279 INDEX TO GEOGRAPHICAL AND LOCAL NAMES1 Aarhus (Denmark) 13 Abago (Caucasian Nature Preserve: Gr. Caucasus: S European Russia) 212 Abava R. (W Latvia) 30 Abkhazia, Rep. (Georgia) 31 173 181 195 Åbo — see Turku Abruzzi Apennines — see Apennines Adana Prov. (Turkey) 181 Adzharia, Rep. (Georgia) 32 181 195 243 Adzharo-Imeretinskiy or Adzharo-Imeretian Rg. (Lesser Caucasus: Adzharia: Georgia) 173 Adzharo-Shavshetskiy or Adzharo-Shavshetian Rg. (Lesser Caucasus: Adzharia: Georgia) 173 Aegean Sea (arm of Mediterranean Sea betw. Greece and Turkey) 175 Aegypto (Lat., Nom. Aegyptus) — see Egypt Afghanistan 104 107 108 117 178 207 247 248 251 253 Africa 11 20 33 35 39 40 96 175 181 215 240 Agdash (Kura Depression: Azerbaijan) 181 Agri Prov. (Turkey) 181 243 Ajagus or Ajaguz (Lat.) — see Ayaguz Akhaltsikhe (Georgia) 118 Akmechet or Ak-Mechet (Gissar Rg.: Tajikistan) 248 Akmetschet (Lat.) — see Akmechet Aksu R. (Balkhash Basin: Dzungarskiy Alatau: Kazakhstan) 251 Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Preserve (Chimkent Obl.: Kazakhstan) 13 Ak-Terek Forestland (N of Dzhalal-Abad: Kirghizia) 31 59 A-la Shan or Ho-lan Shan, Desert Reg. (Inner Mongolia: N China) — !:"T">\ 121 Alabino (Moscow Obl.: centr. European Russia) 30 Alagir (N Caucasus: S European Russia) 212 Alaska, State (USA) 95 135 143-145 155 156 218 219 Alatau — see Dzhungarskiy Alatau Alay (-skiy) Rg. (S Kirghizia) 249 Albania 124 131 173 177 198 244 Aldan (Yakutia: East Siberia) 31 205 Aldan R. (Yakutia: East Siberia) 124 160 164 177 187 196 201 205 206 209 213 228 Aldano-Uchurskiy Rg. (Yakutia: East Siberia) 200 Aldan(-skiy) Forest Farm (Yakutia: East Siberia) 13 Aldan(-skoye) High Plateau (Yakutia: East Siberia) 32 164 219 221 238 Aleutian(s) Is. (Bering Sea: USA) 144 Algeria 107 115 175 181 Alma Ata or Almaty (Kazakhstan) 10 13 31 32 36 Almalyk (SE of Tashkent: Uzbekistan) 248 Almeria, Prov. (Spain) 175 Alps, Mts. 20 34 71 72 81 87 95 107 111 115 119 124 128 131 133 140 152 153 158 159 162 165 166 175 180 183 191 192 198 205 215 218 220 225 230 237 238 240 Apuan Alps—see Apennines Maritime Alps (France, Italy) 152 172 175 198 220 Ötztaler Alps (Austria) — ]PH":\F84, !:\BZ 192 Altai Mts. (Russia, W Mongolia, W China, Kazakhstan) 62 95 107 111 113 115 124 126 128 131 138 140 143 151 153 160 164 165 177 180 183 185 186 192 196 198 200 201 205 206 210 212 218 219 221 223 228 232 238 245 252 Mongolian Altai Mts. (W Mongolia) 151 186 231 247 Gobi Altai Mts. (SE extention of Mongolian Altai: SW Mongolia) 185 1 Cyrillic spelling is shown in cases when English and Russian versions of names sound different. 280 Altynmazar (N Zaalayskiy Rg.: Kirghizia) 249 Alushta (Crimea Pen.: Ukraine) 31 Aman-Kutan(-skoye) Forestland (S of Samarkand: Uzbekistan) 31 Amasia (Lat.) — see Amasya Amasya Prov. (N Turkey) 107 Amga R. (trib. of Lena: Yakutia: East Siberia) 196 201 Amgun R. (Khabarovsk Prov.: Far East) 214 243 Ammudin, Lake (upper Kalar Basin: Transbaykalia: S Siberia) 196 Amu Darya R. (Turkmenia) 31 41 108 253 Amur R. (Khabarovsk Prov., Amur Obl.: Far East) 113 120 135 187 228 244 Amur(-skaya) Obl. (Far East) 107 120 155 214 228 244 Anabar R. (Yakutia: N Siberia) 201 219 221 Anadyr R. (NE Siberia) 34 113 134 142 143 145 158 185 195 201 209 213 220 221 Anadyr(-skiy) Rg. (NE Siberia) 152 201 Anapa (Black Sea Coast: Krasnodar Prov.: S European Russia) 93 Andi(-yskiy) Rg. (Gr. Caucasus: Chechnya-Dagestan border) 198 Angara R. (Prebaykalia: S Siberia) 177 180 186 187 201 Angren (SE of Tashkent: Uzbekistan) 248 249 Angren R. (W Tien Shan: Uzbekistan) 31 248 Antarctic 40 Apennines, Mts. (Italy) 128 131 133 158 161 166 175 225 Apenninus Pistoriensis (Lat.) — see Pistoia Apennines Abruzzi Apennines (Central Apennines: Italy) 152 Apuan Alps (N Apennines: Tuscan Apennines: Tuscany: Italy) 161 Picenum Apennines (E Central Apennines) 152 Pistoia or Pistorian Apennines (Tuscany: Italy) 166 Appatyn, Stream (Aldan Basin: border of Yakutia and Khabarovsk Province: Far East) 232 Aq Chach or Aqcheh (N Afghanistan) — !8R" 108 Aragva R. (Georgia) 31 253 Arakamchechen I. (off Chukchi Pen.: Bering Strait: Russia) 144 156 Aral Sea (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) 94 115 180 226 251 Archeda or Archeda-Don or Archedinsko-Donskiye Sands (betw. Archeda and Don: European Russia) 31 Archeda R. (trib. of Medveditsa: Don Basin: European Russia) 111 Arctic 10 41 54 71 72 87 130 195 201 219 221 Arctic Ocean islands (Russia) 219 Argun R. (trib. of Amur: Far East, NE China) 187 Arkhangelsk (Beloye Sea Coast: N European Russia) 31 180 183 185 231 Armenia 31 71 94 113 122 181 207 243 253 Armenia turcica (Lat.) — see Turkish Armenia Armenian High Plateau (Armenia) 118 Arshan (Tunkinskaya Valley: E Sayans: S Siberia) 31 130 Arshan, Golets or Barren Hight (E Sayans: S Siberia) 31 Artvin Prov. (NE Turkey) 173 195 Arys R. (trib. of Syr Darya: Kazakhstan) 31 245 248 Ashkhabad or Ashgabat (Turkmenia) 31 Ashtarakh (on Kasakh R.: Armenia) 31 Asia 10 20 22 33 55 71 80 84 85 97 98 177 180 185 237 Asia Minor 11 33 35 69 73 81 98 107 115 117 118 177 180 181 215 243 244 Asiatic Russia 22 71 140 Central Asia 97 115 234 238 East Asia 32 66 96 234 Middle Asia 10 21 22 25 32 42 44 45 54 60 70 72 73 93 94 117 118 121 159 178 226 253 Northeast Asia — see Northeast Askold I. (S of Vladivostok: Peter the Great Bay: Sea of Japan: Russia) 229 Atbashi R. (trib. of Naryn: Kirghizia) 212 Atbashi Rg. (S of Lake Issyk-Kul: Tien Shan: Kirghizia) 138 196 281 Atlach-Kaja (Lat.) — see Atlakh-Khaya Atlakh-Khaya (Lena Valley: Yakutia: East Siberia) 151 Atlantic Coast (West Europe) 73 181 Atlas Mts. (N Africa) 215 Anti-Atlas (Morocco) 175 Grand Atlas (Morocco) 181 Middle Atlas (Morocco) 215 Saharan Atlas (Algeria) 175 Australia 40 Austria 131 153 166 175 166 172 183 205 230 231 240 Avatcha (Lat.) — see Avacha Avacha or Avachinskaya Sopka, Volcano (Kamchatka: Far East) 142 194 Ayaguz R. (Lake Balkhash Basin: Kazakhstan) 108 207 Ayan (Sea of Okhotsk Coast: Far East) 109 124 140 145 164 186 187 200 219 232 Ayon I. (off Chukchi Pen.: East Siberian Sea: Russia) 131 140 145 Azerbaijan 31 34 113 122 172 173 178 181 243 Iranian or East Azerbaijan 243 253 Azov Sea Coast (Ukraine, S European Russia) 241 Azov Upland or Pre-Azovia or Priazov'ye (Ukraine, S European Russia) 226 232 Baba Dag or Babadag Mt. (extreme SE of Gr. Caucasus: Azerbaijan) 198 Babatag Rg. (SW of Dushanbe; Tajikistan) 248 Baga Bogdo Mts. (Altai: S Mongolia) 186 Bakanas (on Ili: Kazakhstan) 251 Baku or Baki (Azerbaijan) 32 122 Bakuriani (Lesser Caucasus: Georgia) 113 159 172 Balagansk (Irkutsk Obl.: East Siberia) 228 Balashikha (Moscow Obl.: centr. European Russia) 30 Balkan Pen. (S Europe) 95 107 118 180 215 244 Balkans or Balkan States, Reg. (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey) 20 73 96 111 119 131 198 Balkaria, Rep. ( N Caucasus: S European Russia) 113 188 Balkhash, Lake (Kazakhstan) 108 232 245 251 253 Baltic Sea Coast (NW Europe) 73 225 230 Baltic States or Pribaltika, Reg. (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) 22 94 119 122 134 225 226 230 Baltistan or Little Tibet, Reg. (Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani-controlled) 253 Baluchistan Prov. (Pakistan) — #,:J*04FH"> 104 Balykty-su (Altai: S Siberia) 198 Bamian Prov. (centr. Afghanistan) 207 Barabinskaya Steppe (W of Novosibirsk: West Siberia) 218 Barcelona Prov. (Spain) 184 Barents Sea Coast (Kola Pen.: NW European Russia) 128 Barguzin (Transbaykalia: S Siberia) 177 Barguzin R. (Transbaykalia: S Siberia) 212 213 238 243 252 254 Barguzin(-skiy) Rg. (Transbaykalia: S Siberia) 80 124 126 128 130 140 143 145 153 212 219 221 223 Baschyl-sugusu (Lat.) — see Bashyl-sugusu Bashyl-sugusu, Stream (Balkaria: N Caucasus: S European Russia) 113 Batumi (Black Sea Coast: Adzharia: Georgia) 12 33 195 Baubash-ata Rg. (N of Dzhalal-Abad: SW Kirghizia) 31 Bavaria, State (Germany) 20 73 133 134 153 162 Bayan-Aul or Bayanaul (Kazakhstan) 177 205 Bayazit Prov. (Turkey) — #"b2,H 113 Bayburt (on Coruh: NE Turkey) 253 Baykal, Lake (S Siberia) 31 134 135 153 196 205 209 212 213 219 231 232 Baykal(-skiy) Rg. (NE Baykal Coast: S Siberia) 128 145 151 155 219 Baysun or Baysuntau Mts. (S Uzbekistan) 188 Bear I. (Barents Sea: Norway) 124 128 Beijing (China) 177 186 187 201 228 282 Bekun R. (E Kazakhstan) 245 Belarus or Byelorussia 165 206 210 226 240 Belaya R. (Anadyr Basin: NE Siberia) 113 201 Belaya R. (Kama Basin: E European Russia) 184 226 241 Belaya R. (Kola Pen.: NW European Russia) 30 Belgium 121 181 205 Beloye or White Sea (Arctic Ocean: Russia) 142 Belozersk (on Lake Beloye: SE of Lake Onega: N European Russia) 205 Belyy or White I. (off Yamal Pen.: Kara Sea: Russia) 131 Bennett I. (Delong Is.: Arctic Ocean: Russia) 130 Berdichev (Ukraine) 184 Berezina or Byarezina R. (trib. of Dnepr: Belarus) 226 Bering(-a) I. (Commander Is.: Bering Sea: Russia) 145 219 Beringia, Reg. (NE Siberia, N Pacific islands, Alaska) 98 Berlin (Germany) 36 Berlin-Dahlem (Germany) 135 143 165 Berry Peak (Wrangel I.: Chukchi Sea: Russia) 156 Beshir (near Chardzhou: Turkmenia) 248 Beshtau, Mt. (centr. N Caucasus near Pyatigorsk: S European Russia) 207 Betpak-dala, Reg. (W of Lake Balkhash: Kazakhstan) 251 Birobidzhan (W of Khabarovsk: Far East) 120 244 Bishkek or Pishpek or form. Frunze (Kirghizia) 212 Bitlis Prov. (Turkey) 178 Biylikol, Lake (NW of Dzhambul: S Kazakhstan) 207 Black or Chernyy Irtysh R.