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Africa
Countries of Africa
- 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
- 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
- 1268 Libya (Libya)
- 1278 Kenya (Kenya)
- 1279 Uganda (Uganda)
- 1430 Somalia (Somalia)
- 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
- 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
- 1712 Angola (Angola)
- 1718 Namibia (Namibia)
- 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
- 8766 Niger (Niger)
- 19913 Aigyptios (Ancient Greek name of Egypt)
Cities of Africa
- 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
- 858 El Djezaïr (Algiers, Algeria)
- 859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah, Algeria))
- 6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia)
- 1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa)
- 1428 Mombasa (Mombasa, Kenya)
- 1431 Luanda (Luanda, city in Angola)
- 1948 Kampala (Kampala, city in Uganda)
- 1949 Messina (Musina, town in South Africa)
- 42776 Casablanca (Casablanca, Morocco)
- 68718 Safi (Safi, Morocco)
- 260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa)
- 321484 Marsaalam (Marsa Alam, Egypt)
Provinces of Africa
- 1195 Orangia (Orange Free State Province, former South Africa province)
- 1242 Zambesia (Zambezia Province of Mozambique)
Mountain / Hills of Africa
- 10377 Kilimanjaro (Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa).
- 69228 Kamerunberg (Mount Cameroon (Kamerunberg), Cameroon)
Desert in Africa
- 134369 Sahara (Sahara, the third largest desert in the world)
River in Africa
Asia
- 67 Asia (Asia)
- 1157 Arabia (Arabia)
- 2178 Kazakhstania (Kazakhstan)
- 2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)
- 16563 Ob (Ob River in central Asia)
- 27596 Maldives (Maldives)
Japan
- 498 Tokio (Tokyo)
- 727 Nipponia (Japan)
- 1089 Tama (Tama River in Tokyo)
- 1090 Sumida (Sumida River in Tokyo)
- 1098 Hakone (Hakone, Kanagawa)
- 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji)
- 2084 Okayama (Okayama)
- 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima)
- 3319 Kibi (Kibi)
- 3380 Awaji (Awaji)
- 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaidō)
- 4157 Izu (Izu)
- 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki)
- 4774 Hobetsu (Hobetsu)
- 5618 Saitama (Saitama)
- 5881 Akashi (Akashi)
- 5908 Aichi (Nagoya)
- 6134 Kamagari (Kamagari, Hiroshima)
- 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima)
- 6255 Kuma (Kumakogen)
- 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo)
- 6991 Chichibu (Chichibu, Saitama)
- 7253 Nara (Nara)
- 8120 Kobe (Kobe)
- 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa)
- 9782 Edo (Edo)
- 9791 Kamiyakurai (Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, a mountain)
- 9792 Nonodakesan (Nonodakesan, a mountain)
- 10091 Bandaisan (Mount Bandai, Fukushima)
- 10141 Gotenba (Gotemba, Shizuoka)
- 10143 Kamogawa (Kamo-gawa or Kamo River)
- 10159 Tokara (Tokara)
- 10161 Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima, narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka)
- 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi)
- 10864 Yamagatashi (Yamagata, Yamagata)
- 10878 Moriyama (Moriyama, Shiga)
- 11612 Obu (Ōbu)
- 11925 Usubae (Usubae, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi)
- 12706 Tanezaki (Tanezaki, a beach in Urado Bay, Kōchi)
- 12749 Odokaigan (Odokaigan, a beach on the Otsuki Peninsula)
- 16680 Minamitanemachi (Minamitanemachi, Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima)
- 16713 Airashi (Airashi, Kagoshima Prefecture)
- 19303 Chinacyo (Chinacyo, Okinoerabujima Island)
- 19953 Takeo (Takeo, Saga)
- 17286 Bisei (Bisei, Okayama)
- 20625 Noto (Noto)
- 33056 Ogunimachi (Oguni, Niigata)
- 33553 Nagai (Nagai, Yamagata)
- 35093 Akicity (Aki, Kōchi)
- 36472 Ebina (Ebina, Kanagawa)
- 36783 Kagamino (Kagamino, Okayama)
- 37720 Kawanishi (Kawanishi, Yamagata)
- 40994 Tekaridake (Mount Tekari (Tekari-dake))
- 46595 Kita-Kyushu (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture)
- 48736 Ehime (Ehime)
- 48807 Takahata (Takahata, Yamagata)
- 52260 Ureshino (Ureshino, Saga)
- 53157 Akaishidake (Mount Akaishi (Akaishi-dake))
- 55873 Shiomidake (Mount Shiomi (Shiomi-dake))
- 79152 Abukumagawa (Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa))
- 87271 Kokubunji (Kokubunji, Tokyo)
- 94356 Naruto (Naruto Strait)
- 96254 Hoyo (Hōyo Strait)
- 100266 Sadamisaki (Sadamisaki Peninsula, Shikoku)
- 118230 Sado (Sado, Niigata)
- 136743 Echigo (Echigo Province, an old province, now Niigata Prefecture minus the island of Sado)
- 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Aomori)
- 181043 Anan (Anan, Tokushima)
- 220736 Niihama (Niihama, Ehime)
- 262419 Suzaka (Suzaka, Nagano)
- 333639 Yaima (Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa)
Cambodia
China
Country
- 1125 China (China)
- 3789 Zhongguo (China)
Cities, mountains, and rivers
- 2045 Peking (Beijing)
- 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu)
- 2078 Nanking (Nanjing, Jiangsu)
- 2085 Henan (Henan)
- 2162 Anhui (Anhui)
- 2184 Fujian (Fujian)
- 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong)
- 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai)
- 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin)
- 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan)
- 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan)
- 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai)
- 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi)
- 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang)
- 2344 Xizang (Xizang)
- 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)
- 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang)
- 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi)
- 2398 Jilin (Jilin)
- 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen, Guangdong)
- 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning)
- 2505 Hebei (Hebei)
- 2510 Shandong (Shandong)
- 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi)
- 2515 Gansu (Gansu)
- 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia)
- 2547 Hubei (Hubei)
- 2592 Hunan (Hunan)
- 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi)
- 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang)
- 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou)
- 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi)
- 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an, Shaanxi)
- 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou, Jiangsu)
- 2729 Urumqi (Ürümqi, Xinjiang)
- 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu, Sichuan)
- 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan, Hebei)
- 2789 Foshan (Foshan, Guangdong)
- 2851 Harbin (Harbin, Heilongjiang)
- 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai, Guangdong)
- 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing)
- 3024 Hainan (Hainan)
- 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
- 3051 Nantong (Nantong, Jiangsu)
- 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen)
- 3136 Anshan (Anshan, Liaoning)
- 3139 Shantou (Shantou, Guangdong)
- 3187 Dalian (Dalian, Liaoning)
- 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan, Hubei)
- 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou, Guangdong)
- 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou, Fujian)
- 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)
- 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)
- 3650 Kunming (Kunming, Yunnan)
- 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou, Jiangsu)
- 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang, Gansu)
- 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa, Tibet)
- 8423 Macao (Macau)
- 12418 Tongling (Tongling, Anhui)
- 12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River)
- 15001 Fuzhou (Fuzhou, Fujian)
- 35366 Kaifeng (Kaifeng, Henan)
- 69869 Haining (Haining, Zhejiang)
- 72060 Hohhot (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia)
- 79418 Zhangjiajie (Zhangjiajie, Hunan)
- 79316 Huangshan (Huangshan City, Anhui)
- 110297 Yellowriver (Yellow River)
- 160105 Gobi (Gobi Desert a large desert region in Asia, share with Mongolia)
- 175633 Yaoan (Yaoan, Yunnan)
- 178151 Kulangsu (Gulangyu Island (Kulangsu), Xiamen)
- 185577 Hhaihao (Haikou (Hhaihao City), Hainan)
- 207717 Sa'a (Sanya, Hainan)
- 207931 Weihai (Weihai, Shandong)
- 216343 Wenchang (Wenchang, Hainan)
- 248388 Namtso, (Namtso, a lake in Tibet)
- 362177 Anji (Anji, Zhejiang)
India
- 78118 Bharat (Bhārat Ganarājya, native name of the Republic of India)
- 85267 Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal)
Indonesia
- 536 Merapi (Mount Marapi, West Sumatra)
- 732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River, West Java)
- 754 Malabar (Mount Malabar, West Java)
- 770 Bali (Bali Island)
- 772 Tanete (Tanete, Sulawesi)
- 46824 Tambora (Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara)
- 85047 Krakatau (Krakatoa, a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra)
- 118102 Rinjani (Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara)
Korea
- 12252 Gwangju (Gwangju, South Jeolla)
- 31179 Gongju (Gongju, South Chungcheong)
- 34666 Bohyunsan (Bohyeon Mountain)
Nepal
- 33002 Everest (Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world)
Middle East
- 697 Galilea (Galilee)
- 7079 Baghdad (Baghdad, Iraq)
- 7507 Israel (Israel)[failed verification]
- 13128 Aleppo (Aleppo, Syria)
- 13131 Palmyra (Palmyra, Syria)
- 15417 Babylon (Babylon, capital of ancient Mesopotamia)
- 15861 Ispahan (Ispahan, Iran)
- 22260 Ur (Ur, city-state of ancient Mesopotamia)
- 22292 Mosul (Mosul, Iraq)
- 30936 Basra (Basra, Iraq)
- 56000 Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia)
- 63163 Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
- 282903 Masada (Masada)
Philippines
- 13513 Manila (Manila, the capital of the Philippines)
- 134346 Pinatubo (Mount Pinatubo, volcano on Luzon island in the Philippines)
Vietnam
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)
- 780 Armenia (Armenia)
- 1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia)
- 2593 Buryatia (Buryatia, Russia)
- 2657 Bashkiria (Bashkortostan (Bashkiria), Russia)
- 2671 Abkhazia (Abkhazia, now in Georgia)
- 2120 Tyumenia (Tyumen Oblast, Russia)
- 2140 Kemerovo (Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, now Russia)
- 2297 Daghestan (Daghestan, Russia)
- 2566 Kirghizia (Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan)
- 2584 Turkmenia (Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan)
- 2698 Azerbajdzhan (Azerbaijan)
- 2700 Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
- 2776 Baikal (Lake Baikal, Russia)
- 5471 Tunguska (Tunguska, Russia)
- 21054 Ojmjakon (Oymyakon (Ojmjakon), Siberia, the coldest city in the earth)
- 65541 Kasbek (Mount Kazbek, Georgia)
- 210271 Samarkand (Samarkand, the ancient city in Uzbekistan)
- 212998 Tolbachik (Tolbachik, a volcano complex in Kamchatka Peninsula)
Sri Lanka
Europe
- 136 Austria (Austria)
- 257 Silesia (Silesia)
- 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
- 1391 Carelia (Karelia)
- 2206 Gabrova (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)
- 2236 Austrasia (Austrasia, historic region from western Germany to eastern France)
- 7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe)
- 8020 Erzgebirge (German name for the Ore Mountains)
- 10957 Alps (Alps, a great mountain chain stretching from the Mediterranean Sea between southern France and Italy)
- 22618 Silva Nortica (Silva Nortica, a region at the border of Austria and the Czech Republic)
- 40092 Memel (the other name of Neman River)
- 293909 Matterhorn (Matterhorn, a mountain of the Alps)
Austria
- 96506 Oberösterreich (Upper Austria (Oberösterreich))
- 117156 Altschwendt (Altschwendt, a municipality in Upper Austria)
- 175730 Gramastetten (Gramastetten, a municipality in Upper Austria)
- 178243 Schaerding (Schärding, Upper Austria)
- 181824 Königsleiten (Königsleiten, a village in Wald im Pinzgau municipality, Salzburg)
- 185633 Rainbach (Rainbach im Innkreis, a municipality in Upper Austria)
Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
- 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
- 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
- 1796 Riga (Riga, Latvia)
- 2577 Litva (Lithuania)
- 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
- 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
- 13995 Tõravere (Tõravere, Estonia)
- 23617 Duna (Riga, Latvia)
- 24709 Mitau (Jelgava, Latvia)
- 24794 Kurland (Courland, Latvia)
- 31267 Kuldiga (Kuldīga, Latvia)
- 35618 Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- 37623 Valmiera (Valmiera, Latvia)
- 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
- 124192 Moletai (Molėtai, Lithuania)
- 140628 Klaipeda (Klaipėda, Lithuania)
- 151430 Nemunas (Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania)
- 157534 Siauliai (Šiauliai, Lithuania)
- 166229 Palanga (Palanga, Lithuania)
- 185150 Panevezys (Panevėžys, Lithuania)
- 202704 Utena (Utena, Lithuania)
- 233661 Alytus (Alytus, Lithuania)
- 274084 Baldone (Baldone, Latvia)
- 289020 Ukmerge (Ukmerge, Lithuania)
- 294664 Trakai (Trakai, Lithuania)
Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
- 1052 Belgica (Belgium)
- 1132 Hollandia (Holland)
- 1133 Lugduna (Leiden, Netherlands)
- 1276 Ucclia (Uccle, Belgium)
- 1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)
- 1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)
- 2689 Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium)
- 2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- 3374 Namur (Namur, Belgium)
- 9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)
- 9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
- 9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)
- 11945 Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- 12652 Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)
- 17437 Stekene (Stekene, Belgium)
- 20243 Den Bosch (Den Bosch, Netherlands)
- 27718 Gouda (Gouda, Netherlands)
- 30835 Waterloo (Waterloo, Belgium)
- 346886 Middelburg (Middelburg, Netherlands)
Bulgaria
- 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
- 2530 Shipka (Shipka Mount and Shipka Pass)
- 3860 Plovdiv (Plovdiv)
- 6267 Rozhen (Rozhen – a locality in the Rhodope Mountains, where the Rozhen Observatory is located)
- 11852 Shoumen (Shumen (Shoumen) University)
- 12246 Pliska (Pliska)
- 510466 Varna (Varna)
Czech Republic
- 371 Bohemia (Bohemia)
- 1901 Moravia (Moravia)
- 1942 Jablunka (Jablunka)
- 2080 Jihlava (Jihlava)
- 2081 Sázava (Sázava River)
- 2123 Vltava (Vltava River)
- 2199 Kleť (Kleť, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery)
- 2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)
- 2337 Boubín (Boubín, a hill)
- 2367 Praha (Prague)
- 2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)
- 2403 Šumava (Šumava)
- 2524 Budovicium (Latin name for České Budějovice)
- 2599 Veselí (Veselí)
- 2613 Plzeň (Plzeň)
- 2672 Písek (Písek)
- 2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)
- 2811 Střemchoví (Střemchoví, birthplace of discoverer)
- 2889 Brno (Brno)
- 3137 Horky (Horký, a hill)
- 3735 Třeboň (Třeboň)
- 4054 Turnov (Turnov)
- 4249 Křemže (Křemže)
- 4277 Holubov (Holubov)
- 4405 Otava (Otava River)
- 4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)
- 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
- 4698 Jizera (Jizera River)
- 4702 Berounka (Berounka River)
- 4801 Ohře (Ohře River)
- 4823 Libenice (Libenice)
- 4824 Stradonice (Stradonice)
- 5894 Telč (Telč)
- 6060 Doudleby (Doudleby)
- 6064 Holašovice (Holašovice)
- 6802 Černovice (Černovice)
- 7118 Kuklov (Kuklov)
- 7204 Ondřejov (Ondřejov)
- 7440 Závist (Závist)
- 7498 Blaník (Blaník, a hill)
- 7532 Pelhřimov (Pelhřimov)
- 7669 Malše (Malše River)
- 7694 Krasetín (Krasetín)
- 7711 Říp (Říp Mountain)
- 8554 Gabreta (ancient name for Bohemian Forest)
- 9711 Želetava (Želetava)
- 9884 Příbram (Příbram)
- 11128 Ostravia (Latin name for Ostrava)
- 11134 České Budějovice (České Budějovice)
- 11163 Milešovka (Milešovka, a mountain)
- 11167 Kunžak (Kunžak)
- 11339 Orlík (Orlík a castle and a dam)
- 11656 Lipno (Lipno Reservoir)
- 12406 Zvíkov (Zvíkov Castle)
- 12468 Zachotín (Zachotín)
- 12833 Kamenný Újezd (Kamenný Újezd)
- 13804 Hrazany (Hrazany)
- 14537 Týn nad Vltavou (Týn nad Vltavou)
- 14974 Počátky (Počátky)
- 15890 Prachatice (Prachatice)
- 15960 Hluboká (Hluboká nad Vltavou, a castle)
- 16801 Petřínpragensis (Petřín, a hill in Prague)
- 17600 Dobřichovice (Dobřichovice)
- 17607 Táborsko (Tábor District)
- 18497 Nevězice (Nevězice)
- 18531 Strakonice (Strakonice)
- 20254 Úpice (Úpice)
- 20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill Kleť)
- 21257 Jižní Čechy (South Bohemia, a Czech Republic region)
- 21290 Vydra (Vydra River)
- 21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec)
- 22450 Nové Hrady (Nové Hrady)
- 24837 Mšecké Žehrovice (Mšecké Žehrovice)
- 24838 Abilunon (Abilunon, nowadays non-existing ancient town)
- 26328 Litomyšl (Litomyšl)
- 26971 Sezimovo Ústí (Sezimovo Ústí)
- 27079 Vsetín (Vsetín)
- 27088 Valmez (Valašské Meziříčí)
- 30564 Olomouc (Olomouc)
- 31650 Frýdek-Místek (Frýdek-Místek)
- 31232 Slavonice (Slavonice)
- 31323 Lysá hora (Lysá hora, a mountain)
- 31238 Kroměříž (Kroměříž)
- 40206 Lhenice (Lhenice)
- 43954 Chýnov (Chýnov)
- 47294 Blanský les (Blanský les, highlands)
- 49448 Macocha (Macocha Gorge)
- 59001 Senftenberg (Senftenberg, now Žamberk, Pardubice)
- 61208 Stonařov (Stonařov)
- 68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill Kleť)
- 121089 Vyšší Brod (Vyšší Brod)
- 159743 Kluk (Kluk, a Czech hill near Kleť mountain)
- 159799 Kralice (Kralice nad Oslavou, a municipality in Třebíč District)
- 167208 Lelekovice (Lelekovice, a village in Brno-Country District)
- 175017 Záboří (Záboří, a municipality in České Budějovice District)
- 215841 Čimelice (Čimelice, a village in Písek District)
- 270556 Kolonica (Kolonica, a municipality in Snina District)
Denmark
- 2117 Danmark (Danmark, Danish for Denmark)
- 13586 Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Eastern Europe
- 183 Istria (Istria, Croatia)
- 434 Hungaria (Hungary)
- 589 Croatia (Croatia)
- 1140 Crimea (Crimean Peninsula)
- 1160 Illyria (Illyria, Croatia)
- 1517 Beograd (Belgrade, capital of Serbia)
- 1537 Transylvania (Transylvania, Romania)
- 1989 Tatry (Tatra Mountains)
- 2315 Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
- 9674 Slovenija (Slovenia)
- 10415 Mali Lošinj (Mali Lošinj, Croatia)
- 12123 Pazin (Pazin, Croatia)
- 12124 Hvar (Hvar, Croatia)
- 13121 Tisza (Tisza River)
- 38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)
- 82071 Debrecen (Debrecen, Hungary)
- 82092 Kalocsa (Kalocsa, Hungary)
- 100897 Piatra Neamt (Piatra Neamț, Romania)
- 178267 Sarajevo (Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 187700 Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)
Finland
- 1460 Haltia (Halti)
- 1471 Tornio (Tornio)
- 1472 Muonio (Muonio)
- 1473 Ounas (Ounasjoki)
- 1488 Aura (Aura river)
- 1494 Savo (Savonia)
- 1495 Helsinki (Helsinki)
- 1496 Turku (Turku)
- 1497 Tampere (Tampere)
- 1498 Lahti (Lahti)
- 1499 Pori (Pori)
- 1500 Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä)
- 1503 Kuopio (Kuopio)
- 1504 Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta)
- 1507 Vaasa (Vaasa)
- 1518 Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi)
- 1519 Kajaani (Kajaani)
- 1520 Imatra (Imatra)
- 1521 Seinäjoki (Seinäjoki)
- 1522 Kokkola (Kokkola)
- 1523 Pieksämäki (Pieksämäki)
- 1524 Joensuu (Joensuu)
- 1525 Savonlinna (Savonlinna)
- 1526 Mikkeli (Mikkeli)
- 1532 Inari (Lake Inari)
- 1533 Saimaa (Saimaa)
- 1534 Näsi (Näsijärvi)
- 1535 Päijänne (Lake Päijänne)
- 1536 Pielinen (Pielinen)
- 1656 Suomi (Finland)
- 1659 Punkaharju (Punkaharju)
- 1757 Porvoo (Porvoo)
- 1758 Naantali (Naantali)
- 1882 Rauma (Rauma)
- 1883 Rimito (Rimito)
- 1928 Summa (Summa)
- 1929 Kollaa (Kollaa)
- 2291 Kevo (Kevo)
- 2292 Seili (Seili)
- 2299 Hanko (Hanko)
- 2397 Lappajärvi (Lappajärvi)
- 2479 Sodankylä (Sodankylä)
- 2501 Lohja (Lohja)
- 2512 Tavastia (Tavastia)
- 2535 Hämeenlinna (Hämeenlinna)
- 2678 Aavasaksa (Aavasaksa)
- 2679 Kittisvaara (Kittisvaara)
- 2733 Hamina (Hamina)
- 2737 Kotka (Kotka)
- 2750 Loviisa (Loviisa)
- 2774 Tenojoki (Tenojoki)
- 2820 Iisalmi (Iisalmi)
- 2840 Kallavesi (Kallavesi)
- 2841 Puijo (Puijo)
France
- 20 Massalia (old name of Marseille)
- 21 Lutetia (old name of Paris)
- 138 Tolosa (old name of Toulouse)
- 148 Gallia (Gaul, the Latin name for France)
- 374 Burgundia (Burgundy)
- 971 Alsatia (Alsace)
- 3317 Paris (Paris)[failed verification]
- 4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
- 6177 Fécamp (Fécamp, a commune in Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region)
- 6268 Versailles (Versailles)
- 8371 Goven (Goven)
- 9381 Lyon (Lyon)
- 9385 Avignon (Avignon)
- 10735 Seine (Seine River)
- 48159 Saint-Véran (Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes)
- 100033 Taizé (Taizé, Saône-et-Loire)
- 100122 Alpes Maritimes (Alpes-Maritimes, a department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
- 128633 Queyras (Queyras, a valley)
- 128627 Ottmarsheim (Ottmarsheim, Grand Est)
- 133404 Morogues (Morogues, Centre-Val de Loire)
- 181702 Forcalquier (Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute)
- 224592 Carnac (Carnac, Morbihan)
- 229631 Cluny (Cluny, Saône-et-Loire)
- 291847 Ladoix (Ladoix, a village / commune in Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region)
- 297026 Corton (Aloxe-Corton, a village / commune in Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region)
- 314808 Martindutertre (Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, Val-d'Oise)
- 336108 Luberon (Luberon)
- 349606 Fleurance (Fleurance)
- 375007 Buxy (Buxy, a commune in Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne region)
- 371220 Angers (Angers)
- 423205 Echezeaux (Flagey-Echezeaux, a village / commune between Beaune and Dijon)
- 469748 Volnay (Volnay, a commune in Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region)
Germany
Country
Cities and towns
- 263 Dresda, (Dresden)
- 325 Heidelberga (Heidelberg)
- 386 Siegena (Siegen)
- 526 Jena (Jena)
- 449 Hamburga (Hamburg)
- 811 Nauheima (Bad Nauheim)
- 2424 Tautenburg (Tautenburg)
- 3539 Weimar (Weimar)
- 5199 Dortmund (Dortmund)
- 5816 Potsdam (Potsdam)
- 5820 Babelsberg (Potsdam-Babelsberg)
- 9336 Altenburg (Altenburg)
- 10114 Greifswald (Greifswald)
- 10746 Mühlhausen (Mühlhausen)
- 10774 Eisenach (Eisenach)
- 10775 Leipzig (Leipzig)
- 10801 Lüneburg (Lüneburg, Lower Saxony)
- 52334 Oberammergau (Oberammergau)
- 55735 Magdeburg (Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt)
- 75058 Hanau (Hanau, Hesse)
- 79138 Mansfeld (Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt)
- 85196 Halle (Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt)
- 100046 Worms (Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate)
- 113256 Prüm (Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate)
- 117506 Wildberg (Wildberg, Baden-Württemberg)
- 118173 Barmen (Barmen, Wuppertal)
- 133243 Essen (Essen)
- 104020 Heilbronn (Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg)
- 142408 Trebur (Trebur, Frankfurt Rhine-Main)
- 149884 Radebeul (Radebeul)
- 183182 Weinheim (Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg)
- 204852 Frankfurt (Frankfurt)
- 207763 Oberursel (Oberursel, Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority)
- 221516 Bergen-Enkheim (Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt am Main)
- 241418 Darmstadt (Darmstadt, Hesse)
- 274835 Aachen (Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- 279723 Wittenberg (Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt)
- 281140 Trier (Trier)
- 281764 Schwetzingen (Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg)
- 295565 Hannover (Hannover)
- 301061 Egelsbach (Egelsbach, Frankfurt Rhine-Main)
- 301394 Bensheim (Bensheim)
- 340980 Bad Vilbel (Bad Vilbel)
- 350178 Eisleben (Eisleben)
- 365159 Garching (Garching)
- 405207 Konstanz (Konstanz)
- 501132 Runkel (Runkel)
Regions / municipality
- 301 Bavaria (Bavaria)
- 418 Alemannia (Alemannia)
- 930 Westphalia (Westphalia)
- 5616 Vogtland (Vogtland)
- 5628 Preussen (Preußen (Preussen), German word for Prussia)
- 5846 Hessen (Hessen, German word for Hesse)
- 5866 Sachsen (Sachsen, German word for Saxony)
- 5904 Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg)
- 6068 Brandenburg (Brandenburg)
- 6070 Rheinland (Rhineland)
- 6099 Saarland (Saarland)
- 6120 Anhalt
- 6124 Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg)
- 6209 Schwaben (Schwaben, German word for Swabia)
- 6293 Oberpfalz (Oberpfalz German word for Upper Palatinate)
- 6305 Helgoland (Heligoland, a small German archipelago in the North Sea)
- 6320 Bremen (Bremen)
- 6332 Vorarlberg (Vorarlberg)
- 6396 Schleswig (Duchy of Schleswig)
- 6402 Holstein (Holstein)
- 21074 Rügen (Rügen, Germany's largest island by area)
- 22322 Bodensee (Bodensee, German word for Lake Constance, a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps)
- 73686 Nussdorf (Nußdorf, a village in Rhineland-Palatinate)
- 73699 Landaupfalz (Landau/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate)
- 85214 Sommersdorf (Sommersdorf, a municipality in Saxony-Anhalt)
- 90711 Stotternheim (Stotternheim, a village in Thuringia)
- 342000 Neumünster (Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein)
- 365130 Birnfeld (Birnfeld, a village in northern Bavaria)
- 410928 Maidbronn (Maidbronn, a small village in northern Bavaria)
- 425442 Eberstadt (Eberstadt, a municipality in Baden-Württemberg)
Mountains / mountain range / hills
- 10245 Inselsberg (Großer Inselsberg, a mountain in Thuringian Forest)
- 10246 Frankenwald (Frankenwald or Franconian Forest, a mountain range in Northern Bavaria)
- 10248 Fichtelgebirge (Fichtelgebirge or Fichtel Mountains, a mountain range in northeastern Bavaria)
- 10249 Harz (Harz, a mountain range in northern Germany)
- 10253 Westerwald (Westerwald, a mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia)
- 10254 Hunsrück (Hunsrück, a mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate)
- 10255 Taunus (Taunus, a mountain range in Hesse)
- 150118 Petersberg (Petersberg, a hill near Halle)
- 293809 Zugspitze (Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany)
- 365131 Hassberge (Haßberge Hills, a hill range in Bavaria)
Greece
- 582 Olympia (Olympia)
- 1119 Euboea (Euboea)
- 1138 Attica (Attica)
- 1142 Aetolia (Aetolia)
- 1150 Achaia (Achaea)
- 1151 Ithaka (Ithaca)
- 1161 Thessalia (Thessaly)
- 4356 Marathon (Marathon)
- 4357 Korinthos (Corinth)
- 49036 Pelion (Mount Pelion, Thessaly)
- 73769 Delphi (Delphi, archaeological site and modern town)
- 110293 Oia (Oia)
Hungary
- 434 Hungaria (Hungary)
- 908 Buda (Buda)
- 2242 Balaton (Lake Balaton)
- 3103 Eger (Eger)
- 28196 Szeged (Szeged)
- 82071 Debrecen (Debrecen)
- 107052 Aquincum (Aquincum)
- 129259 Tapolca (Tapolca)
- 157141 Sopron (Sopron)
- 159974 Badacsony (Badacsony)
- 111468 Alba Regia (Alba Regia, Roman name for Székesfehérvár)
- 161349 Mecsek (Mecsek, a mountain range)
- 167341 Börzsöny (Börzsöny, a mountain range)
- 171118 Szigetköz (Szigetköz Island)
- 209791 Tokaj (Tokaj)
- 217398 Tihany (Tihany, a village in Veszprém County)
Iceland
- 39529 Vatnajökull (Vatnajökull (Glacier of Lakes), the largest glacier in Iceland)
- 85095 Hekla (Hekla, one of Iceland's prominent volcanoes)
- 110299 Iceland (Iceland)
Ireland
- 2320 Blarney (Blarney) (A town and townland in County Cork, Ireland)
- 5029 Ireland (Ireland)
- 10501 Ardmacha (The Irish Gaelic name of the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland)
- 10502 Armaghobs (Armagh Observatory, in Armagh, Northern Ireland)
Italy
- 363 Padua (Padua)
- 416 Vaticana (Vatican City)
- 472 Roma (Rome)
- 477 Italia (Italy)
- 487 Venetia (Venice)
- 704 Interamnia (Teramo)
- 1191 Alfaterna (Nocera Inferiore, previously called Nuceria Alfaterna)
- 2601 Bologna (Bologna)
- 3122 Florence (Florence)
- 4335 Verona (Verona)
- 4464 Vulcano (Vulcano, Italy)
- 4695 Mediolanum (Latin name of Milan)
- 10001 Palermo (Palermo, the capital of Sicily)
- 10038 Tanaro (Tanaro River, the longest river of Piedmont, Italy)
- 11249 Etna (Mount Etna, Sicily)
- 14486 Tuscia (the ancient name of Tuscany, region in central Italy)
- 13684 Borbona (Borbona, Province of Rieti)
- 18441 Cittadivinci (Vinci, Tuscany)
- 32891 Amatrice (Amatrice, a municipality)
- 32911 Cervara (Cervara di Roma, a municipality)
- 32945 Lecce (Lecce, Province of Lecce)
- 33100 Udine (Udine)
- 40134 Marsili (Marsili, a large undersea volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
- 46692 Taormina (Taormina, Sicily)
- 53252 Sardegna (the Italian name of Sardinia)
- 66207 Carpi (Carpi, Emilia-Romagna)
- 78652 Quero (Quero, Veneto)
- 79271 Bellagio (Bellagio, Lombardy)
- 103966 Luni (Luni, La Spezia)
- 168261 Puglia (Apulia (Puglia))
- 129882 Ustica (Ustica, an island in Palermo)
- 177853 Lumezzane (Lumezzane, Brescia)
- 185448 Nomentum (the old name of Mentana, Lazio)
- 207563 Toscana (Tuscany)
- 214928 Carrara (Carrara, Tuscany)
- 216345 Savigliano (Savigliano, Piedmont)
- 218636 Calabria (Calabria, Southern Italy)
- 225076 Vallemare (Vallemare, Lazio)
- 236784 Livorno (Livorno)
- 283057 Casteldipiazza (Castel di Piazza, a village in Tuscany)
- 331011 Peccioli (Peccioli, Province of Pisa)
- 335853 Valléedaoste (Vallée d'Aoste, French name for Aosta Valley)
- 367436 Siena (Siena)
- 400193 Castión (Castiglione dei Pepoli, a municipality)
Poland
- 1112 Polonia (Poland)
- 1352 Wawel (Wawel – Kraków)
- 16689 Vistula (Latin name Vistula River)
Cities
- 690 Wratislavia (Latin name Wrocław)
- 764 Gedania (Latin name of Gdańsk)
- 1110 Jaroslawa (Paul Herget The Names of the Minor Planets Jarosław?)
- 1263 Varsavia (Latin name Warsaw)
- 1419 Danzig (German name Gdańsk)
- 1572 Posnania (Latin name Poznań)
- 12999 Toruń (Toruń)
- 19981 Bialystock (Białystok)
- 46977 Krakow (Kraków)
- 199950 Sierpc (Sierpc)
- 420779 Świdwin (Świdwin)
- 551231 Żywiec (Żywiec)
Regions
- 257 Silesia (Silesia)
- 38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)
Portugal
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Europe)
Country
- 232 Russia (Russia)
- 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
- 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
- 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus)
- 2577 Litva (Lithuania)
Cities, rivers and others
- 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
- 951 Gaspra (Gaspra, Ukraine)
- 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
- 1146 Biarmia (Bjarmaland, historical region in northern Russia)
- 1147 Stavropolis (Stavropol, Russia)
- 1149 Volga (Volga River)
- 1316 Kasan (Kazan, Russia)
- 1479 Inkeri (Ingria)
- 1480 Aunus (Olonets, Russia)
- 2046 Leningrad (Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
- 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukraine)
- 2171 Kiev (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- 2250 Stalingrad (Stalingrad, now Volgograd)
- 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
- 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
- 2606 Odessa (Odesa, Ukraine)
- 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
- 2922 Dikanʹka (Dykanka, Ukraine)
- 2983 Poltava (Poltava, Ukraine)
- 3006 Livadia (Livadia, Ukraine)
- 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
- 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- 3242 Bakhchisaraj (Bakhchisaraj, Ukraine)
- 3298 Massandra (Massandra, Ukraine)
- 3373 Koktebelia (Koktebel, Ukraine)
- 3799 Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod, Russia)
- 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
- 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
- 8141 Nikolaev (Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Ukraine)
- 10711 Pskov (Pskov, Russia)
- 37645 Chebarkul (Chebarkul, Russia)
- 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
- 117240 Zhytomyr (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
- 120405 Svyatylivka (Svyatylivka, Ukraine)
- 159011 Radomyshl (Radomyshl, Ukraine)
- 159181 Berdychiv (Berdychiv, Ukraine)
- 160013 Elbrus (Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain of the Caucasus in Russia)
- 175636 Zvyagel (Zviahel, Ukraine)
- 185250 Korostyshiv (Korostyshiv, Ukraine)
- 190026 Iskorosten (Korosten (Iskorosten), Ukraine)
- 207585 Lubar (Liubar, Ukraine)
- 214487 Baranivka (Baranivka, Ukraine)
- 216439 Lyubertsy (Lyubertsy, Russia)
- 216451 Irsha (Irsha River, Ukraine)
- 217420 Olevsk (Olevsk, Ukraine)
- 220418 Golovyno (Golovyno, Ukraine)
- 221073 Ovruch (Ovruch, Ukraine)
- 227326 Narodychi (Narodychi, Ukraine)
- 237845 Neris (Neris River, Belarus)
- 296577 Arkhangelsk (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
- 378 Holmia (Holmia, the Latin name for Stockholm, Sweden)
- 2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden)
- 2676 Aarhus (Århus, Denmark)
- 6795 Örnsköldsvik (Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
- 6796 Sundsvall (Sundsvall, Sweden)
- 6797 Östersund (Östersund, Sweden)
- 9358 Faro (Fårö, small island off of Gotland)
- 10549 Helsingborg (Helsingborg, Sweden)
- 10550 Malmö (Malmö, Sweden)
- 10551 Göteborg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
- 10552 Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
- 11870 Sverige (Sverige, Swedish name for Sweden)
- 11871 Norge (Norge, Bokmål name for Norway)
Slovakia
- 1807 Slovakia (Slovakia)
- 4018 Bratislava (Bratislava)
- 9543 Nitra (Nitra)
- 11118 Modra (Modra)
- 20664 Senec (Senec)
- 20495 Rimavská Sobota (Rimavská Sobota)
- 22185 Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica)
- 24260 Kriváň (Kriváň, a mountain)
- 25384 Partizánske (Partizánske)
- 38238 Holíč (Holíč)
- 59419 Prešov (Prešov)
- 194262 Nové Zámky (Nové Zámky)
- 347028 Važec (Važec, a village in the district of Liptovský Mikuláš, Žilina Region)
- 376029 Blahová (Blahová, a municipality)
Spain
- 804 Hispania (Spain)
- 945 Barcelona (Barcelona)
- 1159 Granada (Granada)
- 1188 Gothlandia (Old name of Catalonia)
- 2189 Zaragoza (Zaragoza)
- 3851 Alhambra (Alhambra, World Heritage Site)
- 5879 Almeria (Almería)
- 5941 Valencia (Valencia)
- 7742 Altamira (Cave of Altamira)
- 9453 Mallorca (Majorca)
- 13260 Sabadell (Sabadell)
- 13868 Catalonia (Catalonia)
- 14967 Madrid (Madrid)
- 35725 Tramuntana (Tramontane (Tramuntana), a mountain chain)
- 99193 Obsfabra (Fabra Observatory in Barcelona)
- 117874 Picodelteide (Mount Teide (Pico del Teide), a volcano in Canary Islands)
- 127870 Vigo (Vigo, a municipality in Province of Pontevedra)
- 164589 La Sagra (La Sagra, a comarca)
- 181419 Dragonera (Sa Dragonera, is an uninhabited islet in the Balearic Islands)
- 185580 Andratx (Andratx, Mallorca)
- 189848 Eivissa (the Spain name for Ibiza, an island in the Mediterranean Sea)
- 196640 Mulhacén (Mulhacén, a mountain)
- 209540 Siurana (Siurana, a village in Catalonia)
- 216295 Menorca (Menorca, an island in the Mediterranean Sea)
- 228180 Puertollano (Puertollano)
- 266465 Andalucia (Andalusia (Andalucia))
- 284029 Esplugafrancoli (L'Espluga de Francolí, a village in Catalonia)
- 309706 Ávila (Ávila)
- 321024 Gijon (Gijón)
- 325366 Asturias (Asturias)
- 352834 Málaga (Málaga, a municipality in Province of Málaga)
- 353595 Grancanaria (Gran Canaria, an island of the Canary Islands)
- 392225 Lanzarote (Lanzarote, a volcanic island, one of the seven Canary Islands)
Switzerland
- 113390 Helvetia (Helvetia, Latin name for Switzerland)[failed verification]
Cities and villages
- 1313 Berna (Bern, capital of Switzerland)
- 1938 Lausanna (Lausanne)
- 1935 Lucerna (Lucerne)
- 1936 Lugano (Lugano)
- 1937 Locarno (Locarno)
- 1775 Zimmerwald (Zimmerwald)
- 2033 Basilea (Basilea, the old name of Basel)
- 13025 Zürich (Zürich)
- 43669 Winterthur (Winterthur, Zürich)
- 77755 Delémont (Delémont)
- 104896 Schwanden (Schwanden, Glarus)
Regions (Cantons)
- 1687 Glarona (Glarus)
- 1768 Appenzella (Appenzell)
- 30798 Graubünden (Graubünden)
- 42113 Jura (Jura)
- 47164 Ticino (Ticino)
Municipalities
- 129342 Ependes (Épendes, Sarine, Fribourg)
- 144096 Wiesendangen (Wiesendangen, Winterthur, Zürich)
- 183114 Vicques (Vicques, Delémont, Jura)
- 184508 Courroux (Courroux, Delémont, Jura)
- 218752 Tentlingen (Tentlingen, Sense, Fribourg)
- 233943 Falera (Falera, Surselva, Graubünden)
- 284945 Saint-Imier (Saint-Imier, Bernese Jura, Bern)
- 314040 Tavannes (Tavannes, Bernese Jura, Bern)
- 318412 Tramelan (Tramelan, Bernese Jura, Bern)
Mountains / hills / rivers
- 305254 Moron (Moron, a mountain)
- 331992 Chasseral (Chasseral, a mountain)
- 339486 Raimeux (Mont Raimeux, a mountain)
- 363582 Folpotat (Folpotat, a small river in an isolated Jura valley).
Turkey
- 25 Phocaea (Foça)
- 1174 Marmara (Sea of Marmara)
- 1457 Ankara (Ankara, capital of Turkey)
- 3286 Anatoliya (Anatolia)
- 96205 Ararat (Mount Ararat)
- 294296 Efeso (Ephesus or Efesos)
United Kingdom
- 1071 Brita (Great Britain)
- 2830 Greenwich (Greenwich)
- 5805 Glasgow (Glasgow)
- 7603 Salopia (Shropshire)
- 8837 London (London)
- 8849 Brighton (Brighton)
- 16481 Thames (Thames River)
- 11626 Church Stretton (Church Stretton)
- 69263 Big Ben (Big Ben, Westminster, the name of the great bell and clock tower)
- 100604 Lundy (Lundy, the largest island in the Bristol Channel)
- 129092 Snowdonia (Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales)
North America
Canada
- 285 Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan)
- 6714 Montréal (Montreal, Québec)
- 11780 Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay, Ontario)
- 12310 Londontario (London, Ontario)
- 35165 Québec (Quebec City, Québec)
- 96192 Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
- 96193 Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
- 159164 La Canada (Canada)
- 176710 Banff (Banff, Alberta)
- 176711 Canmore (Canmore, Alberta)
- 223950 Mississauga (Mississauga, Ontario)
- 516560 Annapolisroyal, (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia)
United States
- 916 America (United States of America)
- 2322 Kitt Peak (Kitt Peak, Arizona)
- 4337 Arecibo (Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico)
- 6117 Brevardastro (Brevard County, Florida, the home of the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral)
- 21651 Mission Valley (Mission Valley, San Diego)
- 49272 Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah)
- 159814 Saguaro (Saguaro National Park, Arizona)
- 542600 Lindahall (Linda Hall Library, Kansas City)
States
- 50 Virginia (Virginia)
- 341 California (California)
- 359 Georgia (Georgia)
- 439 Ohio (Ohio)
- 793 Arizona (Arizona)
- 797 Montana (Montana)
- 1602 Indiana (Indiana)
- 3124 Kansas (Kansas)
- 4547 Massachusetts (Massachusetts)
- 10195 Nebraska (Nebraska)
- 13688 Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
- 19148 Alaska (Alaska)
- 26715 South Dakota (South Dakota)
- 35352 Texas (Texas)
- 48575 Hawaii (Hawaii)
- 114703 North Dakota (North Dakota)
- 503033 New Hampshire (New Hampshire)
Cities/Towns
- 334 Chicago (Chicago)
- 484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 508 Princetonia (Princeton University)
- 516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
- 581 Tauntonia (Taunton, Massachusetts)
- 691 Lehigh (Lehigh University, Pennsylvania)
- 716 Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
- 736 Harvard (Harvard University)
- 1345 Potomac (Potomac)
- 2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona)
- 2224 Tucson (Tucson, Arizona)
- 2284 San Juan (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- 3031 Houston (Houston, Texas)[failed verification]
- 3043 San Diego (San Diego, California)
- 3512 Eriepa (Erie, Pennsylvania)
- 5870 Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
- 6216 San Jose (San Jose, California)
- 6296 Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio)
- 7041 Nantucket (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
- 8084 Dallas (Dallas, Texas)
- 10379 Lake Placid (Lake Placid, New York)
- 11739 Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- 12382 Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls)
- 12464 Manhattan (Manhattan)
- 32570 Peruindiana (Peru, Indiana)
- 34419 Corning (Corning, New York)
- 34611 Nacogdoches (Nacogdoches, Texas)
- 35977 Lexington (Lexington, Massachusetts)
- 35978 Arlington (Arlington, Massachusetts)
- 54439 Topeka (Topeka, Kansas)
- 58221 Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)
- 82332 Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- 143641 Sapello (Sapello, New Mexico)
- 157064 Sedona (Sedona, Arizona)
- 284891 Kona (Kona District, Hawaii)
- 342431 Hilo (Hilo, Hawaii)
- 397279 Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania)
Mexico
- 6035 Citlaltépetl (Citlaltépetl, a dormant volcano and the highest mountain (5636 m) in Mexico)
- 10799 Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)
- 10806 Mexico (Mexico)
- 14217 Oaxaca (Oaxaca)
- 37471 Popocatepetl (Popocatépetl, an active volcano in Mexico)
- 293477 Teotihuacan, an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico
Oceania
- 224 Oceana (Pacific Ocean)
- 235 Carolina (Caroline Island, Kiribati)
- 34901 Mauna Loa (Mauna Loa, the volcano forms the largest part of the Big Island of Hawaii)
- 40227 Tahiti (Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia)
- 81203 Polynesia (French Polynesia)
- 88292 Bora-Bora (Bora Bora Island, northwest of Tahiti)
- 145558 Raiatea (Raiatea Island, French Polynesia)
- 171183 Haleakala (Haleakalā, volcano on the island of Maui)
- 188534 Mauna Kea (Mauna Kea, volcano on the island of Hawaii)
- 221465 Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui, the name of Easter Island in the Polynesian Rapanui language)
- 570814 Nauru (Nauru)
Australia
- 525 Adelaide (Adelaide)
- 3953 Perth (Perth)
- 5277 Brisbane (Brisbane)
- 8088 Australia (Australia)
- 11304 Cowra (Cowra, New South Wales, Australia)
- 15550 Sydney (Sydney)
- 336698 Melbourne (Melbourne)
New Zealand
- 3563 Canterbury (Canterbury, New Zealand)
- 19620 Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
- 101461 Dunedin (Dunedin, New Zealand)
- 386622 New Zealand (New Zealand)
- 507490 Possum (Possum Observatory, New Zealand)
Polar regions
- 1031 Arctica (The Arctic)
- 2404 Antarctica (Antarctica)
- 110298 Deceptionisland (Deception Island, a volcano in Antarctica)
South and Central America
- 1042 Amazone (Amazon River)
- 1779 Paraná (Paraná River, a river in south Central South America)
- 26027 Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi, an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains)
Country
- 293 Brasilia (Brazil)
- 469 Argentina (Argentina)
- 4636 Chile (Chile)
- 9357 Venezuela (Venezuela)
- 10071 Paraguay (Paraguay)
- 10072 Uruguay (Uruguay)
- 10792 Ecuador (Ecuador)
- 10797 Guatemala (Guatemala)
- 10866 Peru (Peru)
- 11055 Honduras (Honduras)
- 11094 Cuba (Cuba)
- 11908 Nicaragua (Nicaragua)
- 325558 Guyane (French Guiana)
Cities, mountains and others
- 1008 La Paz (La Paz, Bolivia)
- 1029 La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
- 1821 Aconcagua (Aconcagua Mountain and Aconcagua River, Argentina)
- 7850 Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina)
- 8277 Machu-Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru)
- 8279 Cuzco (Cuzco, Peru)
- 10468 Itacuruba (Itacuruba, Brazil)
- 10867 Lima (Lima, Peru)
- 11083 Caracas (Caracas, Venezuela)
- 11095 Havana (Havana, Cuba)
- 11193 Mérida (Mérida, Venezuela)
- 11334 Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- 11335 Santiago (Santiago, Chile)
- 12325 Bogota (Bogotá, Colombia)
- 13509 Guayaquil (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
- 18725 Atacama (Atacama Desert, Chile)
- 30797 Chimborazo (Chimborazo, Ecuador)
- 32987 Uyuni (Salar de Uyuni, the largest salty expanse on the planet, located in Bolivia)
- 37596 Cotahuasi (Cotahuasi Canyon, Peru)
- 48451 Pichincha (Mount Pichincha, Ecuador)
- 78816 Caripito (Caripito, Venezuela)
- 110295 Elcalafate (El Calafate, Argentina)
- 117997 Irazu (Irazu, a volcano in Costa Rica)
- 128166 Carora (Carora, Venezuela)
- 129555 Armazones (Cerro Armazones, Chile)
- 366272 Medellin (Medellín, Colombia)
Fictional places
- 279 Thule (Thule)
- 1198 Atlantis (Atlantis)
- 1282 Utopia (Utopia)
- 1309 Hyperborea (Hyperborea)
- 5405 Neverland (Neverland)
- 9500 Camelot (Camelot)
See also
- List of minor planets
- List of minor planets named after people
- List of minor planets named after rivers
- Meanings of minor planet names
References
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser" http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi (accessed 6 April 2012).
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