Physical Map of the World, April 2000

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
QUEEN ELIZABETH Island
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
Barents Sea
Beaufort Sea
Island Baffin Greenland East Siberian Sea Wrangel
Barrow Bay (DENMARK) Island
Victoria
Island Baffin Jan Mayen
(NORWAY)
Norwegian Chukchi
Island Sea
Sea
Arctic Circle (66°33') Arctic Circle (66°33')
U. S. Great NORWAY White Sea
Mt. McKinley Bear Lake Denmark ICELAND S I B E R I A
Davis SWEDEN

TAINS
(highest point in North America, 6194 m)
+ Nuuk (Godthåb) Strait Reykjavík
Faroe
Strait Islands Gulf FINLAND Yakutsk
R U S S I A
Tórshavn (DEN.) of
Anchorage Great
Slave Lake Bothnia
Whitehorse Helsinki

UN
Oslo
60 Hudson Stockholm St. Petersburg
60

MO
Gulf of Alaska Bay Rockall Tallinn EST.
(U.K.) Bering Sea
Baltic - Nizhniy

ROCK
CANADA UNITED North Riga LAT. Yekaterinburg
Sea Novgorod
Labrador DENMARK Moscow
Sea Copenhagen LITH.
Omsk Novosibirsk Lake Sea of
Sea Belfast RUSSIA Vilnius Baikal
Minsk

L
Edmonton Okhotsk

URA
LANDS Dublin Isle of
Hamburg POLAND Samara ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Man (U.K.)
Amsterdam BELARUS
TIA N IS Lake
Winnipeg IRELAND KINGDOM Warsaw Irkutsk Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (U.S.)
ALEU
NETH.

Y
Berlin Astana Sakhalin
Island of London Kiev
Brussels GERMANY
Newfoundland Celtic Prague A
LT
Vancouver Sea Guernsey (U.K.)
BELGIUM Luxembourg CZECH REP. UKRAINE Kharkiv AY
Jersey (U.K.)
LUX. SLOVAKIA Khabarovsk
Lake
Gulf of
Paris Bratislava
Vienna MOLDOVA KAZAKHSTAN M
T Ulaanbaatar KURIL
M O U NT A I N S
St. Lawrence LIECH. S
Superior Lake FRANCE SWITZ. AUSTRIA Budapest Chisinau
¸ Lake Balkhash . ISLANDS

)
Seattle S
Huron Bern L P Ljubljana HUNGARY
ROMANIA Sea of Gora El'brus
MONGOLIA
Ottawa Montréal St. Pierre Bay of A SLOVENIA Odesa Azov (highest point in Europe, Aral
Minneapolis Lake and Miquelon Biscay Milan SAN Zagreb
CROATIA Belgrade
Bucharest 5633 m) Sea
Michigan RT occupied by the SOVIET UNION in 1945,
Toronto Lake Ontario
(FRANCE)
MONACO MARINO BOS. & HERZ.
SE
Serbia CAU
Caspian DE administered by RUSSIA, claimed by JAPAN
Black Sea
NORTH ITALY Sarajevo Sofia + C AS Ürümqi I Sapporo

UNITED OB
Detroit Marseille Mont. GEORGIA
US
MT Sea
Boston Corsica Podgorica BULGARIA UZBEKISTAN G
S.
Bishkek Shenyang
NORTH
ANDORRA T'bilisi (lowest point in
NS (FR.) VATICAN
Skopje ·Istanbul
Chicago AI CITY
Rome ALB. Europe, -28 m)
KYRGYZSTAN Sea of
Lake Erie NT Madrid Barcelona Tirana ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN Beijing
PACIFIC
U PORTUGAL NORTH KOREA Japan
Denver O New York THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
Ankara Tashkent
M
Philadelphia SPAIN Sardinia
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Yerevan Baku TURKMENISTAN TAKLA MAKAN
P'yongyang
PACIFIC
BALEARIC
Lisbon

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

OCEAN
San Francisco STATES LA
CH
I AN
Washington, D.C. AZORES
(PORT.)
(SP.)

Sicily Athens ¯
Ashgabat TAJIKISTAN DESERT
Seoul JAPAN
OCEAN
Death Valley A
PP Algiers Tunis MALTA
(IT.)
Aleppo Indian
Yellow SOUTH Tokyo
ATLANTIC
(lowest point in Gibraltar(U.K.)
North America, -86 m) A
Ceuta (SP.) Valletta Nicosia Mashhad claim
KOREA -
CHINA
+
SYRIA Tehran
¯ Kabul Sea Osaka
Melilla TUNISIA Crete Pusan Yokohama
Los Angeles Atlanta E MADEIRA
Casablanca
(SP.)
Mediterranean Sea (GR.) CYPRUS
Beirut
LEB.
Damascus IRAQ Chinese line
Dallas G ISLANDS Rabat AFGHANISTAN Islamabad
OCEAN
of control
Bermuda D (PORT.) ¯ ¯ ¯
Tijuana Baghdad H
(U.K.)
Tripoli Alexandria ISRAEL Amman
IRAN Lahore IM Mt. Everest

NA
Shanghai

I
Jerusalem + Dead Sea (lowest point in Asia, -408 m) (highest point in Asia Chengdu
MOROCCO Wuhan

R
JORDAN AL

M
D S
and the world, 8848 m)
Houston Cairo
30 AY 30

PO
CANARY ISLANDS KUWAIT New

-
Chongqing East China

L A N
(SP.)
ALGERIA Kuwait AS

(JA
I C
Delhi NEPAL BHUTAN Sea

- S
PAKISTAN

PA
+
LIBYA Midway

N
- -

H
Persian

IS
Laayoune
SAUDI Kathmandu

)
T
Thimphu

)
THE Okinawa
EGYPT

OT
(El Aaiún) BAHRAIN Gulf Islands

AN
Miami OMAN -
Kanpur

N
Gulf of Mexico Manama

-
BAHAMAS Western Doha (U.S.)

AP

O
Monterrey Taipei

U
Riyadh Abu Dhabi Marcus Island

(J
L A
Nassau Sahara ¯
Karachi BANGLADESH U
K
(JAPAN)
Tropic of Cancer (23°27') Havana QATAR UNITED ARAB R
Y Tropic of Cancer (23°27')
EMIRATES Muscat
Red Dhaka
MEXICO
Turks and Milwaukee Deep
ARABIA - -
Ahmadabad Calcutta Taiwan

A T
Caicos Islands (deepest point of the Sea Hong Kong
Honolulu
CUBA
(U.K.) Atlantic Ocean, -8605 m)
British Virgin
S A H A R A D E S E R T Jiddah
KH
A LI
OMAN BURMA Hanoi Macau S.A.R. Luzon Strait
HAWAIIAN
INDIA S.A.R.
L
Guadalajara
Port-au- DOMINICAN
Islands
B' A LAOS Philippine

D -
(U.K.) RU Gulf of Wake Island
ISLANDS Cayman Is. REPUBLIC Anguilla (U.K.)
MAURITANIA

H
Mexico (U.K.) Prince +
Vientiane Tonkin Hainan (U.S.)

NC
(U.S.) Puebla ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Nouakchott Mumbai Northern
ISLAS JAMAICA
Santo Puerto MALI (Bombay) - -
Hyderabad
Dao
Sea Mariana

ANA TRE
BELIZE

M I
REVILLAGIGEDO Kingston HAITI ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Rangoon
Belmopan
Navassa
Domingo Rico Islands
Johnston Atoll (MEXICO) Island
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
Guadeloupe (FR.) Tombouctou NIGER ERITREA
Bay of PARACEL
(U.S.)
CAPE VERDE Khartoum Sanaa THAILAND ISLANDS
Saipan
(U.S.) GUATEMALA HONDURAS
Tegucigalpa Caribbean Sea
Montserrat DOMINICA
Dakar CHAD Asmara
YEMEN Bengal VIETNAM Manila
Arabian
(U.K.)
Martinique (FR.)
Guatemala Praia SENEGAL Niamey Bangkok Hagåtña
South China

RI
ST. VINCENT AND ST. LUCIA
Banjul Bangalore (Agana)
San Salvador Aruba Bamako BURKINA
SUDAN ANDAMAN
PHILIPPINES

A
THE GRENADINES BARBADOS
NICARAGUA FASO
Sea Guam

M
EL SALVADOR (NETH.)
THE GAMBIA Lac 'Assal ISLANDS CAMBODIA
Neth. Antilles DJIBOUTI Gulf of Aden Chennai
Sea
(lowest point in Africa, (INDIA) (U.S.)
Managua (NETH.)
GRENADA Bissau Ouagadougou N'Djamena -155 m) Djibouti Socotra (Madras) + Challenger Deep

PHIL
(YEMEN) Ho Chi Minh City
Maracaibo Port-of-Spain
GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA Phnom Penh (world's greatest ocean depth, -10924 m) MARSHALL
Clipperton Island
San José
Caracas TRINIDAD AND
Conakry
BENIN NIGERIA Addis LAKSHADWEEP Andaman
Sea Gulf of FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA ISLANDS

I P PI
TOBAGO Ababa EY
(INDIA)
Thailand SPRATLY
(FRANCE) COSTA RICA Panama CÔTE Abuja
Freetown TOGO LL ISLANDS

NE TR
D'IVOIRE GHANA

VA
S

PANAMA SIERRA Laccadive Koror

VENEZUELA Georgetown
LEONE
Yamoussoukro CENTRAL ETHIOPIA Colombo NICOBAR Palikir Majuro
E

Kingman Reef (U.S.) Medellín Lomé Lagos Sea ISLANDS

Isla del Coco Paramaribo AFRICAN REPUBLIC SRI Bandar Seri

EN
GUYANA Monrovia Accra Porto- (INDIA) PALAU
D

Palmyra Atoll (U.S.) (COSTA RICA)

French Guiana Abidjan SOMALIA Begawan

T
CAMEROON LANKA

CH
RIF
Isla de (FRANCE) LIBERIA Novo Bangui BRUNEI
N

Malpelo Bogotá SURINAME Cayenne Male Kuala

Cali Malabo Medan Lumpur Celebes Sea
A

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Yaoundé MALDIVES

COLOMBIA M A L A Y S I A

AT
Penedos de Gulf of Guinea UGANDA
Kiritimati Tarawa

GRE
(Christmas Island) São Pedro e São Paulo
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Mogadishu Singapore Howland Island (U.S.)
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 Nairobi Yaren NAURU
Island ECUADOR Annobon CONGO RWANDA Kigali District
ISLANDS Belém Arquipélago de Lake
(U.S.) Guayaquil Fernando de Noronha (EQUA. GUI.) REPUBLIC Mt. Kilimanjaro K I R I B A T I
(ECUADOR) Manaus Victoria (highest point in Africa, 5895 m)

I N D O N E S I A
(BRAZIL) +
Brazzaville Bujumbura Bismarck Sea
Fortaleza Victoria
Kinshasa
OF THE CONGO BURUNDI British Indian
PAPUA
ANGOLA
Lake Ocean Territory Jakarta Java Sea Banda Sea
PE

JA
(Cabinda)
Tanganyika TANZANIA Dar es Salaam (U.K.)
NEW GUINEA SOLOMON

V
K I R I B A T I
RU

Diego ISLANDS

A
Bandung Surabaya
ÎLES MARQUISES Ascension Luanda SEYCHELLES Garcia
T
R Funafuti
-C

BRAZIL
(St. Helena) E Arafura
(Fr. Poly.)
PERU Lake
NC East Timor
Sea Port Honiara TUVALU Tokelau
HI

Christmas Island H (N.Z.)

E
Lubumbashi +

MID-INDIAN
Nyasa Moroni Glorioso Islands Timor Moresby
A

(AUSTL.)

RIDG
LE

(deepest point of the

(FRANCE)
Cocos Sea
ANGOLA
Indian Ocean, -7258 m)
Lima COMOROS SAMOA
N

(Keeling) Islands Ashmore and Wallis and

Grea
INDIAN
Salvador Lilongwe
Mayotte Apia
Cartier Islands
Coral Futuna
SOUTH
(AUSTL.)
T

ZAMBIA (administered by FRANCE, Gulf of Mata-Utu

t
Cook Islands E
R

claimed by COMOROS) (AUSTL.)

Lago St. Helena Namibe MALAWI Carpentaria (FRANCE) Pago Pago
E

Tromelin Island
(N.Z.) S Titicaca Brasília Sea

Barrier
N

ARCHIPEL DES TUAMOTU (St. Helena) (FRANCE)

ST
Lusaka Juan de Nova FIJI American
C

La Paz Samoa
SOUTH PACIFIC ATLANTIC OCEAN
VANUATU
(Fr. Poly.) Island (FR.)
H

Papeete BOLIVIA (U.S.)

TY E A
SOCIETY Niue
ISLANDS Harare MOZAMBIQUE Antananarivo Re
ef
Coral Sea Port-Vila (N.Z.)
Suva
ALT

Belo Islands
ZIMBABWE Mozambique Port
OCEAN

NA
Horizonte
OCEAN

OC
(Fr. Poly.) (AUSTL.)
IP

Martin Vaz Saint-

CH
ATA C

F r e n c h P o l y n e s i a Channel Louis
L AN

NAMIBIA

EN
(BRAZIL) Denis New

M
Trindade Bassas Nuku'alofa

NINE
MAURITIUS

TR
BOTSWANA MADAGASCAR Caledonia
O

IB
da India
(FRANCE)

EA
(BRAZIL)
TONGA

A
Reunion
AMA

Windhoek (FRANCE)
(FRANCE)

NG
PARAGUAY Rio de Janeiro KALAHARI (FRANCE)
Noumea

TO
Tropic of Capricorn (23°27') Walvis Bay Europa Island Tropic of Capricorn (23°27')

N
DESERT (FRANCE)
DESERT

São Paulo Alice Springs

DESER
ÎLES TUBUAI Gaborone

R
Asunción
A U S T R A L I A
(Fr. Poly.) Pitcairn Islands Pretoria

ID
Adamstown Isla San Felíx Maputo G
(U.K.) Isla Sala y Gómez (CHILE)
St. Helena Johannesburg E
SOUTH
M I
(CHILE)
Isla San Ambrosio Mbabane

T
Easter Island (CHILE) SWAZILAND
Lake Eyre
Norfolk KERMADEC

H
LESOTHO (lowest point in Brisbane
(U.K.)

C
Island
(CHILE)
PACIFIC ISLANDS

N
Pôrto Australia, -15 m)
D - A GREAT VICTORIA
SOUTH Maseru
+ (AUSTL.)

E
Alegre (N.Z.)

R
DESERT

T
30 30
Durban
CHILE
Córdoba AFRICA OCEAN

C
+
Perth

E
Lord Howe

D
Cerro Aconcagua
T L A N T I C

Island

A
(highest point in South America,
URUGUAY

M
(AUSTL.)

R
6962 m)
Santiago

E
Buenos Aires Cape

K
ARCHIPIÉLAGO Canberra Sydney
Town
JUAN FERNÁNDEZ Montevideo Mount Kosciuszko
(CHILE)
ARGENTINA Île Amsterdam Great Australian
(highest point in
Auckland
ANDE

Australia, 2229m) +
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) Melbourne
TRISTAN DA CUNHA (St. Helena)
Bight NEW
Île Saint-Paul
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands)
Tasman Sea ZEALAND
Gough Island
S

(St. Helena)
R I

Tasmania Wellington
+
Peninsula Valdés French Southern and Antarctic Lands
D G

(lowest point in South America,

(FRANCE) Christchurch
PATAGONIA

-40 m)
CHATHAM ISLANDS
(N.Z.)
E

PRINCE EDWARD ÎLES CROZET

Falkland Islands (Fr. S. and Ant. Lands) SNARES ISLANDS BOUNTY ISLANDS
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
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Antarctic Circle (66°33') SOUTHERN OCEAN Antarctic Circle (66°33')
Amery Ice
Shelf April 2000
Bellingshausen Sea Weddell Sea a
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation
Amundsen Sea of a joint independent state, but this entity has
not been formally recognized as a state by the
Ross Sea Ross Sea United States.

b
Ronne Ice Shelf
Vinson Massif
+
Antarctica b Nineteen of 26 Antarctic consultative nations
have made no claims to Antarctic territory
Ross (highest point in Antarctica, 5140 m)
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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