Political Map of the World, April 2001

AUSTRALIA Independent state

Bermuda Dependency or area of special sovereignty
Sicily / AZORES Island / island group 150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180

Capital ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN FRANZ JOSEF

ARCTIC OCEAN
LAND SEVERNAYA
ZEMLYA
Scale 1:35,000,000 Ellesmere Qaanaaq
QUEEN ELIZABETH Island (Thule)
Robinson Projection Longyearbyen
Greenland Sea Svalbard NOVAYA Kara Sea Laptev Sea NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS
standard parallels 38°N and 38°S ISLANDS (NORWAY) ZEMLYA
Banks
Kaujuitoq Barents Sea
Beaufort Sea
Island
(Resolute) Baffin Greenland East Siberian Sea Wrangel
Barrow Bay (DENMARK) Island
Victoria Tiksi
Island Baffin Jan Mayen
(NORWAY)
Norwegian Chukchi
Island Sea
Sea Murmansk
Noril'sk
Cherskiy
Arctic Circle (66°33') Arctic Circle (66°33')
Great NORWAY White Sea Anadyr'
Nome
U. S. Fairbanks
Bear Lake Iqaluit
(Frobisher Bay) Davis
Denmark ICELAND
SWEDEN Arkhangel'sk
Nuuk (Godthåb) Strait Faroe

Anchorage
Yellowknife
Great
Strait Reykjavík
Tórshavn
Islands
(DEN.)
Gulf
of
Bothnia
FINLAND
R U S S I A Yakutsk
Whitehorse Slave Lake Bergen Helsinki
Oslo
60 Hudson Stockholm St. Petersburg
Magadan 60
Gulf of Alaska Bay Rockall Tallinn EST.
Perm' Bering Sea
Juneau Churchill (U.K.)
Baltic - Yaroslavl' Nizhniy

CANADA UNITED North Riga LAT. Yekaterinburg

Sea Novgorod Krasnoyarsk
Labrador Glasgow DENMARK Moscow Kazan'
Sea Copenhagen LITH. Chelyabinsk Omsk Novosibirsk Lake Sea of
Sea Belfast RUSSIA Vilnius Ufa Baikal
Happy Valley- Minsk Okhotsk
Edmonton Manchester Barnaul
LANDS Goose Bay Dublin Isle of
Hamburg POLAND Samara ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Man (U.K.)
Amsterdam BELARUS
TIA N IS Lake
Winnipeg IRELAND KINGDOM Warsaw Voronezh
Irkutsk Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (U.S.)
ALEU
NETH. Saratov
Cologne Berlin ´ ´
Astana Sakhalin
Calgary Island of London Lodz
Kiev Qaraghandy
Brussels GERMANY Kraków
Winnipeg Newfoundland Celtic Lille Prague L'viv (Karaganda)
Vancouver Sea Guernsey (U.K.)
BELGIUM Luxembourg CZECH REP. UKRAINE Kharkiv
Jersey (U.K.)
LUX. SLOVAKIA Khabarovsk
Lake
Gulf of
St. Lawrence Paris Munich
LIECH.
Bratislava
Vienna MOLDOVA
Donets'k
Volgograd Atyraū KAZAKHSTAN Ulaanbaatar KURIL
Superior SWITZ. Budapest
AUSTRIA Chisinau
¸ (Atyrau) Lake Balkhash ISLANDS
Lake Québec FRANCE

)
Seattle Rostov
Huron Bern Ljubljana HUNGARY
Ottawa Montréal St. Pierre Bay of SLOVENIA ROMANIA Odesa Sea of Aral MONGOLIA Harbin
Minneapolis Lake Lyon Milan Zagreb CROATIA Belgrade Azov Sea
Portland and Miquelon Biscay Bucharest
Michigan Toronto Bordeaux SAN
Turin MARINO BOS. & HERZ. Changchun occupied by the SOVIET UNION in 1945,
Lake Ontario Halifax (FRANCE)
MONACO YUGO. Almaty Vladivostok administered by RUSSIA, claimed by JAPAN
Black Sea
NORTH ITALY Sarajevo
Milwaukee Sofia Ürümqi Sapporo
Detroit Boston Bilbao Marseille GEORGIA
Corsica BULGARIA Caspian UZBEKISTAN Bishkek Shenyang
NORTH
ANDORRA T'bilisi
Chicago
Lake Erie (FR.) VATICAN
CITY Skopje ·Istanbul Sea
Salt Lake City New York Rome ALB.
KYRGYZSTAN Baotou
Cleveland Madrid Barcelona Tirana ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN Sea of
NORTH
Beijing
PACIFIC Indianapolis Philadelphia PORTUGAL Naples THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
Bursa Ankara NORTH KOREA
Denver Valencia REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Yerevan Baku Tashkent
Columbus SPAIN Sardinia TURKMENISTAN P'yongyang Japan
PACIFIC
BALEARIC
St. Louis Lisbon Kashi

)
Baltimore ISLANDS (IT.) GREECE ·Izmir TURKEY Dushanbe Tianjin

UNITED STATES
(SP.) Palermo Ashgabat Taiyuan
Washington, D.C. TAJIKISTAN
AZORES Seoul JAPAN
ATLANTIC
San Francisco Sevilla Athens ¯
Tabriz
OCEAN Sicily Konya Adana
(PORT.)
Mosul Jinan SOUTH
Lanzhou
OCEAN
(IT.)
Gibraltar(U.K.) Algiers Tunis MALTA Aleppo Indian
Yellow KOREA Tokyo
Ceuta (SP.) Valletta Nicosia -
Karkuk Mashhad claim Qingdao Nagoya
CHINA
Oran
SYRIA Tehran
¯ Kabul Zhengzhou Sea Pusan -
TUNISIA
OCEAN
Melilla Osaka Yokohama
Los Angeles
Phoenix Atlanta MADEIRA
Casablanca
(SP.)
Mediterranean Sea Crete
(GR.) CYPRUS
Beirut
LEB.
Damascus IRAQ Chinese line Xi'an
San Diego Dallas Bermuda
ISLANDS Rabat Esfahan
¸ ¯ AFGHANISTAN Islamabad
¯ ¯ ¯ of control Fukuoka
(PORT.)
Tijuana El Paso Marrakech Tel Aviv-Yafo Baghdad Nanjing
(U.K.)
Tripoli - - Alexandria ISRAEL IRAN Kandahar
¯
Lahore

NA
Mexicali Banghazi Shanghai
Jerusalem Amman Chengdu
Ciudad Juárez New Jacksonville MOROCCO JORDAN Al Basrah Quetta Wuhan

M
D S
Houston Orleans Cairo Hangzhou
30 30

PO
CANARY ISLANDS - KUWAIT New Lhasa

-
Al Jizah Shiraz
¯ Chongqing East China

L A N
(SP.)
ALGERIA Kuwait Nanchang

(JA
San Antonio Delhi NEPAL BHUTAN Changsha Sea

- S
PAKISTAN

PA
LIBYA Midway

N
- -

H
Persian

IS
Laayoune Lucknow
SAUDI Kathmandu

)
Thimphu Guiyang

)
THE Okinawa
EGYPT Jaipur

OT
(El Aaiún) BAHRAIN Gulf Islands

AN
-
Gulf of Mexico Miami
Manama
OMAN
Kanpur

-
BAHAMAS Western Doha (U.S.)

AP

O
Monterrey Taipei

U
Matamoros Abu Dhabi Kunming Marcus Island
Riyadh

(J
Nassau Sahara -
Aswan ¯
Karachi BANGLADESH U
K
(JAPAN)
Tropic of Cancer (23°27') Mazatlán Havana QATAR UNITED ARAB Guangzhou R
Y Tropic of Cancer (23°27')
EMIRATES Muscat
Red Kolkata Dhaka
MEXICO Cancún
Turks and
Caicos Islands
(U.K.)
Sea Jiddah
ARABIA - -
Ahmadabad
- (Calcutta) Nanning
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Honolulu Nagpur Hanoi
León Mérida CUBA British Virgin Mecca OMAN BURMA Macau S.A.R. Luzon Strait
HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS
Guadalajara
Mexico
Veracruz Cayman Is. Port-au- REPUBLIC
DOMINICAN Islands
(U.K.)
Anguilla (U.K.)
MAURITANIA Port Sudan
INDIA LAOS Gulf of
S.A.R.
Philippine Wake Island
(U.S.)
(U.K.)
Prince Mumbai Pune Vientiane Tonkin Hainan Northern
(U.S.) Puebla ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Nouakchott
ISLAS
REVILLAGIGEDO BELIZE
JAMAICA
Kingston Navassa HAITI Santo Puerto ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
MALI (Bombay) - -
Hyderabad
Rangoon
Chiang
Mai
Dao
Sea Mariana
Oaxaca Belmopan Domingo Rico Islands
Johnston Atoll (MEXICO) Acapulco Island
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
Guadeloupe (FR.) Tombouctou NIGER Omdurman ERITREA YEMEN
Bay of Hue PARACEL
(U.S.)
CAPE VERDE THAILAND ISLANDS
Saipan
(U.S.) GUATEMALA HONDURAS
Tegucigalpa
Montserrat DOMINICA
Dakar CHAD Khartoum Asmara Sanaa
Bengal VIETNAM Manila
Caribbean Sea Arabian
(U.K.) Martinique (FR.)
Guatemala Praia SENEGAL Niamey Bangkok
San Salvador Aruba
ST. VINCENT AND ST. LUCIA Banjul Bamako BURKINA Bangalore ANDAMAN
South China Guam
NICARAGUA
THE GRENADINES BARBADOS FASO PHILIPPINES (U.S.)
EL SALVADOR (NETH.)
Neth. Antilles THE GAMBIA
SUDAN DJIBOUTI Gulf of Aden Chennai ISLANDS CAMBODIA Sea Hagåtña
Managua Barranquilla
Maracaibo
(NETH.) GRENADA
Port-of-Spain
Bissau
GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA
Ouagadougou
Kano
N'Djamena Djibouti Socotra
(YEMEN) Sea (Madras) (INDIA)
Phnom Penh Ho Chi Minh City Cebu MARSHALL
San José Cartagena TRINIDAD AND BENIN NIGERIA Addis LAKSHADWEEP Andaman
Gulf of FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
Clipperton Island Colon Caracas Conakry Berbera
(FRANCE)
TOBAGO
Abuja
Ababa (INDIA) Sea
Thailand SPRATLY ISLANDS
COSTA RICA Panama Freetown CÔTE TOGO ISLANDS
Ogbomoso
PANAMA Georgetown SIERRA
D'IVOIRE GHANA
Yamoussoukro Ibadan ETHIOPIA Laccadive Colombo Davao Koror Palikir Majuro
Kingman Reef (U.S.) VENEZUELA LEONE Lomé Lagos CENTRAL
Sea
NICOBAR
Isla del Coco Medellín Paramaribo SRI
ISLANDS
Bandar Seri
GUYANA Monrovia Accra Porto- AFRICAN REPUBLIC (INDIA) PALAU
Palmyra Atoll (U.S.) (COSTA RICA)
Isla de Bogotá
French Guiana
(FRANCE) LIBERIA
Abidjan
Novo CAMEROON
Bangui
Juba SOMALIA LANKA Begawan
Male Kuala BRUNEI
Malpelo SURINAME Cayenne Douala
COLOMBIA EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Malabo
Yaoundé MALDIVES
Medan Lumpur Celebes Sea
Cali M A L A Y S I A
Penedos de Gulf of Guinea
Kiritimati
São Pedro e São Paulo UGANDA Mogadishu Singapore Tarawa Howland Island (U.S.)
(Christmas Island) SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Kisangani Kampala
(KIRIBATI) Equator Quito
(BRAZIL)
Equator São Tome Libreville REP. OF KENYA SINGAPORE Equator Baker Island (U.S.)
0 0
Jarvis GALAPAGOS GABON THE DEMOCRATIC Pontianak
Yaren NAURU
Island ECUADOR Annobon CONGO RWANDA Kigali District
ISLANDS Belém Arquipélago de Lake Nairobi
(U.S.) Guayaquil
São Luís
Fernando de Noronha (EQUA. GUI.) REPUBLIC Palembang K I R I B A T I
(ECUADOR) Manaus Victoria
I N D O N E S I A
Iquitos (BRAZIL) Brazzaville Bujumbura
Fortaleza Victoria
Teresina
Kinshasa
OF THE CONGO BURUNDI
Mombasa British Indian Makassar
PAPUA
Natal ANGOLA
Lake Ocean Territory Jakarta Java Sea Banda Sea
(Cabinda)
Tanganyika TANZANIA Dar es Salaam (U.K.) Semarang NEW GUINEA SOLOMON
K I R I B A T I Recife Diego Bandung Surabaya ISLANDS
ÎLES MARQUISES Trujillo Ascension Luanda SEYCHELLES Garcia Funafuti

BRAZIL
(St. Helena) Arafura
(Fr. Poly.)
PERU Maceió Lake
East Timor
(temporarily administered
Sea Port Honiara TUVALU Tokelau
(N.Z.)
Lubumbashi Nyasa Christmas Island
by the UN)
Moroni Glorioso Islands Timor Moresby
(AUSTL.)
(FRANCE)
Cocos Sea
Lima ANGOLA COMOROS (Keeling) Islands Ashmore and Darwin Wallis and
SAMOA

Grea
INDIAN
Cusco Salvador Lilongwe
Mayotte Apia
Cartier Islands
Coral Futuna
SOUTH
(AUSTL.)
ZAMBIA (administered by FRANCE, Gulf of Mata-Utu

t
Cook Islands Lago claimed by COMOROS) (AUSTL.)
Carpentaria (FRANCE)
St. Helena Namibe MALAWI Tromelin Island Pago Pago
(N.Z.) Titicaca Brasília Sea

Barrier
ARCHIPEL DES TUAMOTU La Paz (St. Helena) Lusaka (FRANCE) American
Goiânia Juan de Nova FIJI Samoa
BOLIVIA ATLANTIC OCEAN
VANUATU
(Fr. Poly.) Arequipa Island (FR.)
Papeete Cairns (U.S.)
SOCIETY MOZAMBIQUE Re Coral Sea
ISLANDS Santa Cruz Harare Antananarivo ef Port-Vila Niue
Belo Islands Suva (N.Z.)
Sucre Horizonte ZIMBABWE Beira Mozambique Port
OCEAN
(Fr. Poly.) Martin Vaz (AUSTL.)
Saint-
F r e n c h P o l y n e s i a (BRAZIL)
NAMIBIA
Channel
Denis
Louis
New
Trindade Bassas
MAURITIUS Nuku'alofa
(FRANCE) (BRAZIL) da India MADAGASCAR Caledonia
Windhoek (FRANCE) Reunion (FRANCE) TONGA
Tropic of Capricorn (23°27') PARAGUAY Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Walvis Bay BOTSWANA Europa Island
(FRANCE)
(FRANCE)
Tropic of Capricorn (23°27') Noumea
Antofagasta Alice Springs
ÎLES TUBUAI Gaborone
(Fr. Poly.) Pitcairn Islands Asunción Curitiba Pretoria
Adamstown Maputo
A U S T R A L I A
(U.K.) Isla San Felíx San Miguel
Isla Sala y Gómez de Tucumán St. Helena
Easter Island (CHILE)
(CHILE) Isla San Ambrosio
(CHILE) (U.K.)
Johannesburg Mbabane
Norfolk
SOUTH
LESOTHO SWAZILAND Brisbane
(CHILE) Island
Pôrto
Alegre SOUTH Maseru (AUSTL.) PACIFIC
30 30
Durban
CHILE
Córdoba AFRICA Perth OCEAN KERMADEC
ISLANDS
Lord Howe
Mendoza Rosario Island (N.Z.)
URUGUAY (AUSTL.)
Santiago Cape
ARCHIPIÉLAGO Buenos Aires Port Elizabeth Adelaide Canberra Sydney
Town
JUAN FERNÁNDEZ La Plata Montevideo
(CHILE) Concepción ARGENTINA Île Amsterdam Great Australian Auckland
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) Melbourne
Bahía Blanca
TRISTAN DA CUNHA (St. Helena)
Bight NEW
Île Saint-Paul
ZEALAND
SOUTH Tasman Sea
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands)
Puerto Montt Gough Island
(St. Helena) Tasmania Wellington
French Southern and Antarctic Lands Hobart
PACIFIC Comodoro
(FRANCE) Christchurch

Rivadavia CHATHAM ISLANDS

OCEAN ÎLES CROZET

(N.Z.)

PRINCE EDWARD BOUNTY ISLANDS

Falkland Islands ISLANDS (Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) SNARES ISLANDS
(Islas Malvinas) (N.Z.) (N.Z.)
(SOUTH AFRICA)
(administered by U.K., ÎLES KERGUELEN AUCKLAND ANTIPODES ISLANDS
claimed by ARGENTINA) (Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) ISLANDS (N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
Stanley Heard Island and
Bouvet Island Campbell
Punta Arenas McDonald Islands Island
(NORWAY)
(AUSTL.) (N.Z.)
Macquarie
Island
Scotia Sea South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands (AUSTL.)
(administered by U.K.,
claimed by ARGENTINA)
60
Drake 60
Passage SOUTH ORKNEY
ISLANDS

SOUTHERN OCEAN
Antarctic Circle (66°33')
SOUTHERN OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN Antarctic Circle (66°33')
Amery Ice
Shelf

Bellingshausen Sea Weddell Sea

Amundsen Sea
Ross Sea Ross Sea April 2001
Ronne Ice Shelf
A n t a r c t i c a* * Twenty of 27 Antarctic consultative nations
have made no claims to Antarctic territory
Ross Ross Ice Shelf (although Russia and the United States have
Ice Shelf reserved the right to do so) and they do not
recognize the claims of the other nations.

150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180

Boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative.

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