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Australia

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

Bulgaria Antarctic Gazetteer

- http://apcbg.org/gazet.htm

Canada

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

Croatia

Croatian Gazetteer Service

- http://cgn.dgu.hr/home/

Cyprus

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

Czechia

- http://jmenasveta.cuzk.cz/

Denmark

List of authorized Danish place-names

- http://www.stednavneudvalget.ku.dk/autoriserede_stednavne/

Estonia

Place Names Board of Estonia

- http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm

Geographical Names Database

- http://www.eki.ee/knab/knab.htm

Finland

National Land Survey of Finland ... Topographic Map Browsing System (In Finnish, Swedish and English)

- http://www.karttapaikka.fi

France

Institut Géographique National … Communes

- http://cnig.gouv.fr/?page_id=10578

Germany

Geographic names contained in the dataset GN-DE (Geographische Namen Deutschlands / Geographic Names of Germany) online (WFS GN-DE)

- https://gdz.bkg.bund.de/

Greece

Hellenic Military Geographical Service

- https://www.gys.gr/index_en.html

National Gazetteer of Geographical Names of Greece, 1st Edition, 2023 (pdf)

- https://drive.google.com/file...

National Gazetteer of Geographical Names of Greece, 1st Edition, 2023 (excel)

- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Hungary

Gazetteer of Hungary (pdf)

- http://www.nepszamlalas2001.hu/eng/

Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary

- http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.main?p_lang=EN

Iran

Iranian National Geographical Names Database (GNDB)

- http://gndb.ncc.org.ir/Default.aspx?ly=en

Ireland

Placenames Database of Ireland / Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann

- http://logainm.ie/

Japan

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

Latvia

Latvian Geospatial Information Agency Map Browser

- https://kartes.lgia.gov.lv/karte/?lang=en

National Address Register

- https://www.kadastrs.lv/

Mexico

Registro de nombres geográficos continentales e insulares y del relieve submarino con fines estadísticos y geográficos

- https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/geo2/cng/

New Zealand

Geographic place-names database

- http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx

Norway

Central Place Names Register

- http://norgeskart.no/ssr/

Poland

Names of countries, their capitals and inhabitants

- http://ksng.gugik.gov.pl/english/official_names.php

Qatar

Landmark and street names in GIS

- http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/ar

Republic of Korea

The Gazetteer of Korea

- http://www.ngii.go.kr/en/contents/contentsView.do?rbsIdx=79

South Africa

Official South African Geographical Names System

- http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/List of approved names 2016.pdf

Spain

Registro de Entidades Locales

- http://www.idee.es/IDEE-Gazetteer/Gazetteer.html?locale=es

Sweden

National Atlas of Sweden - The Swedish Gazetteer

- http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html

Land Survey place-name database

- http://www.lantmateriet.se

Switzerland

Federal Office of Topography … 'Swiss Names'

- https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/landscape/names3D

United Kingdom

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

United States

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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