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V.01 - Geographical-political areas trans-continental
V.02 - Europe
V.03 - Africa
V.04 - Near East, Middle East and North Africa
V.05 - Asia
V.06 - Oceania
V.07 - Americas
V.08 - Antarctic
V.09 - Oceans

V.01 - Geographical-political areas trans-continental ↑ top

Black Sea Region 🔎
Caribbean 🔎
Caspian Sea region 🔎
Equator/equatorial zones 🔎
Eurasia 🔎
Mediterranean region 🔎
Northern hemisphere 🔎
Pacific region 🔎
Southern hemisphere 🔎

V.02 - Europe ↑ top

V.02.01 Geographical-political areas of Europe

Alpine region 🔎
Balkans 🔎
Baltic countries 🔎
Baltic region 🔎
Baltic Sea 🔎
Benelux countries 🔎
Black Sea 🔎
Central and East European countries 🔎
Central Europe 🔎
Eastern Europe 🔎
Europe 🔎
Geographical areas of Europe (above country level) 🔎
Mediterranean region 🔎
Mediterranean Sea 🔎
North Sea 🔎
North Sea region 🔎
Northern Europe 🔎
Pyrenean region 🔎
South East Europe 🔎
Southern Europe 🔎
Successor states of the Soviet Union 🔎
Successor states of Yugoslavia 🔎
Western Europe 🔎

V.02.02 Northern Europe

Denmark 🔎
Finland 🔎
Greenland 🔎
Iceland 🔎
Northern Europe 🔎
Norway 🔎
Sweden 🔎

V.02.03 Western Europe

Belgium 🔎
Channel Islands 🔎
France 🔎
Ireland 🔎
Irish Republic 🔎
Luxembourg 🔎
Monaco 🔎
Netherlands 🔎
Northern Ireland 🔎
United Kingdom 🔎
Western Europe 🔎

V.02.04 Central Europe

Austria 🔎
Central Europe 🔎
Czech Republic 🔎
Czechoslovakia 🔎
Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990) 🔎
German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) 🔎
Germany 🔎
Hungary 🔎
Liechtenstein 🔎
Poland 🔎
Slovakia 🔎
Switzerland 🔎
West Berlin/Western Sectors 🔎

V.02.05 Southern Europe

Andorra 🔎
Apennine Peninsula 🔎
Gibraltar 🔎
Iberian Peninsula 🔎
Italy 🔎
Malta 🔎
Portugal 🔎
San Marino 🔎
Southern Europe 🔎
Spain 🔎
Vatican 🔎

V.02.06 Eastern Europe

Baltic countries 🔎
Belarus 🔎
Caspian Sea region 🔎
Central and East European countries 🔎
Estonia 🔎
European states of the former Soviet Union 🔎
Latvia 🔎
Lithuania 🔎
Moldova 🔎
North Russia (since 1991/92) 🔎
Poland 🔎
Russian Federation 🔎
Slovakia 🔎
Soviet Union 🔎
Soviet Union (European part) 🔎
Ukraine 🔎

V.02.07 South East Europe

Albania 🔎
Balkans 🔎
Bosnia-Herzegovina 🔎
Bulgaria 🔎
Croatia 🔎
Cyprus 🔎
Cyprus Republic 🔎
Greece 🔎
Hungary 🔎
Kosovo 🔎
Montenegro 🔎
North Macedonia 🔎
Northern Cyprus 🔎
Romania 🔎
Serbia 🔎
Slovenia 🔎
South East Europe 🔎
Turkey 🔎
Yugoslavia (until 1991/92) 🔎

V.02.08 Mediterranean Sea/Black Sea

Adriatic Sea 🔎
Aegean Sea 🔎
Black Sea 🔎
Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara and Bosphorus 🔎
Eastern Mediterranean region 🔎
Greek islands 🔎
Mediterranean islands 🔎
Mediterranean region 🔎
Mediterranean Sea 🔎
Southern Mediterranean region 🔎
Western Mediterranean region 🔎

V.03 - Africa ↑ top

V.03.01 Geographical-political areas of Africa

Africa 🔎
Africa south of the Sahara 🔎
Central Africa 🔎
East Africa 🔎
Geographical areas of Africa (above country level) 🔎
Maghreb 🔎
North Africa 🔎
North-East Africa 🔎
Sahara 🔎
Sahel 🔎
Senegal Basin 🔎
Southern Africa 🔎
West Africa 🔎

V.03.02 West Africa

Benin 🔎
Burkina Faso 🔎
Cape Verde Islands 🔎
Gambia 🔎
Ghana 🔎
Guinea 🔎
Guinea-Bissau 🔎
Ivory Coast 🔎
Liberia 🔎
Mali 🔎
Mauritania 🔎
Niger 🔎
Nigeria 🔎
Sao Tome and Principe 🔎
Senegal 🔎
Sierra Leone 🔎
Togo 🔎
West Africa 🔎

V.03.03 Central Africa

Burundi 🔎
Cameroon 🔎
Central Africa 🔎
Central African Republic 🔎
Chad 🔎
Congo (Brazzaville) 🔎
Congo (Kinshasa) 🔎
Equatorial Guinea 🔎
Gabon 🔎
Rwanda 🔎
St. Helena and Ascension 🔎
Zaire (until 1997) 🔎

V.03.04 Southern Africa

Angola 🔎
Botswana 🔎
Eswatini 🔎
Homelands (South Africa) 🔎
Lesotho 🔎
Malawi 🔎
Mozambique 🔎
Namibia 🔎
South Africa 🔎
Southern Africa 🔎
Zambia 🔎
Zimbabwe 🔎

V.03.05 East Africa

Comoros 🔎
East Africa 🔎
Kenya 🔎
Madagascar 🔎
Mauritius 🔎
Seychelles 🔎
Tanzania 🔎
Uganda 🔎

V.03.06 North Africa

Algeria 🔎
Egypt 🔎
Federation of Arab Republics (former) 🔎
Libya 🔎
Maghreb 🔎
Morocco 🔎
North Africa 🔎
Spanish territories in North Africa 🔎
Tunisia 🔎
Western Sahara 🔎

V.03.07 North East Africa

Djibouti 🔎
Eritrea 🔎
Ethiopia 🔎
Horn of Africa 🔎
North-East Africa 🔎
Republic of South Sudan 🔎
Somalia 🔎
Sudan 🔎

V.04 - Near East, Middle East and North Africa ↑ top

V.04.01 Geographical-political areas of the Near and Middle East and North Africa

Gulf States 🔎
Mediterranean region 🔎
Mediterranean Sea 🔎
Near and Middle East 🔎
Near and Middle East and North Africa 🔎
Palestine 🔎
Persian Gulf 🔎

V.04.02 North Africa

Algeria 🔎
Egypt 🔎
Federation of Arab Republics (former) 🔎
Libya 🔎
Maghreb 🔎
Morocco 🔎
North Africa 🔎
Sinai Peninsula 🔎
Spanish territories in North Africa 🔎
Tunisia 🔎
Western Sahara 🔎

V.04.03 North East Africa

Djibouti 🔎
Eritrea 🔎
Ethiopia 🔎
Horn of Africa 🔎
North-East Africa 🔎
Republic of South Sudan 🔎
Somalia 🔎
Sudan 🔎

V.04.04 Eastern Arabia/Israel

Fertile Crescent 🔎
Gaza Strip 🔎
Golan Heights 🔎
Iraq 🔎
Israel 🔎
Israeli occupied territories 🔎
Jerusalem 🔎
Jordan 🔎
Kurdistan (Iraq) 🔎
Lebanon 🔎
Lebanon (South) 🔎
Palestine 🔎
Palestinian self-rule areas 🔎
Syria 🔎
West Bank 🔎

V.04.05 Arabian peninsula

Arabian Peninsula 🔎
Bahrain 🔎
Kuwait 🔎
Oman 🔎
Qatar 🔎
Saudi Arabia 🔎
Sinai Peninsula 🔎
United Arab Emirates 🔎
Yemen 🔎
Yemen (Arab Republic) 🔎
Yemen (Democratic Republic) 🔎

V.04.06 West Asia

Afghanistan 🔎
Armenia 🔎
Azerbaijan 🔎
Baluchistan 🔎
Baluchistan (Iran) 🔎
Baluchistan (Pakistan) 🔎
Caspian Sea 🔎
Caspian Sea region 🔎
Caucasian region 🔎
Cyprus 🔎
Cyprus Republic 🔎
Geographical areas of West Asia (above country level) 🔎
Georgia 🔎
Iran 🔎
Kurdistan 🔎
Kurdistan (Turkey) 🔎
Northern Cyprus 🔎
Pakistan 🔎
Transcaucasia 🔎
Turkey 🔎
West Asia 🔎

V.05 - Asia ↑ top

V.05.01 Geographical-political areas of Asia

Asia 🔎
Baluchistan 🔎
Central and Northern Asia 🔎
East Asia 🔎
Fertile Crescent 🔎
Geographical areas of Southeast Asia (above country level) 🔎
Golden Triangle 🔎
Indochina 🔎
Mekong countries 🔎
Northeast Asia 🔎
Palestine 🔎
Siberia 🔎
South Asia 🔎
South East Asia 🔎
Turkestan 🔎
West Asia 🔎

V.05.02 West Asia

Afghanistan 🔎
Armenia 🔎
Azerbaijan 🔎
Baluchistan 🔎
Baluchistan (Iran) 🔎
Baluchistan (Pakistan) 🔎
Cyprus 🔎
Geographical areas of West Asia (above country level) 🔎
Georgia 🔎
Iran 🔎
Kurdistan 🔎
Kurdistan (Iraq) 🔎
Kurdistan (Turkey) 🔎
Pakistan 🔎
Punjab 🔎
Turkey 🔎
West Asia 🔎

V.05.03 South Asia

Bangladesh 🔎
Bhutan 🔎
Himalayan region 🔎
India 🔎
Kashmir 🔎
Maldives 🔎
Nepal 🔎
Punjab 🔎
SAARC countries 🔎
South Asia 🔎
Sri Lanka 🔎

V.05.04 South East Asia

ASEAN countries 🔎
Brunei 🔎
Cambodia 🔎
East Timor 🔎
Geographical areas of Southeast Asia (above country level) 🔎
Golden Triangle 🔎
Indochina 🔎
Indonesia 🔎
Laos 🔎
Malaysia 🔎
Myanmar 🔎
New Guinea 🔎
Philippines 🔎
Singapore 🔎
South East Asia 🔎
Thailand 🔎
Timor (Island) 🔎
Vietnam 🔎

V.05.05 East Asia

China (until 1949) 🔎
Diaoyu Islands 🔎
East Asia 🔎
Far Eastern part of the RSFSR (Soviet Union) 🔎
Far Eastern part of the Russian Federation 🔎
Hong Kong 🔎
Hong Kong (until 1997) 🔎
Japan 🔎
Korea 🔎
Macao 🔎
Macao (until 1999) 🔎
North Korea 🔎
People's Republic of China 🔎
South Korea 🔎
Taiwan 🔎
Tibet 🔎

V.05.06 Central Asia

Afghanistan 🔎
Caspian Sea 🔎
Caspian Sea region 🔎
Central and Northern Asia 🔎
Central Asia 🔎
Central Asian Soviet Socialistic Republics 🔎
Central Asian States of the former Soviet Union 🔎
Kazakhstan 🔎
Kirghizia 🔎
Mongolia 🔎
Tajikistan 🔎
Tibet 🔎
Turkmenistan 🔎
Uzbekistan 🔎

V.06 - Oceania ↑ top

V.06.01 Geographical-political areas of the South Pacific

Australia and New Zealand 🔎
Central Pacific Ocean 🔎
Oceania 🔎
Pacific region 🔎
South Pacific islands 🔎
South Pacific Ocean 🔎

V.06.02 Australia/New Zealand

Australia 🔎
Australia and New Zealand 🔎
Australian associated territories 🔎
New Zealand 🔎
New Zealand associated territories 🔎

V.06.03 South Pacific islands

Melanesia 🔎
Micronesia 🔎
Polynesia 🔎
South Pacific islands 🔎

V.06.04 Melanesia

Fiji 🔎
Melanesia 🔎
New Caledonia 🔎
Papua New Guinea 🔎
Solomon Islands 🔎
Vanuatu 🔎

V.06.05 Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia 🔎
Guam 🔎
Kiribati 🔎
Marshall Islands 🔎
Micronesia 🔎
Nauru 🔎
North Mariana Islands 🔎
Palau 🔎
Tuvalu 🔎

V.06.06 Polynesia

American Samoa 🔎
Cook Islands 🔎
French Polynesia 🔎
Niue 🔎
Norfolk Island 🔎
Pitcairn 🔎
Polynesia 🔎
Samoa 🔎
Samoa Islands 🔎
Tokelau Islands 🔎
Tonga 🔎
Wallis and Futuna 🔎

V.07 - Americas ↑ top

V.07.01 Geographical-political areas of America

Americas 🔎
Caribbean 🔎
Central America 🔎
Central America and Caribbean 🔎
Latin America 🔎
North America 🔎
South America 🔎

V.07.02 North America

Canada 🔎
Mexico 🔎
North America 🔎
Puerto Rico 🔎
United States of America 🔎

V.07.03 Central America

Belize 🔎
Central America 🔎
Costa Rica 🔎
El Salvador 🔎
Guatemala 🔎
Honduras 🔎
Nicaragua 🔎
Panama 🔎
Panama Canal Zone 🔎

V.07.04 Caribbean

Anguilla 🔎
Antigua and Barbuda 🔎
Aruba 🔎
Bahamas 🔎
Barbados 🔎
Bonaire 🔎
British associated Caribbean islands 🔎
Caribbean 🔎
Cayman Islands 🔎
Cuba 🔎
Curacao 🔎
Dominica 🔎
Dominican Republic 🔎
Eastern Caribbean States 🔎
French Antilles 🔎
Greater Antilles 🔎
Grenada 🔎
Guadeloupe 🔎
Guyana 🔎
Haiti 🔎
Jamaica 🔎
Leeward Islands 🔎
Lesser Antilles 🔎
Martinique 🔎
Montserrat 🔎
Netherlands Antilles 🔎
Puerto Rico 🔎
St Kitts-Nevis 🔎
St Vincent and the Grenadines 🔎
St. Lucia 🔎
Trinidad and Tobago 🔎
Turks and Caicos Islands 🔎
United States Virgin Islands 🔎
Virgin Islands (British) 🔎
Windward Islands 🔎

V.07.05 South America

Amazon region (above country level) 🔎
Andean countries 🔎
Argentina 🔎
Beagle channel region 🔎
Bolivia 🔎
Brazil 🔎
Chile 🔎
Colombia 🔎
Ecuador 🔎
Falkland Islands 🔎
Geographical areas of South America (above country level) 🔎
Guiana (French overseas department) 🔎
Guyana 🔎
Guyana (above country level) 🔎
Paraguay 🔎
Peru 🔎
Plate river states 🔎
South America 🔎
Southern cone 🔎
Surinam 🔎
Uruguay 🔎
Venezuela 🔎

V.08 - Antarctic ↑ top

Antarctic 🔎
Antarctic waters 🔎
South pole 🔎

V.09 - Oceans ↑ top

V.09.01 Indian Ocean

Andaman Sea 🔎
Arabian Sea 🔎
Chagos archipelago (Diego Garcia) 🔎
Comoros 🔎
Eastern Indian Ocean 🔎
Gulf of Aden 🔎
Gulf of Aqaba 🔎
Gulf of Oman 🔎
Gulf of Suez 🔎
Indian Ocean 🔎
Indian Ocean islands 🔎
Maldives 🔎
Mauritius 🔎
Mozambique channel 🔎
Northeast Indian Ocean 🔎
Northern Indian Ocean 🔎
Persian Gulf 🔎
Red Sea 🔎
Seychelles 🔎
Southeast Indian Ocean 🔎
Southern Indian Ocean 🔎
Southwest Indian Ocean 🔎
Strait of Perim 🔎
Straits of Hormuz 🔎
Straits of Malacca 🔎
Suez Canal 🔎
West Indian Ocean 🔎

V.09.02 Pacific Ocean

Aleutian islands 🔎
Arafura Sea 🔎
Banda Sea 🔎
Bering Strait 🔎
Caroline Islands 🔎
Celebes Sea 🔎
Central Eastern Pacific Ocean 🔎
Central Pacific Ocean 🔎
Central Western Pacific Ocean 🔎
Coral Sea 🔎
Diaoyu Islands 🔎
East China Sea 🔎
East Pacific Ocean 🔎
Gulf of Alaska 🔎
Gulf of Siam 🔎
Gulf of Tonkin 🔎
Japan Sea 🔎
Kuril Islands 🔎
Magellan Strait 🔎
Malayan Sea 🔎
North Pacific Ocean 🔎
Northeast Pacific Ocean 🔎
Northwest Pacific Ocean 🔎
Pacific Islands 🔎
Pacific Ocean 🔎
Pacific region 🔎
Panama Canal 🔎
Paracel Islands 🔎
Sea of Okhotsk 🔎
South China Sea 🔎
Southeast Pacific Ocean 🔎
Southwest Pacific Ocean 🔎
Spratly Islands 🔎
Taiwan Straits 🔎
Tasman Sea 🔎
West Pacific Ocean 🔎
Yellow Sea 🔎

V.09.03 Atlantic Ocean

Antarctic waters 🔎
Arctic Ocean 🔎
Atlantic Ocean 🔎
Atlantic Ocean islands 🔎
Azores 🔎
Baltic Sea 🔎
Barents Sea 🔎
Bermuda 🔎
Black Sea 🔎
Cape Verde Islands 🔎
Caribbean Sea 🔎
East Atlantic Ocean 🔎
English Channel 🔎
Falkland Islands 🔎
Gulf of Mexico 🔎
Gulf of Saint Lawrence 🔎
Hudson Bay with Hudson Strait 🔎
Labrador Sea with Davis Strait 🔎
Mediterranean Sea 🔎
North Atlantic Ocean 🔎
North Sea 🔎
Northeast Atlantic Ocean 🔎
Northwest Atlantic Ocean 🔎
Sea between Greenland and Norway 🔎
Skagerrak, Kattegat and Oeresund 🔎
South Atlantic Ocean 🔎
South Atlantic territories 🔎
St. Helena and Ascension 🔎
Straits of Gibraltar 🔎
West Atlantic Ocean 🔎

V.09.04 Arctic

Arctic 🔎
Arctic Ocean 🔎
North pole 🔎

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