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  • 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
    • V.02.03 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
    • 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
    • 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.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
    • V.04.03 North East Africa
    • V.04.04 Eastern Arabia/Israel
    • V.04.05 Arabian peninsula
    • V.04.06 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
    • V.05.03 South Asia
    • V.05.04 South East Asia
    • 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
    • V.06.04 Melanesia
    • V.06.05 Micronesia
    • V.06.06 Polynesia
  • 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
    • V.07.03 Central America
    • V.07.04 Caribbean
    • 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
  • 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