Geographic Area Name: B
Assigned code:
[a-iq] Iraq
Bahamas [nwbf] Authorities & Vocabularies
Bahrain [a-ba] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Bahrein
Bahrein
USE Bahrain
Assigned code:
[e-sp] Spain
Balkan Peninsula [ed] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Europe, Southeastern
Southeastern Europe
Assigned code:
[ln] North Atlantic Ocean
Baltic States [eb] Authorities & Vocabularies
Assigned code:
[pokb] Kiribati
UF Ocean Island (Kiribati)
Bangladesh [a-bg] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF East Pakistan (Pakistan)
Assigned code:
[ponn] Vanuatu
Barbados [nwbb] Authorities & Vocabularies
[Coded [nwbc] (Barbuda) before Mar. 1988]
Assigned code:
[nwaq] Antigua and Barbuda
Assigned code:
[r] Arctic Ocean
Basutoland
USE Lesotho
Bay of Bengal
USE Bengal, Bay of
Bay of Fundy
USE Fundy, Bay of
Assigned code:
[lnsb] Svalbard (Norway)
UF Bjørnøya (Norway)
Assigned code:
[r] Arctic Ocean
Bechuanaland
USE Botswana
Beijing (China) [a-cc-pe] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Peiping (China)
Peking (China)
Belarus [e-bw] Authorities & Vocabularies
[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] Authorities & Vocabularies
Belize [ncbh] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF British Honduras
Belorussian S.S.R.
USE Belarus
Benelux countries [el] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Low countries
Bengal, Bay of [ab] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Bay of Bengal
Benin [f-dm] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Dahomey
People's Republic of Benin
Assigned code:
[pn] North Pacific Ocean
[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] Authorities & Vocabularies
Assigned code:
[ln] North Atlantic Ocean
Bhutan [a-bt] Authorities & Vocabularies
[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)
Black Sea [mb] Authorities & Vocabularies
Assigned code:
[n-usa] Appalachian Mountains
Bo Hai (China) [a-ccp] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Bohai (China : Gulf)
Chihli, Gulf of (China)
Po Gulf (China)
Po Hai (China)
Bohai (China : Gulf)
USE Bo Hai (China)
Bolivia [s-bo] Authorities & Vocabularies
Bonaire [nwbn] Authorities & Vocabularies
[Coded [nwco] (Curaçao) before Sept. 2002]
UF Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
USE Bonaire
Assigned code:
[f-sa] South Africa
Borneo [a-bn] Authorities & Vocabularies
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina [e-bn] Authorities & Vocabularies
[Coded [e-yu] (Yugoslavia) before Oct. 1992]
UF Bosnia and Hercegovina
Botswana [f-bs] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Bechuanaland
Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
Assigned code:
[a-pp] Papua New Guinea
Bouvet Island [lsbv] Authorities & Vocabularies
Brazil [s-bl] Authorities & Vocabularies
Brazzaville
British Columbia [n-cn-bc] Authorities & Vocabularies
British Commonwealth countries
British Dominions
British East Africa
USE Africa, East
British Guiana
USE Guyana
British Honduras
USE Belize
British Indian Ocean Territory [i-bi] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Chagos Islands
Indian Ocean Territory, British
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
British Virgin Islands [nwvb] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands (Great Britain)
Virgin Islands (Presidency)
British West Africa
USE Africa, West
Assigned code:
[e-uk-en] England
Brunei [a-bx] Authorities & Vocabularies
Bulgaria [e-bu] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF People's Republic of Bulgaria
Burkina Faso [f-uv] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Upper Volta
Burma [a-br] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF Myanmar
Burundi [f-bd] Authorities & Vocabularies
UF German East Africa
Byelorussian S.S.R.
USE Belarus
Assigned code:
[mm] Mediterranean Region
See also: