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Field Listing :: Location

This entry identifies the country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.

Country	Location


Afghanistan	Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran


Akrotiri	Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus


Albania	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north


Algeria	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia


American Samoa	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand


Andorra	Southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains, on the border between France and Spain


Angola	Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo


Anguilla	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico


Antarctica	continent mostly south of the Antarctic Circle


Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico


Arctic Ocean	body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle


Argentina	Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay


Armenia	Southwestern Asia, between Turkey (to the west) and Azerbaijan


Aruba	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela


Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Southeastern Asia, islands in the Indian Ocean, midway between northwestern Australia and Timor island


Atlantic Ocean	body of water between Africa, Europe, the Arctic Ocean, the Americas, and the Southern Ocean


Australia	Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean


Austria	Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia


Azerbaijan	Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range


Bahamas, The	chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba


Bahrain	Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia


Bangladesh	Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India


Barbados	Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela


Belarus	Eastern Europe, east of Poland


Belgium	Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands


Belize	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico


Benin	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo


Bermuda	North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of South Carolina (US)


Bhutan	Southern Asia, between China and India


Bolivia	Central South America, southwest of Brazil


Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia


Botswana	Southern Africa, north of South Africa


Bouvet Island	island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)


Brazil	Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean


British Indian Ocean Territory	archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about halfway between Africa and Indonesia


British Virgin Islands	Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico


Brunei	Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia


Bulgaria	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey


Burkina Faso	Western Africa, north of Ghana


Burma	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand


Burundi	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo


Cambodia	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos


Cameroon	Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria


Canada	Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US


Cape Verde	Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal


Cayman Islands	Caribbean, three-island group (Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman) in Caribbean Sea, 240 km south of Cuba and 268 km northwest of Jamaica


Central African Republic	Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo


Chad	Central Africa, south of Libya


Chile	Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru


China	Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam


Christmas Island	Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia


Clipperton Island	Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka


Colombia	Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama


Comoros	Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Central Africa, northeast of Angola


Congo, Republic of the	Central Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon


Cook Islands	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand


Coral Sea Islands	Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia


Costa Rica	Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama


Cote d'Ivoire	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia


Croatia	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia


Cuba	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida


Curacao	Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea - 55 km off the coast of Venezuela


Cyprus	Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey


Czech Republic	Central Europe, between Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and Austria


Denmark	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes several major islands (Sjaelland, Fyn, and Bornholm)


Dhekelia	Eastern Mediterranean, on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta


Djibouti	Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia


Dominica	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago


Dominican Republic	Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti


Ecuador	Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru


Egypt	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula


El Salvador	Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras


Equatorial Guinea	Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon


Eritrea	Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan


Estonia	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia


Ethiopia	Eastern Africa, west of Somalia


European Union	Europe between the North Atlantic Ocean in the west and Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of southern Argentina


Faroe Islands	Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Iceland and Norway


Fiji	Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand


Finland	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia

France

metropolitan France: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
French Guiana: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname
Guadeloupe: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico
Martinique: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Mayotte: Southern Indian Ocean, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
Reunion: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar


French Polynesia	Oceania, five archipelagoes (Archipel Des Tuamotu, Iles Gambier, Iles Marquises, Iles Tubuai, Society Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

southeast and east of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, some near Madagascar and others about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands include Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"


Gabon	Central Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea


Gambia, The	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal


Gaza Strip	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel


Georgia	Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe; note - Georgia views itself as part of Europe


Germany	Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark


Ghana	Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo


Gibraltar	Southwestern Europe, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southern coast of Spain


Greece	Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey


Greenland	Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada


Grenada	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago


Guam	Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines


Guatemala	Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize


Guernsey	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France


Guinea	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone


Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal


Guyana	Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela


Haiti	Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic


Heard Island and McDonald Islands	islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica


Holy See (Vatican City)	Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome (Italy)


Honduras	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua


Hong Kong	Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China


Howland Island	Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia


Hungary	Central Europe, northwest of Romania


Iceland	Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the United Kingdom


India	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan


Indian Ocean	body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia


Indonesia	Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean


Iran	Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan


Iraq	Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait


Ireland	Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain


Isle of Man	Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland


Israel	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon


Italy	Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia


Jamaica	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba


Jan Mayen	Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland


Japan	Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula


Jarvis Island	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands


Jersey	Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France


Johnston Atoll	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 nm (1328 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands


Jordan	Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west) and Iraq


Kazakhstan	Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in eastern-most Europe


Kenya	Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania


Kingman Reef	Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa


Kiribati	Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator, as well as the International Date Line; the capital Tarawa is about half way between Hawaii and Australia


Korea, North	Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea


Korea, South	Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea


Kosovo	Southeast Europe, between Serbia and Macedonia


Kuwait	Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia


Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia, west of China, south of Kazakhstan


Laos	Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam


Latvia	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania


Lebanon	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria


Lesotho	Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa


Liberia	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone


Libya	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia


Liechtenstein	Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland


Lithuania	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia


Luxembourg	Western Europe, between France and Germany


Macau	Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China


Macedonia	Southeastern Europe, north of Greece


Madagascar	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique


Malawi	Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique


Malaysia	Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam


Maldives	Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India


Mali	interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger


Malta	Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy)


Marshall Islands	Oceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls, each made up of many small islets, and five single islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia


Mauritania	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara


Mauritius	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar


Mexico	North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States


Micronesia, Federated States of	Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia


Midway Islands	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo


Moldova	Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania


Monaco	Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy


Mongolia	Northern Asia, between China and Russia


Montenegro	Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia


Montserrat	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico


Morocco	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara


Mozambique	Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania


Namibia	Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa


Nauru	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands


Navassa Island	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti


Nepal	Southern Asia, between China and India


Netherlands	Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany


New Caledonia	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia


New Zealand	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia


Nicaragua	Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras


Niger	Western Africa, southeast of Algeria


Nigeria	Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon


Niue	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga


Norfolk Island	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia


Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines


Norway	Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden


Oman	Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE


Pacific Ocean	body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere


Pakistan	Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north


Palau	Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines


Palmyra Atoll	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa


Panama	Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica


Papua New Guinea	Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia


Paracel Islands	Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines


Paraguay	Central South America, northeast of Argentina, southwest of Brazil


Peru	Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador


Philippines	Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam


Pitcairn Islands	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about midway between Peru and New Zealand


Poland	Central Europe, east of Germany


Portugal	Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain


Puerto Rico	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic


Qatar	Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia


Romania	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine


Russia	North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean


Rwanda	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo


Saint Barthelemy	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; located in the Leeward Islands (northern) group; Saint Barthelemy lies east of the US Virgin Islands


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 700 nm northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 2,300 nm southwest of Saint Helena


Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago


Saint Lucia	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago


Saint Martin	Caribbean, located in the Leeward Islands (northern) group; French part of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea; Saint Martin lies east of the US Virgin Islands


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Northern North America, islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland (Canada)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago


Samoa	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand


San Marino	Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy


Sao Tome and Principe	Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon


Saudi Arabia	Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen


Senegal	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania


Serbia	Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary


Seychelles	archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar


Sierra Leone	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia


Singapore	Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia


Sint Maarten	Caribbean, located in the Leeward Islands (northern) group; Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea; Sint Maarten lies east of the US Virgin Islands


Slovakia	Central Europe, south of Poland


Slovenia	south Central Europe, Julian Alps between Austria and Croatia


Solomon Islands	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea


Somalia	Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia


South Africa	Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa


South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America


South Sudan	East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia


Southern Ocean	body of water between 60 degrees south latitude and Antarctica


Spain	Southwestern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, and Pyrenees Mountains; southwest of France


Spratly Islands	Southeastern Asia, group of reefs and islands in the South China Sea, about two-thirds of the way from southern Vietnam to the southern Philippines


Sri Lanka	Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India


Sudan	north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea


Suriname	Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana


Svalbard	Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway


Swaziland	Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa


Sweden	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway


Switzerland	Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy


Syria	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey


Taiwan	Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China


Tajikistan	Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan


Tanzania	Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique


Thailand	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma


Timor-Leste	Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco


Togo	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana


Tokelau	Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand


Tonga	Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand


Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela


Tunisia	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya


Turkey	Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria


Turkmenistan	Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan


Turks and Caicos Islands	two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti


Tuvalu	Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia


Uganda	East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Ukraine	Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east


United Arab Emirates	Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia


United Kingdom	Western Europe, islands - including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland - between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; northwest of France


United States	North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

Oceania
Baker Island: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 1,830 nm (3,389 km) southwest of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and Australia
Howland Island: island in the North Pacific Ocean 1,815 nm (3,361 km) southwest of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and Australia
Jarvis Island: island in the South Pacific Ocean 1,305 nm (2,417 km) south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and Cook Islands
Johnston Atoll: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 nm (1,328 km) southwest of Honolulu, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands
Kingman Reef: reef in the North Pacific Ocean 930 nm (1,722 km) south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa
Midway Islands: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 1,260 nm (2,334 km) northwest of Honolulu near the end of the Hawaiian Archipelago, about one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo
Palmyra Atoll: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 960 nm (1,778 km) south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa


Uruguay	Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil


Uzbekistan	Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan


Vanuatu	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia


Venezuela	Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana


Vietnam	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia


Virgin Islands	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico


Wake Island	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands


Wallis and Futuna	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand


West Bank	Middle East, west of Jordan, east of Israel


Western Sahara	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco


Yemen	Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia


Zambia	Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Zimbabwe	Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

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