Geographic Area Name

Gabon [f-go] Authorities & Vocabularies

Galapagos Islands [pogg] Authorities & Vocabularies

Gambia [f-gm] Authorities & Vocabularies

Gambier Islands (French Polynesia)

Assigned code:

[pofp] French Polynesia

Gansu Sheng (China) [a-cc-ka] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Kansu Province (China)

Gaza Strip [awgz] Authorities & Vocabularies

Georges Bank

Assigned code:

[ln] North Atlantic Ocean

Georgia [n-us-ga] Authorities & Vocabularies

Georgia (Republic) [a-gs] Authorities & Vocabularies

[Coded [e-ur-gs] (Georgia (Republic)) before June 1998]

UF Georgia (Soviet Union)

Georgian S.S.R.

Georgia (Soviet Union)

USE Georgia (Republic)

Georgian S.S.R.

USE Georgia (Republic)

German Democratic Republic

USE Germany (East)

German East Africa

USE Burundi

German Federal Republic

USE Germany (West)

Germany [e-gx] Authorities & Vocabularies

[For Germany as a whole regardless of time period; includes Germany (East) and Germany (West) as a whole between 1949 and 1990]

Germany (East) [e-ge] Authorities & Vocabularies

[For the eastern part of Germany before 1949 or after 1990 and for the German Democratic Republic between 1949-1990]

UF Democratic German Republic

East Germany

German Democratic Republic

Germany, Eastern

Germany (West) [e-gw] Authorities & Vocabularies

[For the western part of Germany before 1949 or after 1990 and for the Federal Republic of Germany between 1949-1990]

UF Federal German Republic

German Federal Republic

Germany, Western

West Germany

Germany, Eastern

USE Germany (East)

Germany, Northern

Assigned code:

[e-gx] Germany

UF Northern Germany

Germany, Southern

Assigned code:

[e-gx] Germany

UF Southern Germany

Germany, Western

USE Germany (West)

Ghana [f-gh] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Ashanti

Gold Coast

Ghana Empire

Assigned code:

[fw] Africa, West

Gibraltar [e-gi] Authorities & Vocabularies

Gibraltar, Strait of

Assigned codes:

[e-gi] Gibraltar

[mm] Mediterranean Sea

UF Strait of Gibraltar

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

[Coded [pogn] (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned codes:

[pokb] Kiribati

[potv] Tuvalu

Gilbert Islands

USE Kiribati

Gold Coast

USE Ghana

Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Assigned code:

[u-at-qn] Queensland

Great Basin

Assigned code:

[n-usp] West (U.S.)

Great Britain [e-uk] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF United Kingdom

Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

[Coded [e-uk-ui] (Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies) before April 2018]

See codes:

[e-gg] Guernsey

[e-im] Isle of Man

[e-je] Jersey

UF Island Dependencies of Great Britain

United Kingdom Miscellaneous Island Dependencies

Great Lakes (North America) [nl] Authorities & Vocabularies

Great Lakes States

USE Lake States

Great Plains [np] Authorities & Vocabularies

Great Rift Valley [fr] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Rift Valley

Greater Antilles

[Coded [nwga] (Greater Antilles) before Mar. 1988]

USE West Indies

Greece [e-gr] Authorities & Vocabularies

Greenland [n-gl] Authorities & Vocabularies

Grenada [nwgd] Authorities & Vocabularies

Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada)

[Coded [nwgs] (Grenadines) before Mar. 1988]

Assigned codes:

[nwgd] Grenada

[nwxm] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)

Assigned code:

[pobp] Solomon Islands

Guadeloupe [nwgp] Authorities & Vocabularies

Guam [pogu] Authorities & Vocabularies

Guangdong Sheng (China) [a-cc-kn] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Kwangtung Province (China)

Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) [a-cc-kc] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih ch´ü (China)

Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region

Guatemala [ncgt] Authorities & Vocabularies

Guernsey [e-gg] Authorities & Vocabularies

[Coded [e-uk-ui] (Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies) before April 2018]

UF Alderney (Channel Islands)

Channel Islands

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

USE Guernsey

Guiana, British

USE Guyana

Guiana, Dutch

USE Suriname

Guiana, French

USE French Guiana

Guinea [f-gv] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF French Guinea

Guinea, French

Guinée

Republique de Guinée

Guinea, Equatorial

USE Equatorial Guinea

Guinea, French

USE Guinea

Guinea, Gulf of

Assigned code:

[ls] South Atlantic Ocean

UF Gulf of Guinea

Guinea, Portuguese

USE Guinea-Bissau

Guinea, Spanish

USE Equatorial Guinea

Guinea-Bissau [f-pg] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Guinea, Portuguese

Portuguese Guinea

Guinée

USE Guinea

Guizhou Sheng (China) [a-cc-kw] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF Kweichow Province (China)

Gulf of Aden

USE Aden, Gulf of

Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)

USE Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)

Gulf of Aqaba

USE Aqaba, Gulf of

Gulf of Carpentaria (N.T. and Qld.)

USE Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.)

Gulf of Guinea

USE Guinea, Gulf of

Gulf of Mexico

USE Mexico, Gulf of

Gulf of Oman

USE Oman, Gulf of

Gulf of Thailand

USE Thailand, Gulf of

Gulf States

Assigned code:

[n-usu] Southern States

Guyana [s-gy] Authorities & Vocabularies

UF British Guiana

Guiana, British