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KOMISJA STANDARYZACJI NAZW GEOGRAFICZNYCH POZA GRANICAMI POLSKI przy Głównym Geodecie Kraju NAZEWNICTWO GEOGRAFICZNE ŚWIATA Zeszyt 1 Ameryka Australia i Oceania GŁÓWNY URZĄD GEODEZJI I KARTOGRAFII Warszawa 2004 KOMISJA STANDARYZACJI NAZW GEOGRAFICZNYCH POZA GRANICAMI POLSKI przy Głównym Geodecie Kraju Maksymilian Skotnicki (przewodniczący), Ewa Wolnicz-Pawłowska (zastępca przewodniczącego), Izabella Krauze-Tomczyk (sekretarz); członkowie: Stanisław Alexandrowicz, Andrzej Czerny, Janusz Danecki, Janusz Gołaski, Romuald Huszcza, Sabina Kacieszczenko, Dariusz Kalisiewicz, Artur Karp, Ryszard Król, Marek Makowski, Andrzej Markowski, Jerzy Ostrowski, Henryk Skotarczyk, Andrzej Pisowicz, Bogumiła Więcław, Mariusz Woźniak, Bogusław R. Zagórski, Maciej Zych Opracowanie Bartosz Fabiszewski, Katarzyna Peńsko-Skoczylas, Maksymilian Skotnicki, Maciej Zych Opracowanie redakcyjne Izabella Krauze-Tomczyk, Jerzy Ostrowski, Maksymilian Skotnicki, Maciej Zych Projekt okładki Agnieszka Kijowska © Copyright by Główny Geodeta Kraju ISBN 83-239-7552-3 Skład komputerowy i druk Instytut Geodezji i Kartografii, Warszawa Spis treści Od Wydawcy ..................................................................................................................... 7 Przedmowa ........................................................................................................................ 9 Wprowadzenie ................................................................................................................... 11 Część 1. AMERYKA ANGUILLA ...................................................................................................................... 13 ANTIGUA I BARBUDA .................................................................................................. 14 ANTYLE HOLENDERSKIE ........................................................................................... 14 ARGENTYNA .................................................................................................................. 15 ARUBA ............................................................................................................................. 19 BAHAMY ......................................................................................................................... 19 BARBADOS ..................................................................................................................... 20 BELIZE ............................................................................................................................. 21 BERMUDY ....................................................................................................................... 22 BOLIWIA .......................................................................................................................... 23 BRAZYLIA ....................................................................................................................... 25 BRYTYJSKIE WYSPY DZIEWICZE ............................................................................. 30 CHILE ............................................................................................................................... 30 DOMINIKA ...................................................................................................................... 34 DOMINIKANA ................................................................................................................. 35 EKWADOR ...................................................................................................................... 37 FALKLANDY (MALWINY) ........................................................................................... 39 GRENADA ....................................................................................................................... 40 GRENLANDIA ................................................................................................................ 41 GUJANA .......................................................................................................................... 43 GUJANA FRANCUSKA ................................................................................................. 45 GWADELUPA ................................................................................................................. 46 GWATEMALA ................................................................................................................ 47 HAITI ............................................................................................................................... 49 HONDURAS .................................................................................................................... 50 JAMAJKA ........................................................................................................................ 52 KAJMANY ....................................................................................................................... 53 KANADA ......................................................................................................................... 54 KOLUMBIA ..................................................................................................................... 60 KOSTARYKA .................................................................................................................. 63 KUBA ............................................................................................................................... 65 MARTYNIKA .................................................................................................................. 67 MEKSYK .......................................................................................................................... 68 MONTSERRAT ................................................................................................................ 72 NAVASSA ........................................................................................................................ 72 NIKARAGUA ................................................................................................................... 73 PANAMA .......................................................................................................................... 74 PARAGWAJ ..................................................................................................................... 76 PERU ................................................................................................................................. 78 PORTORYKO ................................................................................................................... 81 SAINT KITTS I NEVIS .................................................................................................... 82 SAINT LUCIA .................................................................................................................. 83 SAINT-PIERRE I MIQUELON ........................................................................................ 84 SAINT-VINCENT I GRENADYNY ................................................................................ 84 SALWADOR ..................................................................................................................... 85 STANY ZJEDNOCZONE ................................................................................................ 87 SURINAM ......................................................................................................................... 95 TRYNIDAD I TOBAGO .................................................................................................. 97 TURKS I CAICOS ............................................................................................................ 98 URUGWAJ ....................................................................................................................... 99 WENEZUELA .................................................................................................................. 100 WYSPY DZIEWICZE STANÓW ZJEDNOCZONYCH ................................................ 103 Część 2. AUSTRALIA I OCEANIA AUSTRALIA ................................................................................................................... 105 BAKER ............................................................................................................................ 110 FIDŻI ............................................................................................................................... 111 GUAM ............................................................................................................................. 113 HOWLAND ..................................................................................................................... 113 JARVIS ............................................................................................................................ 114 JOHNSTON ....................................................................................................................
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