Physical Map of the World, April 2000
AUSTRALIA Independent state Bermuda Dependency or area of special sovereignty AZORES Sicily / Island / island group 150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180
Capital ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN FRANZ JOSEF ARCTIC OCEAN LAND SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA Scale 1:35,000,000 Ellesmere Island Robinson Projection QUEEN ELIZABETH Longyearbyen Kara Sea NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS standard parallels 38°N and 38°S Greenland Sea Svalbard NOVAYA Laptev Sea Banks ISLANDS (NORWAY) ZEMLYA Island Baffin Barents Sea Beaufort Sea Greenland East Siberian Sea Wrangel (DENMARK) Island Barrow Victoria Bay Island Baffin Jan Mayen Norwegian Chukchi (NORWAY) Island Sea Sea Arctic Circle (66°33') Arctic Circle (66°33') U. S. Great NORWAY White Sea Mt. McKinley Bear Lake Denmark ICELAND S I B E R I A (highest point in North America, 6194 m) Davis SWEDEN
Faroe S
+ Nuuk (Godthåb) Strait Reykjavík N
Islands Strait Gulf I
FINLAND Yakutsk (DEN.) A
Anchorage Tórshavn of Great T
Bothnia Whitehorse Slave Lake N
Oslo Helsinki R U S S I A U
60 60
Hudson O Stockholm St. Petersburg
Bay Tallinn M Gulf of Alaska Rockall EST. Bering Sea R (U.K.) Baltic Nizhniy - Yekaterinburg O UNITED North Riga LAT. Novgorod Labrador DENMARK Sea LITH. Moscow C C A N A D A Sea Novosibirsk Lake Sea Belfast Copenhagen RUSSIA Vilnius Omsk Sea of Baikal K Minsk L Edmonton Okhotsk A Isle of Y Dublin Samara ALEUTIAN ISLANDS S Man (U.K.) R ND Hamburg POLAND LA Amsterdam BELARUS S Lake U Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (U.S.) I IRELAND Irkutsk IAN Warsaw UT Winnipeg KINGDOM NETH. LE Berlin Astana Sakhalin A Island of London Kiev Brussels GERMANY A M Newfoundland Prague Celtic L T Vancouver Guernsey (U.K.) BELGIUM Luxembourg CZECH REP. U K R A I N E A Sea Jersey (U.K.) Kharkiv Y O SLOVAKIA Khabarovsk Gulf of LUX. M T Paris LIECH. Vienna Bratislava MOLDOVA K A Z A K H S T A N S Ulaanbaatar KURIL St. Lawrence ) U Lake . SWITZ. AUSTRIA Budapest Chi s¸inau Lake Balkhash ISLANDS Seattle Superior Lake FRANCE N S HUNGARY Huron Bern L P Ljubljana Sea of Gora El'brus A SLOVENIA ROMANIA Montréal Odesa Azov (highest point in Europe, Aral M O N G O L I A T Ottawa St. Pierre Bay of Minneapolis Lake CROATIA Belgrade 5633 m) Sea and Miquelon Biscay Milan Zagreb Bucharest A Michigan SAN Toronto (FRANCE) MARINO BOS. & HERZ. R T occupied by the SOVIET UNION in 1945, MONACO Serbia CA E I Lake Ontario UCA E S administered by RUSSIA, claimed by JAPAN Sarajevo + SU Caspian Ürümqi D Sapporo N Black Sea S I Marseille ITALY Mont. Sofia MT Sea B Detroit Boston Corsica GEORGIA S. UZBEKISTAN G O ANDORRA VATICAN Podgorica BULGARIA (lowest point in Bishkek Shenyang N O R T H S (FR.) T'bilisi U N I T E D CITY Skopje · Europe, -28 m) Chicago S Rome ALB. Istanbul KYRGYZSTAN Sea of Lake Erie IN Madrid Barcelona AZERBAIJAN N O R T H TA Tirana THE FORMER YUGOSLAV ARMENIA Beijing Denver N New York PORTUGAL REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Ankara Tashkent NORTH KOREA Japan U ) O Philadelphia BALEARIC Sardinia Yerevan Baku TURKMENISTAN TAKLA MAKAN P A C I F I C M SPAIN P'yongyang Lisbon ISLANDS (IT.) · GREECE Izmir T U R K E Y Dushanbe Tianjin N (SP.) Ashgabat DESERT IA Washington, D.C. TAJIKISTAN P A C I F I C San Francisco H N O R T H AZORES Athens ¯ Seoul S T A T E S C (PORT.) Sicily JAPAN Death Valley LA PA (IT.) Indian O C E A N (lowest point in P (U.K.) MALTA SOUTH Tokyo A Gibraltar Algiers Tunis Aleppo claim Yellow North America, -86 m) Ceuta (SP.) Valletta Nicosia Mashhad KOREA + Tehra ¯n Sea O- saka O C E A N A T L A N T I C Melilla TUNISIA Crete SYRIA Kabul Yokohama
(SP.) CYPRUS LEB. Pusan MADEIRA Los Angeles Atlanta Casablanca Mediterranean Sea(GR.) Damascus IRAQ Chinese line C H I N A ISLANDS Rabat Beirut AFGHANISTAN of control Dallas Bermuda (PORT.) Isla ¯ma ¯ba ¯d Tijuana (U.K.) Baghdad N Tripoli Amman H Mt. Everest O C E A N Alexandria ISRAEL Lahore A E + I R A N I Shanghai Dead Sea (lowest point in Asia, -408 m) M (highest point in Asia Chengdu M
Jerusalem
Wuhan S G A and the world, 8848 m) P
MOROCCO JORDAN
Houston Cairo L D O - 30 D A 30 CANARY ISLANDS ( Y N - KUWAIT New J I A Chongqing East China A (SP.) S S A Kuwait P BHUTAN A H R Delhi NEPAL A L G E R I A Sea L N + O PAKISTAN ) S T Midway ) Laayoune Persian - - I L I B Y A Kathmandu O
THE C BAHRAIN Gulf Thimphu Okinawa N
(El Aaiún) A Islands SAUDI OMAN - - Miami P I E G Y P T Kanpur (U.S.) BAHAMAS Manama Doha U A Monterrey Gulf of Mexico Western Taipei Y J T Abu Dhabi ( Marcus Island Riyadh K Nassau Sahara Kar a¯chi BANGLADESH U (JAPAN) N QATAR Y Tropic of Cancer (23°27') Havana UNITED ARAB R Tropic of Cancer (23°27') A Muscat Turks and Milwaukee Deep Red EMIRATES Ahmada-ba-d Calcutta Dhaka Taiwan Caicos Islands (deepest point of the L MEXICO Sea ARABIA (U.K.) Jiddah Hong Kong Honolulu T Hanoi S A H A R A D E S E R T I S.A.R. CUBA British Virgin L OMAN BURMA Macau Luzon Strait KHA HAWAIIAN Islands A L S.A.R. Guadalajara DOMINICAN ' A (U.K.) UB LAOS Wake Island Cayman Is. Port-au- Anguilla (U.K.) - R I N D I A Gulf of Philippine ISLANDS (U.K.) REPUBLIC + (U.S.)
Mexico Prince MAURITANIA Vientiane Tonkin Hainan
Mumbai Northern H ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
(U.S.) Puebla D Nouakchott
Dao C ISLAS JAMAICA - -
M A L I (Bombay) Hyderabad Mariana
Santo I N Sea
REVILLAGIGEDO BELIZE HAITI Puerto ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Kingston Navassa Rangoon E
Islands
Island Domingo PARACEL R (MEXICO) Belmopan Rico Guadeloupe (FR.)
(U.S.) M T Tombouctou Bay of (U.S.) Johnston Atoll (U.S.) N I G E R ERITREA ISLANDS
Sanaa CAPE VERDE A (U.S.) GUATEMALA Montserrat DOMINICA Khartoum THAILAND Saipan HONDURAS N Dakar Asmara VIETNAM Manila (U.K.) CHAD A Tegucigalpa Martinique (FR.) Bengal I Caribbean Sea SENEGAL YEMEN Bangkok Hagåtña Guatemala ST. VINCENT AND ST. LUCIA Praia Niamey R Banjul Bangalore (Agana) A San Salvador Aruba THE GRENADINES BURKINA Arabian ANDAMAN South China BARBADOS Bamako M NICARAGUA (NETH.) FASO S U D A N Lac 'Assal ISLANDS CAMBODIA PHILIPPINES Guam EL SALVADOR Neth. Antilles THE GAMBIA (lowest point in Africa, Gulf of Aden Chennai (NETH.) DJIBOUTI (INDIA) Sea (U.S.) Managua GRENADA Bissau Ouagadougou -155 m) Djibouti Socotra (Madras) P + Challenger Deep N'Djamena (YEMEN) Sea H Maracaibo Port-of-Spain Phnom Penh Ho Chi Minh City I (world's greatest ocean depth, -10924 m) GUINEA L MARSHALL GUINEA-BISSAU LAKSHADWEEP I San José TRINIDAD AND BENIN Addis Andaman P Clipperton Island Caracas NIGERIA Gulf of P TOBAGO Conakry (INDIA) I FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Ababa Sea N (FRANCE) Thailand SPRATLY ISLANDS COSTA RICA CÔTE TOGO Abuja E
Freetown ISLANDS Panama T D'IVOIRE GHANA Y R E E PANAMA SIERRA L Laccadive Koror S Georgetown Colombo N Palikir Majuro Yamoussoukro CENTRAL ETHILOPIA NICOBAR Kingman Reef (U.S.) Medellín VENEZUELA LEONE Lagos A C Isla del Coco Lomé V Sea ISLANDS H E Paramaribo SRI Bandar Seri (COSTA RICA) Monrovia Accra AFRICAN REPUBLIC (INDIA) Palmyra Atoll (U.S.) D GUYANA Abidjan Porto- PALAU French Guiana CAMEROON Begawan LIBERIA SOMALIA LANKA Isla de (FRANCE) Novo T N Bangui F BRUNEI Cayenne I Male Kuala Malpelo Bogotá SURINAME R
Cali Malabo Medan A Lumpur
Celebes Sea
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Yaoundé MALDIVES
M A L A Y S I A COLOMBIA Penedos de T Kiritimati Gulf of Guinea UGANDA A São Pedro e São Paulo E Tarawa Howland Island (U.S.) (Christmas Island) SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE R Mogadishu Singapore Kampala G (BRAZIL) (KIRIBATI) Equator Quito Equator Libreville REP. OF KENYA SINGAPORE Equator Baker Island (U.S.) 0 São Tome 0 THE Jarvis GALAPAGOS GABON DEMOCRATIC Nairobi Yaren NAURU Island ECUADOR CONGO Kigali ISLANDS Belém Arquipélago de Annobon RWANDA Lake District (U.S.) Guayaquil (EQUA. GUI.) Mt. Kilimanjaro K I R I B A T I (ECUADOR) Manaus Fernando de Noronha REPUBLIC Victoria (highest point in Africa, 5895 m) (BRAZIL) + Brazzaville Bujumbura Bismarck Sea Fortaleza Victoria I N D O N E S I A OF THE CONGO BURUNDI British Indian P J ANGOLA Kinshasa PAPUA Ocean Territory A Java Sea E (Cabinda) Lake Jakarta Banda Sea (U.K.) V R Tanganyika Dar es Salaam A NEW GUINEA SOLOMON
TANZANIA U
T
- Diego
K I R I B A T I R Bandung Surabaya ISLANDS C
E
ÎLES MARQUISES Ascension SEYCHELLES Garcia
H N Funafuti Luanda
(St. Helena) C (Fr. Poly.) M I H Arafura Tokelau
L PERU East Timor TUVALU Honiara
E A Lake I Christmas Island + Port (N.Z.) Sea
B R A Z I L Lubumbashi D Nyasa Glorioso Islands (AUSTL.) Timor Moresby
Moroni (deepest point of the N (FRANCE) - T I Cocos Indian Ocean, -7258 m) Sea
G R N L ima D ANGOLA COMOROS r SAMOA E E (Keeling) Islands Ashmore and e
Wallis and
N Mayotte D a Apia Salvador t Lilongwe (administered by FRANCE, G (AUSTL.) Cartier Islands Futuna C E I Gulf of Coral H ZAMBIA claimed by COMOROS) Mata-Utu Cook Islands A D (AUSTL.) S Carpentaria (FRANCE) Lago MALAWI I N D I A N I B Pago Pago S O U T H Namibe Tromelin Island St. Helena N (N.Z.) a Titicaca R Brasília r (FRANCE) (St. Helena) r Sea ARCHIPEL DES TUAMOTU American Lusaka Juan de Nova i e FIJI
La Paz r Samoa Island (FR.) (Fr. Poly.) O VANUATU T (U.S.) Papeete
C Niue SOCIETY BOLIVIA S S O U T H P A C I F I C A A T L A N T I C R Coral Sea MOZAMBIQUE O C E A N e L Antananarivo E Port-Vila (N.Z.) ISLANDS T N Harare A e f Islands Suva I P Belo A A L A Mozambique Port E
(Fr. Poly.) (AUSTL.) T A Horizonte ZIMBABWE Martin Vaz M H Saint- N N Y A Channel Louis C O (BRAZIL) F r e n c h P o l y n e s i a I N C Denis T New E O C E A N B NAMIBIA Bassas Trindade R A O C E A N Nuku'alofa MAURITIUS R E T Caledonia da India M MADAGASCAR (BRAZIL) BOTSWANA A (FRANCE) (FRANCE) I G Reunion N A TONGA Windhoek D (FRANCE) N I KALAHARI (FRANCE) O Rio de Janeiro T D PARAGUAY Walvis Bay Europa Island G Noumea
Tropic of Capricorn (23°27') N Tropic of Capricorn (23°27') E DESERT (FRANCE)
D E S
E São Paulo E Alice Springs
ÎLES TUBUAI R Gaborone
S
T
(Fr. Poly.)
Asunción E
Pitcairn Islands Pretoria
Adamstown R Isla San Felíx M Maputo
(U.K.) Isla Sala y Gómez T A U S T R A L I A
(CHILE)
Isla San Ambrosio Johannesburg
I St. Helena Mbabane
(CHILE) Lake Eyre S O U T H
Easter Island (CHILE) D Norfolk KERMADEC
LESOTHO SWAZILAND (lowest point in Brisbane
(CHILE) (U.K.) Island
ISLANDS H - GREAT VICTORIA + Australia, -15 m)
Pôrto (AUSTL.) C
P A C I F I C
Maseru DESERT (N.Z.) N Alegre A SOUTH E
30 R 30
T
Durban
T Córdoba
+ AFRICA
O C E A N C
L Perth CHILE Lord Howe E
Cerro Aconcagua D
(highest point in South America, A Island A M
6962 m) URUGUAY (AUSTL.) R
N E Santiago Cape K
ARCHIPIÉLAGO Buenos Aires Sydney T Town Canberra JUAN FERNÁNDEZ Montevideo Mount Kosciuszko I
(CHILE) A (highest point in ARGENTINA C Île Amsterdam Great Australian + Auckland N Australia, 2229m)
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) Melbourne
D R
Bight NEW
E (St. Helena) I TRISTAN DA CUNHA Île Saint-Paul
S D (Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) ZEALAND
Tasman Sea G Gough Island
(St. Helena) Tasmania E Wellington + Peninsula Valdés French Southern and Antarctic Lands (lowest point in South America, Christchurch -40 m) (FRANCE)
A CHATHAM ISLANDS
I (N.Z.)
N
O
G ÎLES CROZET PRINCE EDWARD
A BOUNTY ISLANDS
Falkland Islands ISLANDS (Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) SNARES ISLANDS T (Islas Malvinas) (N.Z.) (N.Z.)
A (SOUTH AFRICA)
P (administered by U.K., ÎLES KERGUELEN AUCKLAND ANTIPODES ISLANDS claimed by ARGENTINA) (Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) ISLANDS (N.Z.) (N.Z.) Stanley Heard Island and Bouvet Island Campbell Punta Arenas McDonald Islands Island (NORWAY) (AUSTL.) Macquarie (N.Z.) South Georgia and the Island Scotia Sea South Sandwich Islands (AUSTL.) (administered by U.K., Drake claimed by ARGENTINA) 60 Passage 60 SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS S O U T H E R N O C E A N S O U T H E R N O C E A N Antarctic Circle (66°33') S O U T H E R N O C E A N Antarctic Circle (66°33') Amery Ice Shelf April 2000 Bellingshausen Sea Weddell Sea a Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation Amundsen Sea of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the Ross Sea Ross Sea United States. b + Ronne Ice Shelf b Nineteen of 26 Antarctic consultative nations Vinson Massif A n t a r c t i c a have made no claims to Antarctic territory (highest point in Antarctica, 5140 m) Ross Ross Ice Shelf (although Russia and the United States have Ice Shelf reserved the right to do so) and they do not recognize the claims of the other nations.
150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative.
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