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2002 Gazetteer of 274,000 geographical names of Australia
( http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ )
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
( http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/ )
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
( http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ )
Bulgaria Antarctic Gazetteer
( http://apcbg.org/gazet.htm )
Canadian Geographical Names Data Base
( http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/place-names/search/9170 )
Base de données toponymiques du Canada
( http://www.rncan.gc.ca/sciences-terre/geographie/noms-lieux/recherche/9171 )
Croatian Gazetteer Service
( http://cgn.dgu.hr/home/ )
Toponymic Gazetteer of Cyprus
( http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/myfiles/ekdoseis/cygazetteer/index.html )
Sea Geographical Names of Cyprus
( http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/myfiles/ekdoseis/thalassia-toponymia/index.html )
Geoportal of Cyprus (Geographical Names)
( http://eservices.dls.moi.gov.cy/#/national/inspiregeoportalmapviewer )
Czechia
( http://jmenasveta.cuzk.cz/ )
List of authorized Danish place-names
( http://www.stednavneudvalget.ku.dk/autoriserede_stednavne/ )
Place Names Board of Estonia
( http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm )
geographical names database
( http://www.eki.ee/knab/knab.htm )
National Land Survey of Finland ... Topographic Map Browsing System (In Finnish, Swedish and English)
( http://www.karttapaikka.fi )
Institut Géographique National … Communes
( http://cnig.gouv.fr/?page_id=10578 )
Geographic names contained in the dataset GN-DE (Geographische Namen Deutschlands / Geographic Names of Germany) online (WFS GN-DE)
( http://www.geodatenzentrum.de/geodaten/gdz_rahmen.gdz_div?gdz_spr=deu&gdz_akt_zeile=3&gdz_anz_zeile=4&gdz_user_id=0&gdz_para1=1 )
Gazetteer of Hungary
( http://www.nepszamlalas2001.hu/eng/ )
Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary
( http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.main?p_lang=EN )
Iranian National Geographical Names Database (GNDB)
( http://gndb.ncc.org.ir/Default.aspx?ly=en )
Placenames Database of Ireland / Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann
( http://logainm.ie/ )
GSI Maps (Web Maps of Japan)
( https://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/kihonjyoho-e31002.html )
Gazetteer of Japan
( https://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/pape_e300284.html )
Latvian Geospatial Information Agency Map Browser
( https://kartes.lgia.gov.lv/karte/?lang=en )
National Address Register
( https://www.kadastrs.lv/ )
Registro de nombres geográficos continentales e insulares y del relieve submarino con fines estadísticos y geográficos
( https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/geo2/cng/ )
Geographic place-names database
( http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx )
Central Place Names Register
( http://norgeskart.no/ssr/ )
Names of countries, their capitals and inhabitants
( http://ksng.gugik.gov.pl/english/official_names.php )
Landmark and street names in GIS
( http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/ar )
The Gazetteer of Korea
( http://www.ngii.go.kr/en/contents/contentsView.do?rbsIdx=79 )
Official South African Geographical Names System
( http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/List of approved names 2016.pdf )
Registro de Entidades Locales
( http://www.idee.es/IDEE-Gazetteer/Gazetteer.html?locale=es )
National Atlas of Sweden - The Swedish Gazetteer
( http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html )
Land Survey place-name database
( http://www.lantmateriet.se )
Federal Office of Topography … 'Swiss Names'
( https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/landscape/names3D )
Ordnance Survey (OS) geo-referenced street dataset ('National Street Gazetteer' (NSG))
( http://www.thensg.org.uk/iansg/welcome.htm )
Ordnance Survey (OS) placename search for Get-a-map
( http://www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/ )
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI)
( http://www.osni.gov.uk )
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
( http://geonames.usgs.gov/ )
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - GEOnet Names Server, 3.5 million features for outside USA and Antartica
( http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/ )
The National Map
( http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/ )
U.S. Antarctica Geographic Names Database
( http://geonames.usgs.gov/ )
U.S. Department of State - Independent states od the world
( http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm )
U.S. Department of State - Dependencies and areas of special sovereignty
( http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm )

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