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The
Balkan Mountains , runs from the border between Bulgaria & eastern Serbia through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea.
The
Caspian Sea , enclosed sea, bounded by Northern Iran, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan & Azerbaijan.
Bratislava , Slovakia ★
Bucharest , Romania ★
Budapest , Hungary ★
Kiev , Ukraine ★
Kraków , Poland
Ljubljana , Slovenia ★
Prague , Czech Republic ★
Salzburg , Austria
Uman , Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Vienna , Austria ★
Warsaw , Poland ★
The
Kara Sea , part of the Arctic Ocean, north of Siberia.
Arkhangelsk , Arkhangelsk, Russia
Grozny , Chechnya, Russia *
Kaliningrad , Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Moscow , Russia ★
Novosibirsk , Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Saint Petersburg , Russia
Western Contintenal Europe
Côte d'Azur (or, the French Riviera), Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.
Alsace-Lorraine , former province in north-eastern France
Occitania , southern France
Pomerania , south shore of the Baltic Sea
Amsterdam , The Netherlands
Basel , Swizterland
Berlin , Germany ★
Bern , Switzerland
Bordeaux , Aquitaine, France
Brussels , Belgium
Clermont-Ferrand , Auvergne, France
Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Geneva , Switzerland
Göttingen , Lower Saxony, Germany
Grenoble , Rhône-Alps, France
The Hague , The Netherlands
Hamburg , Germany
Lyon , Rhône-Alps, France (Lugdunum )
Rouen , Haute-Normandie, France
Mainz , Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Metz , Lorraine, France (Divodurum )
Montpellier , Languedoc-Rousillon, France
Mulhouse , Alsace, France
Munich , Bavaria, Germany
Nancy , Lorraine, France
Nantes , Pays de la Loire, France
Paris , Île-de-France, France ★
Perpignan , Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Rotterdam , The Netherlands
Strasbourg , Alsace, France (
Argentoratum )
Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Toulouse , Midi-Pyrénées, France
Worms , Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Zürich , Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Baden-Baden , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Bingen am Rhein , Rhineline-Palatinate, Germany
Calais , Pas-de-Calais, France
Colmar , Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Guebwiller , Alsace
Benfeld , Alsace, France
Brumath , Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Gérardmer , Lorraine, France
Haguenau , Alsace, France
Xonrupt-Longemer , Lorraine, France
The Low Countries (Benelux)
Flanders , Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium
Friesland , northern province in the Netherlands
Holland , western part of the Netherlands
Wallonia , French-speaking southern region of Belgium
Zeeland , south-western province in the Netherlands
The
English Channel , arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from France.
The
North Sea , connects to English Channel in south; Norwegian Sea in the north.
The
Dover Strait , connects English Channel to the North Sea.
Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
Cartagena , Andalusia, Spain (Nova Carthago )
Córdoba , Andalusia, Spain
Lisbon , Portugal ★
Madrid , Spain ★
Palma , Majorca, Spain
Valencia , Valencia, Spain
Zaragoza , Aragon, Spain
Italian Peninsula & Sicily
Italian Riviera (or, Ligurian Riviera), narrow coastal strip between Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain of the Apennines.
Bologna , Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Capua , Campania, Italy
Florence , Tuscany, Italy
Genoa , Liguria, Italy
Marsala , Sicily (Lilybaeum )
Messina , Sicily (Messana )
Milan , Lombardy, Italy
Padua , Veneto, Italy
Pisa , Tuscany, Italy
Ravenna , Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Rome , Lazio, Italy ★
Syracuse , Sicily
Turin , Piedmont, Italy
The
Barents Sea , part of the Arctic Ocean; between Norway & Russia.
The
White Sea , inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia.
The
Greenland Sea , northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean; south of Arctic Ocean.
The
Norwegian Sea , part of the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Norway; between North Sea & Greeland Sea.
Traditionally, the Levant describes the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean
The
Arabian Sea , region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by Arabian Peninsula on the west, India on the east.
The
Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; Yemen to north, Horn of Africa in south.
The
Red Sea , pours into Gulf of Aden through Bab-el-Mandeb; thence into Indian Ocean.
The
Gulf of Suez , along the Sinai peninsula; connects Suez Canal with Red Sea.
The
Gulf of Aqaba , eastern gulf in the Red Sea.
The
Persian Gulf , extension of the Indian Ocean, between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
The
Arabian Peninsula , at the junction of Africa and Asia; chiefly comprised of Saudi Arabia.
Sinai Peninsula , triangular peninsula in Egypt; lies between Mediterranean and Red Sea.
The
Bab-el-Mandeb , between Yemen and Djibouti; connecting the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden.
The
Suez Canal , connects Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez; thence, into Red Sea. Runs through Sinai.
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ★
Baghdad , Iraq ★
Doha , Qatar ★
Dubai , United Arab Emirates
Fallujah , Al Anbar, Iraq
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
Mecca , Saudi Arabia
Medina , Saudi Arabia
Muscat , Oman ★
Persepolis , Persia †
Sana'a , Yemen ★
Shiraz , Fars Province, Iran
Tehran , Tehran Province, Iran ★
The
Sahara Desert , covers most of Northern Africa; stretches from the Red Sea, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean.
The
Western Sahara , mostly Moroccan-controlled; bordered by Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania & the Atlantic Ocean.
Madeira , archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. (Portugal)
Annaba , Algeria (Hippo Regius )
El Aaiún , Western Sahara
Fes , Morocco
Tangier , Morocco (Tingis )
Casablanca , Morocco
Constantine , Algeria (
Cirta , Numidia )
Cyrene , Libya †
Rabat , Morocco ★
Tripoli , Libya ★
The
East Indies , term used during the colonial era for portions of South and Southeast Asia.
Bali , Indonesia
Borneo , divided between Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei
Timor , Indonesia
The
Gulf of Mexico , bounded on Gulf Coast of the US in the north; Mexico and Cuba in the south.
The United States of America
Lake Tahoe , freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, along the border of California & Nevada.
Penobscot Bay , originates from the Penobscot River, Maine.
Penobscot River , empties into the Penobscot River in the Atlantic Ocean.
Cape Cod , easternmost portion of Massachusetts.
Cape May , southernmost tip of New Jersey.
Allentown , Pennsylvania
Albany , Albany County, New York *
Annapolis , Maryland *
Augusta , Kennebec County, Maine *
Baltimore , Maryland
Bangor , Penobscot County, Maine
Baton Rouge , Louisiana *
Bethlehem , Pennsylvania
Charlotte , North Carolina
Cincinnati , Ohio
Cleveland , Ohio
Columbus , Ohio *
Des Moines , Iowa *
Detroit , Michigan
Flint , Michigan
Hoboken , Hudson County, New Jersey
Ithaca , Tompkins County, New York
Jacksonville , Florida
Jersey City , Hudson County, New Jersey
Newport , Orleans County, Vermont
New Orleans , Louisiana
New York City , New York *
North Adams , Massachusetts
Orlando , Florida
Portland , Cumberland County, Maine
Poughkeepsie , Dutchess County, New York
Raleigh , North Carolina *
Rochester , New York
Sacramento , California *
Salem , Massachusetts
Saint Augustine , Florida
Santa Ana , Orange County, California
San Diego , San Diego Bay, California
San Francisco , California
Syracuse , New York
Tallahassee , Florida *
Trenton , Mercer County, New Jersey *
Troy , Rensselaer County, New York
Washington D.C.
Winston-Salem , North Carolina
Calais , Washington County, Maine
Concord , Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Salem , Essex County, Massachusetts
Williamstown , Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Wilmington , Windham County, Vermont
The
Bay of Fundy , bay on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine, between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia.
The
Gulf of Saint Lawrence , bounded by Labrador Peninsula, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia peninsula & Gaspé.
Saint Lawrence River , connects Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and then to the Atlantic Ocean.
The
Gaspé Peninsula , north of New Brunswick, situated in Quebec; near Gulf of St Lawrence.
Edmonton , Alberta *
Calgary , Alberta
Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island *
Drummondville , Québec
Fredericton , New Brunswick *
Halifax , Nova Scotia *
Montréal , Québec
Ottawa , Ontario ★
Québec City , Québec *
Regina , Saskatchewan *
Saint John , New Brunswick
Saskatoon , Saskatchewan
St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) *
Toronto , Ontario *
Vancouver , British Columbia
Victoria , British Columbia *
Winnipeg , Manitoba *
Tierra del Fuego , archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland.
Patagonia , southernmost part of South America (Argentina & Chile)
The
Strait of Magellan , south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. (Chile)
Countries & Colonies in the Greater Antilles
Countries & Colonies in the Lesser Antilles
Colonies in the Lucayan Archipelago
Kalahari Desert , sandy area covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa.
The
Canary Islands , 100 km. west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. (Spain)
Cape Verde , island country of 10 islands; 570 km. off the coast of West Africa.