LINKS to a selection of web sites throughout the world dealing with geographical names

Worldwide:

For names of populated places and features throughout the world, excluding those in the United States or the Antarctic, search the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).

Selection of national websites:

Australia:
Australia's national mapping agency site - database of place names in Australia.
Information about the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA).

Belgium:
Search for populated places in Belgium.

Canada:
Visit the website of the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) at Natural Resources Canada.
Search the GNBC database for information about geographical names in Canada.

China:
The China Institute of Toponymy maintains a China Geographical Names website  in Chinese.

The China Administrative Divisions website contains detailed information supplied by the Administrative Divisions and Geographical Names Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.  In Chinese.

Denmark:
This site contains an alphabetical listing of names in Denmark. In Danish.

Estonia:
Place Names Board of Estonia: This site includes information on the Board and lists of geographical names in Estonia.
A searchable database of places in Estonia is available by visiting the Institute of Estonian Language Place Names Database.

France:
Information on geographical names work in France at the Institut Géographique National place names search. In French.

Germany:
Search for geographical names using the gazetteer-web service found under "Maps and services" at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy website.
Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN)(Germany's Permanent Committee on Geographical Names). In German.

Hungary:
Search the detailed gazetteer of Hungary maintained by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office.

Lithuania:
List of Lithuanian Place Names, approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language.  In Lithuanian.

Luxembourg:
Luxembourg Society for Linguistic, Ethnological and Dialectic Studies at the Institut Grand-Ducal. Gazetteer of towns and villages of Luxembourg.

New Zealand:
Search for place names in New Zealand at the New Zealand Geographic Place Names Database.

Slovakia:
The Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic. Standardization of geographical names in Slovakia. In Slovak.

Slovenia:
Slovene Governmental Commission for the Standardisation of Geographical Names in Slovenia.

South Africa:
Information about the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC).

Sweden:
National Atlas of Sweden gazetteer search.

United States:
The US Board on Geographic Names' US database is managed by the US Geological Survey.
Search here for place names within the United States and its territories.

Undersea feature names:

Visit the website of the International Hydrographic Organization to learn about the Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN).

For names approved by the US Board on Geographic Names' Advisory Committee on Undersea Features, visit the GeoNet Names Server. "Undersea Features" is listed amongst the geographical entities on the query form.

For names treated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada Advisory Committee on Undersea and Maritime Feature Names, visit the GNBC database, then select "Undersea Features" as the type of GeoNames query.

Planetary names:

For information on planetary names, and to download an alphabetical list of names from the International Astronomical Union, click here.

The Arizona State University Libraries' website has a more detailed page of links to place names information on the internet. To access this site, click here.