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An outline of the world's political divisions, organized by continent, nation, national subdivision, and further geographic areas.
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ADL Gazetteer. If you search for a placename ADL not only provides a map, but gives also a link to search in Yahoo!
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BC's geographical naming principles & policy; how to propose a geographical name; access to the BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS); links to BC-history/related sites and to toponymy sites.
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Global searchable database set up by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), US. Foreign place names as approved by the US Board of Geographic Names, other name variants. Approx. 3.3 million entries
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Place names of minority languages, native peoples and nations without state, which usually never appear in maps.
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Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
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A collection of links by Arizona State University.
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Naming places outside Planet Earth, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGSPN) of the International Astronomical Union
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3.5 million place names in a commercial gazetteer (not to be consulted online, but to be purchased). Latitude/longitude, population, postcodes, administrative areas. Also some 40,000 ports and airports. Developed by ALLM Systems & Marketing.
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United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. Contains information and resolutions on the issue of place names.
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Enter a city, country or river name for which to search. ESRI stands for Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
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Longitude, latitude and altitude of more than 2,800,000 towns and cities, sorted by country and then alphabetically.
