juarez [US Consulate General]
Mexico
Cochabamba [US Consular Agency]
Bolivia
Coco, Isla del
Costa Rica
Cocos Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombo [US Embassy]
Sri Lanka
Colon [US Consular Agency]
Panama
Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands) Ecuador
Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova) Russia
Conakry [US Embassy]
Guinea
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo
Congo (Kinshasa)
Zaire
Congo (Leopoldville)
Zaire
Con Son Islands
Vietnam
Cook Strait
Pacific Ocean
Copenhagen [US Embassy]
Denmark
Coral Sea
Pacific Ocean
Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz)
Nicaragua
Corsica
France
Cosmoledo Group
Seychelles
Cotonou [US Embassy]
Benin
Crete
Greece
Crooked Island Passage
Atlantic Ocean
Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Curacao [US Consulate General]
Netherlands Antilles
Cusco [US Consular Agency]
Peru
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic; Slovakia
D
Dahomey
Benin
Daito Islands
Japan
Dakar [US Embassy]
Senegal
Daman (Damao)
India
Damascus [US Embassy]
Syria
Danger Atoll
Cook Islands
Danish Straits
Atlantic Ocean
Danzig (Gdansk)
Poland
Dao Bach Long Vi
Vietnam
Dardanelles
Atlantic Ocean
Dar es Salaam [US Embassy]
Tanzania
Davis Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Deception Island
Antarctica
Denmark Strait
Atlantic Ocean
D’Entrecasteaux Islands
Papua New Guinea
Devon Island
Canada
Dhahran [US Consulate General]
Saudi Arabia
Dhaka [US Embassy]
Bangladesh
Diego Garcia
British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Ramirez
Chile
Diomede Islands
Russia [Big Diomede]; United States [Little Diomede]
Diu
India
Djibouti [US Embassy]
Djibouti
Dodecanese
Greece
Dodoma
Tanzania
Doha [US Embassy]
Qatar
Douala [US Consulate]
Cameroon
Douglas
Man, Isle of
Dover, Strait of
Atlantic Ocean
Drake Passage
Atlantic Ocean
Dubai (Dubayy) [US Consulate General] United Arab Emirates
Dublin [US Embassy]
Ireland
Durango [US Consular Agency]
Mexico
Durban [US Consulate General]
South Africa
Dushanbe [Interim Chancery]
Tajikistan
Dusseldorf [US Consulate General]
Germany
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Dutch Guiana
Suriname
E
East China Sea
Pacific Ocean
Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)
Chile
Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait or Tsushima Strait) Pacific Ocean
East Germany (German Democratic Republic) Germany
East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel or Tsushima Strait) Pacific Ocean
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
East Siberian Sea
Arctic Ocean
East Timor (Portuguese Timor)
Indonesia
Edinburgh [US Consulate General]
United Kingdom
Elba
Italy
Ellef Ringnes Island
Canada
Ellesmere Island
Canada
Ellice Islands
Tuvalu
Elobey, Islas de
Equatorial Guinea
Enderbury Island
Kiribati
Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll)
Marshall Islands
England
United Kingdom
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Epirus, Northern
Albania; Greece
Essequibo [claimed by Venezuela]
Guyana
Etorofu
Russia [de facto]
F
Farquhar Group
Seychelles
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Fernando Po (Bioko)
Equatorial Guinea
Finland, Gulf of
Atlantic Ocean
Florence [US Consulate General]
Italy
Florida, Straits of
Atlantic Ocean
Formosa
Taiwan
Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait)
Pacific Ocean
Fort-de-France [US Consulate General] Martinique
Frankfurt am Main [US Consulate General] Germany
Franz Josef Land
Russia
Freetown [US Embassy]
Sierra Leone
French Cameroon
Cameroon
French Indochina
Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam
French Guinea
Guinea
French Sudan
Mali
French Territory of the Afars and Issas (F.T.A.I.) Djibouti
French Togo
Togo
Friendly Islands
Tonga
Frunze (Bishkek)
Kyrgyzstan
Fukuoka [US Consulate]
Japan
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Funchal [US Consular Agency]
Portugal
Fundy, Bay of
Atlantic Ocean
Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands)
Wallis and Futuna
G
Gaborone [US Embassy]
Botswana
Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon) Ecuador
Galleons Passage
Atlantic Ocean
Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier)
French Polynesia
Gaspar Strait
Indian Ocean
Geneva [Branch Office of the US Embassy, US Mission to European Office of the UN and Other International Organizations] Switzerland
Genoa [US Consulate General]
Italy
George Town [US Consular Agency]
Cayman Islands
Georgetown [US Embassy]
Guyana
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Germany
German Federal Republic of (West Germany) Germany
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar, Strait of
Atlantic Ocean
Gilbert Islands
Kiribati
Goa
India
Gold Coast
Ghana
Golan Heights
Syria
Good Hope, Cape of
South Africa
Goteborg
Sweden
Gotland
Sweden
Gough Island
Saint Helena
Grand Banks
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
Grand Turk [US Consular Agency]
Turks and Caicos Islands
Great Australian Bight
Indian Ocean
Great Belt (Store Baelt)
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Great Channel
Indian Ocean
Greater Sunda Islands
Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia
Green Islands
Papua New Guinea
Greenland Sea
Arctic Ocean
Grenadines, Northern
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenadines, Southern
Grenada
Guadalajara [US Consulate General]
Mexico
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Guadalupe, Isla de
Mexico
Guangzhou [US Consulate General]
China
Guantanamo [US Naval Base]
Cuba
Guatemala [US Embassy]
Guatemala
Gubal, Strait of
Indian Ocean
Guinea, Gulf of
Atlantic Ocean
Guayaquil [US Consulate General]
Ecuador
H
Ha’apai Group
Tonga
Habomai Islands
Russia [de facto]
Hague, The [US Embassy]
Netherlands
Haifa [US Consular Agency]
Israel
Hainan Dao
China
Halifax [US Consulate General]
Canada
Halmahera
Indonesia
Hamburg [US Consulate General]
Germany
Hamilton [US Consulate General]
Bermuda
Hanoi
Vietnam
Harare [US Embassy]
Zimbabwe
Hatay
Turkey
Havana [US post not maintained, representation by US Interests Section (USINT) of the Swiss Embassy]
Cuba
Hawaii
United States
Heard Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Helsinki [US Embassy]
Finland
Hermosillo [US Consulate]
Mexico
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic; Haiti
Hokkaido
Japan
Hong Kong [US Consulate General]
Hong Kong
Honiara [US Consulate]
Solomon Islands
Honshu
Japan
Hormuz, Strait of
Indian Ocean
Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos)
Chile
Horne, Iles de
Wallis and Futuna
Horn of Africa
Ethiopia; Somalia
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Hudson Strait
Arctic Ocean
I
Inaccessible Island
Saint Helena
Indochina
Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam
Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol)
China
Ionian Islands
Greece
Ionian Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Irian Jaya
Indonesia
Irish Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Islamabad [US Embassy]
Pakistan
Islas Malvinas
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Istanbul [US Consulate General]
Turkey
Italian Somaliland
Somalia
Ivory Coast
Cote d’Ivoire
Iwo Jima
Japan
Izmir [US Consulate General]
Turkey
J
Jakarta [US Embassy]
Indonesia
Jamestown
Saint Helena
Japan, Sea of
Pacific Ocean
Java
Indonesia
Java Sea
Indian Ocean
Jeddah [US Consulate General]
Saudi Arabia
Jerusalem [US Consulate General]
Israel; West Bank
Johannesburg [US Consulate General]
South Africa
Juan de Fuca, Strait of
Pacific Ocean
Juan Fernandez, Isla de
Chile
Juventud, Isla de la (Isle of Youth)
Cuba
K
Kabul [US Embassy now closed]
Afghanistan
Kaduna [US Consulate General]
Nigeria
Kalimantan
Indonesia
Kamchatka Peninsula (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Russia
Kampala [US Embassy]
Uganda
Kampuchea
Cambodia
Karachi [US Consulate General]
Pakistan
Kara Sea
Arctic Ocean
Karimata Strait
Indian Ocean
Kathmandu [US Embassy]
Nepal
Kattegat
Atlantic Ocean
Kauai Channel
Pacific Ocean
Keeling Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Kerguelen, Iles
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Kermadec Islands
New Zealand
Khabarovsk
Russia
Khartoum [US Embassy]
Sudan
Khmer Republic
Cambodia
Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria Muria Islands) Oman
Khyber Pass
Pakistan
Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal)
Atlantic Ocean
Kiev [US Embassy]
Ukraine
Kigali [US Embassy]
Rwanda
Kingston [US Embassy]
Jamaica
Kingston
Norfolk Island
Kingston
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa [US Embassy]
Zaire
Kirghiziya
Kyrgyzstan
Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
Kiribati
Kishinev (Chisinau)
Moldova
Kithira Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Kodiak Island
United States
Kola Peninsula (Kol’skiy Poluostrov)
Russia
Kolonia [US Embassy]
Micronesia, Federated States of
Korea Bay
Pacific Ocean
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North
Korea, Republic of
Korea, South
Korea Strait
Pacific Ocean
Koror [US Liaison Office]
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of
Kosovo
Serbia and Montenegro
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Krakow [US Consulate General]
Poland
Kuala Lumpur [US Embassy]
Malaysia
Kunashiri (Kunashir)
Russia [de facto]
Kuril Islands
Russia [de facto]
Kuwait [US Embassy]
Kuwait
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Kyushu
Japan
Kyyiv (Kiev)
Ukraine
L
Labrador
Canada
Laccadive Islands
India
Laccadive Sea
Indian Ocean
La Coruna [US Consular Agency]
Spain
Lagos [US Embassy]
Nigeria
Lahore [US Consulate General]
Pakistan
Lakshadweep
India
La Paz [US Embassy]
Bolivia
La Perouse Strait
Pacific Ocean
Laptev Sea
Arctic Ocean
Las Palmas [US Consular Agency]
Spain
Lau Group
Fiji
Leipzig [US Consulate General]
Germany
Leningrad (see Saint Petersburg)
Russia
Lesser Sunda Islands
Indonesia
Leyte
Philippines
Liancourt Rocks [claimed by Japan]
Korea, South
Libreville [US Embassy]
Gabon
Ligurian Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Lilongwe [US Embassy]
Malawi
Lima [US Embassy]
Peru
Lincoln Sea
Arctic Ocean
Line Islands
Kiribati; Palmyra Atoll
Lisbon [US Embassy]
Portugal
Ljubljana [US Embassy]
Slovenia
Lobamba
Swaziland
Lombok Strait
Indian Ocean
Lome [US Embassy]
Togo
London [US Embassy]
United Kingdom
Longyearbyen
Svalbard
Lord Howe Island
Australia
Louisiade Archipelago
Papua New Guinea
Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)
New Caledonia
Luanda [US Liaison Office]
Angola
Lubumbashi [US Consulate General closed since October 1991] Zaire
Lusaka [US Embassy]
Zambia
Luxembourg [US Embassy]
Luxembourg
Luzon
Philippines
Luzon Strait
Pacific Ocean
Lyon [US Consulate General]
France
M
Macao
Macau
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Macquarie Island
Australia
Madeira Islands
Portugal