Geographic Area Name - B

Babylonia

Assigned code:

[a-iq] Iraq

Bahamas [nwbf]

Bahrain [a-ba]

UF Bahrein

Bahrein

USE Bahrain

Balearic Islands (Spain)

Assigned code:

[e-sp] Spain

Balkan Peninsula [ed]

UF Europe, Southeastern

Southeastern Europe

Baltic Sea

Assigned code:

[ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Baltic States [eb]

Banaba (Kiribati)

Assigned code:

[pokb] Kiribati

UF Ocean Island (Kiribati)

Bangladesh [a-bg]

UF East Pakistan (Pakistan)

Banks Islands (Vanuatu)

Assigned code:

[ponn] Vanuatu

Barbados [nwbb]

Barbuda

[Coded [nwbc] (Barbuda) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned code:

[nwaq] Antigua and Barbuda

Barents Sea

Assigned code:

[r] Arctic Ocean

Basutoland

USE Lesotho

Bay of Bengal

USE Bengal, Bay of

Bay of Fundy

USE Fundy, Bay of

Bear Island (Norway)

Assigned code:

[lnsb] Svalbard (Norway)

UF Bjørnøya (Norway)

Beaufort Sea

Assigned code:

[r] Arctic Ocean

Bechuanaland

USE Botswana

Beijing (China)

USE Peking (China)

Belarus [e-bw]

[Coded [e-ur-bw] (Belarus) before June 1998]

UF Belorussian S.S.R.

Byelorussian S.S.R.

White Russia

Belau

USE Palau

Belgian Congo

USE Congo (Democratic Republic)

Belgium [e-be]

Belize [ncbh]

UF British Honduras

Belorussian S.S.R.

USE Belarus

Benelux countries [el]

UF Low countries

Bengal, Bay of [ab]

UF Bay of Bengal

Benin [f-dm]

UF Dahomey

People's Republic of Benin

Bering Sea

Assigned code:

[pn] North Pacific Ocean

Berlin (Germany)

[Coded [e-gx] (Germany) for Berlin as a whole; [e-ge] (Germany (East)) for East Berlin; or [e-gw] (Germany (West)) for West Berlin before Jan. 1991]

Assigned code:

[e-gx] Germany

UF East Berlin

West Berlin

Bermuda Islands [lnbm]

Bermuda Triangle

Assigned code:

[ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Bhutan [a-bt]

Biafra

[Coded [f-by] (Biafra) before Mar. 1988]

USE Nigeria

Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)

Assigned code:

[poxe] Marshall Islands

Bioco (Equatorial Guinea)

USE Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)

USE Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)

Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Bjørnøya (Norway)

USE Bear Island (Norway)

Black Sea [mb]

Blue Ridge Mountains

Assigned code:

[n-usa] Appalachian Mountains

Bo Hai (China)

USE Po Hai (China)

Bohai (China)

USE Po Hai (China)

Bolivia [s-bo]

Bonaire

Assigned code:

[nwco] Curaçao

Bophuthatswana (South Africa)

Assigned code:

[f-sa] South Africa

Borneo [a-bn]

Bosnia and Hercegovina [e-bn]

[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]

Botswana [f-bs]

UF Bechuanaland

Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)

Assigned code:

[a-pp] Papua New Guinea

Bouvet Island [lsbv]

Brazil [s-bl]

Brazzaville

USE Congo (Brazzaville)

British Columbia [n-cn-bc]

British Commonwealth countries

USE Commonwealth countries

British Dominions

USE Commonwealth countries

British East Africa

USE Africa, East

British Guiana

USE Guyana

British Honduras

USE Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory [i-bi]

UF Chagos Islands

Indian Ocean Territory, British

British Isles

Assigned codes:

[e-uk] Great Britain

[e-ie] Ireland

British North Borneo

USE Sabah

British Solomon Islands

USE Solomon Islands

British Somaliland

USE Somalia

British Togoland

USE Togoland (British)

British Virgin Islands [nwvb]

UF Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands, British

Virgin Islands (Great Britain)

Virgin Islands (Presidency)

British West Africa

USE Africa, West

Brownsea Island (England)

Assigned code:

[e-uk-en] England

Brunei [a-bx]

Bulgaria [e-bu]

UF People's Republic of Bulgaria

Burkina Faso [f-uv]

UF Upper Volta

Burma [a-br]

Burundi [f-bd]

Byelorussian S.S.R.

USE Belarus

Byzantine Empire

Assigned code:

[mm] Mediterranean Region

See also:

Geographic Area Name Sequence