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continent A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven ...
.


Africa

* 1193 Africa (
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
)


Countries of Africa

* 1197 Rhodesia (
Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
, now
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
) * 1213 Algeria (
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
) * 1268 Libya (
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
) * 1278 Kenya (
Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
) *
1279 Uganda 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
(
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
) *
1430 Somalia 1430 Somalia, provisional designation , is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 July 1937, by astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observator ...
(
Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
) * 1432 Ethiopia (
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
) * 1638 Ruanda (
Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
) * 1712 Angola (
Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...
) * 1718 Namibia (
Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
) * 1816 Liberia (
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
) * 8766 Niger (
Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages19913 Aigyptios (
Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
name of
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
)


Cities of Africa

* 790 Pretoria (
Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
,
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
) * 858 El Djezaïr (
Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
,
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
) * 859 Bouzaréah ( Bouzareah,
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
)) * 6362 Tunis (
Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...
,
Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...
) *
1245 Calvinia 1245 Calvinia ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 26 May 1932, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory ...
(
Calvinia Calvinia is a regional town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa named after the French people, French religious reformer Jean Calvin. The town falls under the Hantam Local Municipality which forms part of the Namakwa District Municipalit ...
,
Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...
,
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
) * 1428 Mombasa (
Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
,
Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
) * 1431 Luanda (
Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...
, city in
Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...
) * 1948 Kampala (
Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, city in
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
) * 1949 Messina (
Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...
, town in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
) * 42776 Casablanca (
Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
,
Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
) * 68718 Safi (
Safi, Morocco Safi or Asfi ( ar, آسفي, ʾāsafī; ber, ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, asfi) is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Asfi Province. It recorded a population of 308,508 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The city was occupied by ...
) * 260824 Hermanus (
Hermanus Hermanus (originally called ''Hermanuspietersfontein'', but shortened in 1902 as the name was too long for the postal service
,
Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...
,
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
) *
321484 Marsaalam 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
(
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam ( ar, مرسى علم ' , Classical Arabic ) is a town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is currently seeing fast increasing popularity as a tourist destination and development following the openi ...
,
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
)


Provinces of Africa

* 1195 Orangia (
Orange Free State Province The Province of the Orange Free State ( af, Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State ( af, Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State ( af, Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from ...
, former
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
province) * 1242 Zambesia (
Zambezia Province Zambezia ( pt, Zambézia) is the second most-populous province of Mozambique, located in the central coastal region south-west of Nampula Province and north-east of Sofala Province. It has a population of 5.11 million, according to the 2017 censu ...
of Mozambique)


Mountain / Hills of Africa

* 10377 Kilimanjaro ( Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa). *
69228 Kamerunberg 69 may refer to: * 69 (number) * A year, primarily 69 BC, AD 69, 1969, or 2069 *69 (sex position) Arts and media Music * ''69'', a 1988 album by A.R. Kane * "'69", a song by Deep Purple from ''Abandon'' * Major 6 add 9, a jazz chord * "Summer ...
( Mount Cameroon (''Kamerunberg''), Cameroon)


Desert in Africa

* 134369 Sahara (
Sahara , photo = Sahara real color.jpg , photo_caption = The Sahara taken by Apollo 17 astronauts, 1972 , map = , map_image = , location = , country = , country1 = , ...
, the third largest desert in the world)


River in Africa

* 35295 Omo ( Omo River, aka ''Omo-Bottego'', Ethiopia)


Asia

* 67 Asia ( Asia) * 1157 Arabia ( Arabia) *
2178 Kazakhstania Year 178 ( CLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 931 ''Ab urbe cond ...
( Kazakhstan) *
2169 Taiwan 2169 Taiwan, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Astridian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 November 1964, by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Obser ...
( Taiwan) * 16563 Ob ( Ob River in central Asia) * 27596 Maldives ( Maldives)


Japan

*
498 Tokio Tokio (minor planet designation: 498 Tokio) (1902 KU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 2 December 1902 by Auguste Charlois at the Nice Observatory. Attribution to Astronomer Shin Hirayama of the Azabu Observatory, Tokyo, Japan for the 1900 d ...
( Tokyo) * 727 Nipponia (
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
) *
1089 Tama 1089 Tama, provisional designation , is an elongated Florian asteroid and synchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Japanese astronomer Okuro Oikawa at the ...
( Tama River in Tokyo) *
1090 Sumida 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
(
Sumida River The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (in Kita-ku) and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers. It passes through the Kita, Adachi, Arakaw ...
in Tokyo) * 1098 Hakone ( Hakone, Kanagawa) * 1584 Fuji (
Mount Fuji , or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
) *
2084 Okayama 84 may refer to: * 84 (number) * one of the years 84 BC, AD 84, 1984, AD 2084 * Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated census-designated place in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States * Seksendört, a Turkish pop group whose name mea ...
(
Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is ...
) *
2247 Hiroshima 47, 47 or forty-seven may refer to: *47 (number) *47 BC * AD 47 *1947 *2047 *'47 (brand), an American clothing brand * ''47'' (magazine), an American publication * 47 (song), a song by Sidhu Moose Wala *47, a song by New Found Glory from the albu ...
(
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
) * 3319 Kibi (
Kibi Kibi may refer to: * kibi (binary prefix), an ISO/IEC standard binary prefix for units of digital information * Kibi District, Okayama (吉備郡; -gun), a district in Okayama Prefecture, Japan * Kibi, Wakayama (吉備町), a town in District, Wak ...
) *
3380 Awaji __NOTOC__ Year 338 ( CCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ursus and Polemius (or, less frequently, year 1091 ' ...
( Awaji) *
3720 Hokkaido 37 may refer to: * 37 (number), the natural number following 36 and preceding 38 Years * 37 BC * AD 37 * 1937 * 2037 Other uses * ''37'' (album), by King Never, 2013 * ''37'' (film), a 2016 film about the murder of Kitty Genovese * 37 (MBTA bu ...
(
Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...
) * 4157 Izu ( Izu) * 4578 Kurashiki ( Kurashiki) * 4774 Hobetsu (
Hobetsu was a town located in Yūfutsu (Iburi) District, Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 3,727 and a density of 6.82 persons per km2. The total area is 546.48 km2. On March 27, 2006, Hobets ...
) * 5618 Saitama ( Saitama) *
5881 Akashi 6L6 is the designator for a beam power tube introduced by Radio Corporation of America in April 1936 and marketed for application as a power amplifier for audio frequencies.J. F. Dreyer Jr."The Beam Power Output Tube" New York: McGraw-Hill, ''Ele ...
( Akashi) *
5908 Aichi 59 may refer to: * 59 (number) * one of the years 59 BC, AD 59, 1959, 2059 * ''59'' (album), by Puffy AmiYumi * 59 (golf), a round of 59 in golf * "Fifty Nine", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Arch Stanton ''Arch Stanton'' is the sixth ...
( Nagoya) * 6134 Kamagari (
Kamagari, Hiroshima was a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,532 and a density of 133.97 persons per km². The total area was 18.90 km². On March 20, 2005, Kamagari, along with th ...
) * 6218 Mizushima ( Mizushima) *
6255 Kuma 6255 Kuma, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 December 1994, by Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma Kogen As ...
( Kumakogen) * 6879 Hyogo ( Hyōgo) * 6991 Chichibu ( Chichibu, Saitama) *
7253 Nara 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, ...
( Nara) * 8120 Kobe (
Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
) *
8892 Kakogawa __NOTOC__ Year 889 ( DCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the Tr ...
( Kakogawa) * 9782 Edo (
Edo Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
) * 9791 Kamiyakurai (Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, a mountain) *
9792 Nonodakesan Year 979 ( CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 24 – Second Battle of Pankaleia: An Ibero-Byzantine expeditionary ...
(Nonodakesan, a mountain) * 10091 Bandaisan ( Mount Bandai, Fukushima) *
10141 Gotenba 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
(
Gotemba, Shizuoka is a city on the southeastern flank of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,370 in 36,096 households, and a population density of 450 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography ...
) *
10143 Kamogawa 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
(Kamo-gawa or Kamo River) *
10159 Tokara 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
( Tokara) *
10161 Nakanoshima 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
( Nakanoshima, narrow sandbank in
Kita-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan. Incidents and accidents 2021 Osaka building fire Notable locations Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a fina ...
) * 10163 Onomichi (
Onomichi is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, facing the Inland Sea. The city was founded on April 1, 1898. As of April 30, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 141,811 and a population density of 497.8 persons per km2. The total a ...
) * 10864 Yamagatashi ( Yamagata, Yamagata) * 10878 Moriyama ( Moriyama, Shiga) *
11612 Obu Year 1161 (Roman numerals, MCLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * February 3 – Battle of Oslo (1161), Battle of Oslo: King Inge I of Nor ...
(
Ōbu is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 92,179 in 39,382 households, and a population density of 2,739 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Ōbu has been a member of the World Health Or ...
) * 11925 Usubae (Usubae, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in
Kōchi Kochi is a city in Kerala, India. Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to: People * Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan * , a Japanese surname: ** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Org ...
) * 12706 Tanezaki (Tanezaki, a beach in Urado Bay,
Kōchi Kochi is a city in Kerala, India. Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to: People * Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan * , a Japanese surname: ** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Org ...
) * 12749 Odokaigan (Odokaigan, a beach on the Otsuki Peninsula) * 16680 Minamitanemachi (Minamitanemachi,
Tanegashima Island is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 444.99 km2 in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands, and has a population of 33,000 people. Access to the island is by ferry, or by air to New ...
, Kagoshima) * 16713 Airashi (Airashi,
Kagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...
) * 19303 Chinacyo (Chinacyo, Okinoerabujima Island) * 19953 Takeo ( Takeo, Saga) *
17286 Bisei Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese m ...
(
Bisei, Okayama was a town located in Oda District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,421 and a density of 74.57 persons per km². The total area was 72.70 km². On March 1, 2005, Bisei, along with the town of Y ...
) *
20625 Noto 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
( Noto) * 33056 Ogunimachi ( Oguni, Niigata) * 33553 Nagai ( Nagai, Yamagata) *
35093 Akicity 35 or XXXV may refer to: * 35 (number), the natural number following 34 and preceding 36 * one of the years 35 BC, AD 35, 1935, 2035 * ''XXXV'' (album), a 2002 album by Fairport Convention * '' 35xxxv'', a 2015 album by One Ok Rock * "35" (s ...
(
Aki, Kōchi 270px, Aki City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Aki city center is a city located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 16,370 in 8076 households and a population density of 52 persons per km². The total area of th ...
) *
36472 Ebina While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, present understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of some far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include astrophysics, which studies ho ...
( Ebina, Kanagawa) * 36783 Kagamino ( Kagamino, Okayama) * 37720 Kawanishi (
Kawanishi, Yamagata file:Kawanishi DahliaGarden inside.jpg, 270px, Kawanishi Dahlia Park is a Towns of Japan, town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 14,967 in 5052 households, and a population density of 90 persons per k ...
) *
40994 Tekaridake 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
(
Mount Tekari is part of the Akaishi Mountains on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano prefectures in Japan. It is the southernmost mountain in the Akaishi Mountains and the southernmost mountain over in Japan. Outline The mountain's peak just exceeds the tr ...
(''Tekari-dake'')) * 46595 Kita-Kyushu (
Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...
, Fukuoka Prefecture) * 48736 Ehime ( Ehime) *
48807 Takahata __NOTOC__ Year 488 ( CDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ecclesius and Sividius (or, less frequently, year 1241 ...
( Takahata, Yamagata) * 52260 Ureshino ( Ureshino, Saga) * 53157 Akaishidake (
Mount Akaishi , is a peak in the Akaishi Mountains, on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano Prefectures in central Honshū, Japan. On June 1, 1964, the mountain was included within the Minami Alps National Park. Geography At , Mount Akaish is the 7th tall ...
(''Akaishi-dake'')) * 55873 Shiomidake ( Mount Shiomi (''Shiomi-dake'')) * 79152 Abukumagawa ( Abukuma River (''Abukuma-gawa'')) *
87271 Kokubunji 87 may refer to: * 87 (number) * one of the years 87 BC, AD 87, 1987, 2087 In contemporary history, the third millennium of the anno Domini or Common Era in the Gregorian calendar is the current millennium spanning the years 2001 to 3000 (21s ...
(
Kokubunji, Tokyo file:Kondoato.JPG, 250px, Ruins of Musashi Kokubun-ji temple is a Cities of Japan, city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 126,791, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km ...
) * 94356 Naruto ( Naruto Strait) *
96254 Hoyo 96 may refer to: * 96 (number) * one of the years 96 BC, AD 96, 1996, 2096, etc. Places * Ninety Six, South Carolina * Ninety-Six District, a former judicial district in the Carolinas, USA * Ninety Six National Historic Site, in Ninety Six, So ...
( Hōyo Strait) * 100266 Sadamisaki ( Sadamisaki Peninsula, Shikoku) *
118230 Sado 118 may refer to: *118 (number) *AD 118 *118 BC *118 (TV series) *118 (film) *118 (Tees) Corps Engineer Regiment *118 (Tees) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers See also *11/8 (disambiguation) *Oganesson Oganesson is a synthetic chemical element wi ...
( Sado, Niigata) * 136743 Echigo (
Echigo Province was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata ...
, an old province, now Niigata Prefecture minus the island of Sado) * 145062 Hashikami ( Hashikami, Aomori) *
181043 Anan Year 181 ( CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Burrus (or, less frequently, year 934 '' Ab urbe condi ...
( Anan, Tokushima) * 220736 Niihama ( Niihama, Ehime) *
262419 Suzaka 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
(
Suzaka, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 50,828 in 19,979 households, and a population density of 334 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Suzaka is located in northern Na ...
) * 333639 Yaima ( Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa)


Cambodia

* 16770 Angkor Wat (
Angkor Wat Angkor Wat (; km, អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring . Originally constructed as a Hinduism, Hindu temple dedicated ...
, Cambodia)


China


Country

*
1125 China 1125 China ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 30 October 1957, by astronomer Zhāng Yùzhé (Y. C. Chang，张钰哲) at the Chinese Purple Mountain Observa ...
(
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
) *
3789 Zhongguo 3789 Zhongguo, provisional designation ', is a resonant asteroid from outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered in 1928 by Chinese astronomer Zhang Yuzhe at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisco ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
)


Cities, mountains, and rivers

*
2045 Peking 45 may refer to: * 45 (number) * one of the years 45 BC, AD 45, 1945, 2045 Film * ''45'' (film), directed by Peter Coster (2009) * ''.45'' (film), directed by Gary Lennon (2006) Music * ''45'' (Jaguares album), 2008 * ''45'' (Kino album), 1982 * ...
( Beijing) *
2077 Kiangsu 77 may refer to: * 77 (number) * one of the years 77 BC, AD 77, 1977, 2077 Music * 77 (band), a Spanish hard rock band * ''77'' (Matt Kennon album) * '' Talking Heads: 77'', debut album by Talking Heads * ''77'' (Nude Beach album), an album by t ...
( Jiangsu) * 2078 Nanking ( Nanjing, Jiangsu) * 2085 Henan ( Henan) * 2162 Anhui ( Anhui) * 2184 Fujian ( Fujian) * 2185 Guangdong ( Guangdong) * 2197 Shanghai ( Shanghai) *
2209 Tianjin 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
( Tianjin) * 2215 Sichuan ( Sichuan) *
2230 Yunnan 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Yunnan) *
2255 Qinghai 55 may refer to: * 55 (number) * 55 BC * AD 55 * 1955 *2055 Science *Caesium, by the element's atomic number Astronomy *Messier object M55, a magnitude 7.0 globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius *The New General Catalogue object NGC ...
( Qinghai) * 2263 Shaanxi ( Shaanxi) *
2336 Xinjiang Year 336 (Roman numerals, CCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nepotianus and Facundus (or, less frequently, year ...
( Xinjiang) *
2344 Xizang Year 344 ( CCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leontius and Bonosus (or, less frequently, year 1097 '' Ab urbe cond ...
( Xizang) * 2355 Nei Monggol ( Inner Mongolia) *
2380 Heilongjiang 38 may refer to: *38 (number), the natural number following 37 and preceding 39 *one of the years 38 BC, AD 38, 1938, 2038 *.38, a caliber of firearms and cartridges **.38 Special, a revolver cartridge *'' Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transfo ...
( Heilongjiang) * 2387 Xi'an ( Xi'an, Shaanxi) * 2398 Jilin ( Jilin) *
2425 Shenzhen 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
( Shenzhen, Guangdong) *
2503 Liaoning 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...
(
Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
) * 2505 Hebei ( Hebei) * 2510 Shandong (
Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
) * 2514 Taiyuan (
Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...
,
Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
) * 2515 Gansu (
Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
) *
2539 Ningxia Year 539 ( DXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Strategius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1292 ''A ...
( Ningxia) * 2547 Hubei ( Hubei) * 2592 Hunan ( Hunan) * 2617 Jiangxi ( Jiangxi) *
2631 Zhejiang __NOTOC__ Year 631 ( DCXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 631 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
( Zhejiang) * 2632 Guizhou ( Guizhou) *
2655 Guangxi __NOTOC__ Year 655 ( DCLV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 655 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
(
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
) *
2693 Yan'an __NOTOC__ Year 693 ( DCXCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 693 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...
( Yan'an, Shaanxi) *
2719 Suzhou __NOTOC__ Year 719 ( DCCXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 719 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
(
Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
, Jiangsu) * 2729 Urumqi ( Urumqi, Xinjiang) * 2743 Chengdu (
Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
, Sichuan) * 2778 Tangshan ( Tangshan, Hebei) * 2789 Foshan (
Foshan Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...
, Guangdong) * 2851 Harbin (
Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...
, Heilongjiang) * 2903 Zhuhai ( Zhuhai, Guangdong) *
3011 Chongqing 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
(
Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
) *
3024 Hainan 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Hainan) *
3048 Guangzhou 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Guangzhou, Guangdong) *
3051 Nantong 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Nantong, Jiangsu) *
3088 Jinxiuzhonghua 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
(
Splendid China Splendid China Folk Village (Chinese: 锦绣中华 民俗 村, pinyin: Jǐnxiù Zhōnghuá Mínsú Cūn) is a theme park including two areas (Splendid China Miniature Park & China Folk Culture Village) located in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, ...
, themed park in Shenzhen) * 3136 Anshan ( Anshan,
Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
) * 3139 Shantou (
Shantou Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative ...
, Guangdong) * 3187 Dalian (
Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...
,
Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
) *
3206 Wuhan 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Wuhan, Hubei) *
3239 Meizhou 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Meizhou, Guangdong) * 3297 Hong Kong ( Hong Kong) * 3335 Quanzhou (
Quanzhou Quanzhou, postal map romanization, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metrop ...
, Fujian) *
3494 Purple Mountain 3494 Purple Mountain, provisional designation , is a bright Vestian asteroid and a formerly lost minor planet from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. First observed in 1962, it was officially discovered on 7 Decem ...
(
Purple Mountain Observatory The Purple Mountain Observatory (), also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Purple Mountain in the east of Nanjing. Description The Purple Mountain Observatory was established in 1934 fun ...
) * 3613 Kunlun (
Kunlun Mountains The Kunlun Mountains ( zh, s=昆仑山, t=崑崙山, p=Kūnlún Shān, ; ug, كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسى / قۇرۇم تاغ تىزمىسى ) constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the bro ...
) *
3650 Kunming 365 may refer to: * 365 (number), an integer * a common year, consisting of 365 calendar days * AD 365, a year of the Julian calendar * 365 BC, a year of the 4th century BC Media outlets * 365 (media corporation), Icelandic TV company * 365 Me ...
(
Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...
, Yunnan) * 3729 Yangzhou ( Yangzhou, Jiangsu) * 4273 Dunhuang (
Dunhuang Dunhuang () is a county-level city in Northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Dunhuang was a major ...
,
Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
) * 7859 Lhasa ( Lhasa, Tibet) * 8423 Macao ( Macau) *
12418 Tongling 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
( Tongling, Anhui) *
12757 Yangtze 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
( Yangtze River) * 15001 Fuzhou (
Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...
, Fujian) * 35366 Kaifeng ( Kaifeng, Henan) * 69869 Haining ( Haining, Zhejiang) * 72060 Hohhot (
Hohhot Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''The Ne ...
, Inner Mongolia) * 79418 Zhangjiajie ( Zhangjiajie, Hunan) * 79316 Huangshan ( Huangshan City, Anhui) *
110297 Yellowriver Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''El ...
( Yellow River) * 160105 Gobi (
Gobi Desert The Gobi Desert (Chinese: 戈壁 (沙漠), Mongolian: Говь (ᠭᠣᠪᠢ)) () is a large desert or brushland region in East Asia, and is the sixth largest desert in the world. Geography The Gobi measures from southwest to northeast an ...
a large desert region in Asia, share with Mongolia) * 175633 Yaoan ( Yaoan, Yunnan) * 178151 Kulangsu (
Gulangyu Island The Gulangyu, Gulang Island or Kulangsu is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is about in area, and is reached by an 8-minute ferry ride fro ...
(''Kulangsu''), Xiamen) * 185577 Hhaihao ( Haikou (Hhaihao City), Hainan) * 207717 Sa'a ( Sanya, Hainan) * 207931 Weihai ( Weihai,
Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
) * 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 85 may refer to: * 85 (number) * one of the years 85 BC, AD 85, 1885, 1985, 2085 See also * * M85 (disambiguation), including "Model 85" * 1985 (disambiguation) 1985 was a year. 1985 may also refer to: Literature * ''1985'' (Burgess novel ...
( Taj Mahal)


Indonesia

*
536 Merapi Merapi (minor planet designation: 536 Merapi) is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by American astronomer George Henry Peters on May 11, 1904, from Washington, D.C. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley O ...
( Mount Marapi, West Sumatra) * 732 Tjilaki ( Cilaki River, West Java) *
754 Malabar 754 Malabar is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1906 by German astronomer August Kopff from Heidelberg, and was named in honor of a Dutch-German solar eclipse expedition to Christmas Island in 1922. Malabar is the name of ...
(
Mount Malabar Mount Malabar is a stratovolcano, located immediately south of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The profile is broad with basaltic andesite, type of geological stone. See also * List of volcanoes in Indonesia * Malabar Radio Station Refere ...
, West Java) * 770 Bali (
Bali Island Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nus ...
) *
772 Tanete 772 Tanete is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. Since 2004 it has been observed in stellar occultation four times. Its size is best described by an ellipsoid measuring x . Analysis of a light curve captured during 2014 shows a synodic rotation ...
(Tanete,
Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
) * 46824 Tambora ( Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara) * 85047 Krakatau ( Krakatoa, a volcanic island situated in the
Sunda Strait The Sunda Strait ( id, Selat Sunda) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java island, Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean. Etymology The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the weste ...
, between Java and
Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
) * 118102 Rinjani ( Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara)


Korea

*
12252 Gwangju 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...
(
Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...
, 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 697 Galilea is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named in honor of Galileo Galilei, as it was discovered just after the 300th anniversary of his discovery of the Galilean moons. References External links * * Background asteroids ...
(
Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galil ...
) * 7079 Baghdad ( Baghdad, Iraq) * 7507 Israel ( Israel) * 13128 Aleppo (
Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...
,
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
) * 13131 Palmyra ( Palmyra, Syria) * 15417 Babylon (
Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
, capital of ancient Mesopotamia) * 15861 Ispahan (
Ispahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
, Iran) * 22260 Ur ( Ur, city-state of ancient Mesopotamia) *
22292 Mosul 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
( Mosul, Iraq) *
30936 Basra 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
( Basra, Iraq) *
56000 Mesopotamia 56 may refer to: * 56 (number) * one of the years 56 BC, AD 56, 1856, 1956, 2056 * 56.com, a Chinese online video platform * Fiftysix, Arkansas, unincorporated community in United States * Fifty-Six, Arkansas Fifty-Six is a city in Stone Count ...
( 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

* 7816 Hanoi ( Hanoi)


Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)

*
780 Armenia 780 Armenia is a minor planet in the asteroid belt orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Kingdom of Armenia, now Armenia. This object is orbiting at a distance of with an eccentricity of 0.097 and a period of . The orbital plane is inclined at ...
( Armenia) *
1094 Siberia 1094 Siberia ( ''prov. designation'': ) is an Eunomian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 12 February 1926, by Soviet astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The X ...
( Siberia, Russia) *
2593 Buryatia __NOTOC__ Year 593 ( DXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 593 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...
(
Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
, Russia) * 2657 Bashkiria ( Bashkortostan (Bashkiria), Russia) * 2671 Abkhazia (
Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
, now in Georgia) *
2120 Tyumenia 2120 Tyumenia ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a dark background asteroid, approximately in diameter, located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 9 September 1967, by Soviet astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astr ...
( Tyumen Oblast, Russia) * 2140 Kemerovo (
Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...
, Russian SFSR, now Russia) *
2297 Daghestan 97 may refer to: * 97 (number) Years * 97 BC * AD 97 * 1997 * 2097 Other uses * Scientific opinion on climate change, 97%, the figure from a seminal study of scientific consensus on climate change (i.e. 97% of surveyed articles on climate change ...
( Daghestan, Russia) * 2566 Kirghizia ( Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan) * 2584 Turkmenia ( Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan) *
2698 Azerbajdzhan __NOTOC__ Year 698 ( DCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 698 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...
( Azerbaijan) * 2700 Baikonur (
Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...
, Kazakhstan) * 2776 Baikal (
Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
, Russia) * 5471 Tunguska ( Tunguska, Russia) *
21054 Ojmjakon 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
( Oymyakon (Ojmjakon), Siberia, the coldest city in the earth) * 65541 Kasbek ( Mount Kazbek, Georgia) *
210271 Samarkand 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
(
Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
, the ancient city in Uzbekistan) *
212998 Tolbachik 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
(
Tolbachik Tolbachik (russian: Толбачик) is a complex volcano, volcanic complex on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It consists of two volcanoes, Plosky (''flat'') Tolbachik (3,085 m) and Ostry (''sharp'') Tolbachik (3,682 m), whic ...
, a volcano complex in Kamchatka Peninsula)


Sri Lanka

*
311231 Anuradhapura 311 may refer to: * 311 (number), a natural number * AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD * 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar * 311 (band), an American band ** ''311'' (album), band 311's self-titled album ...
( Anuradhapura)


Europe

*
136 Austria Austria ( minor planet designation: 136 Austria) is a main-belt asteroid that was found by the prolific asteroid discoverer Johann Palisa on 18 March 1874, from the Austrian Naval Observatory in Pola, Istria. It was his first asteroid discove ...
( Austria) *
257 Silesia Silesia (minor planet designation: 257 Silesia) is a large Asteroid belt, Main belt asteroid, about 73 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 5 April 1886 at Vienna Observatory, Austria. It is named after Silesia, the ...
( Silesia) *
1381 Danubia Year 1381 ( MCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 14 – Chioggia concludes an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Ven ...
( River Danube) * 1391 Carelia (
Karelia Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
) * 2206 Gabrova ( Gabrovo, Bulgaria) * 2236 Austrasia (
Austrasia Austrasia was a territory which formed the north-eastern section of the Merovingian Kingdom of the Franks during the 6th to 8th centuries. It was centred on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers, and was the original territory of the F ...
, historic region from western Germany to eastern France) * 7671 Albis ( Latin name for the Elbe) * 8020 Erzgebirge (
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
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 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
(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 Gramastetten is a municipality in the Austrian state of Upper Austria in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the upper Mühlviertel. Population Tourism Health resort Gramastetten Near the state capital Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is ...
, a municipality in Upper Austria) *
178243 Schaerding Year 178 ( CLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 931 ''Ab urbe cond ...
( Schärding, Upper Austria) * 181824 Königsleiten (Königsleiten, a village in
Wald im Pinzgau Wald im Pinzgau is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Municipal divisions The villages in the municipality, apart from Wald, are (further up the valley) Hinterwaldberg, Königslei ...
municipality, Salzburg) * 185633 Rainbach (
Rainbach im Innkreis Rainbach im Innkreis is a municipality in the district of Schärding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Rainbach lies in the Innviertel The Innviertel (literally German for "Inn Quarter"; officially called the ''Innkreis''; ) is ...
, a municipality in Upper Austria)


Baltic States The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, ...
( Estonia,
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
,
Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
)

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1284 Latvia 1284 Latvia, provisional designation , is a rare-type asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 July 1933, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observator ...
(
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
) *
1541 Estonia 1541 Estonia, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 February 1939, by astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory n ...
( Estonia) *
1796 Riga 1796 Riga, provisional designation , is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 70 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 May 1966, by Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Ob ...
(
Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, Latvia) *
2577 Litva 2577 Litva, provisional designation , is a Hungarian-type Mars-crosser and rare trinary asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 March 1975, by Soviet–Ukrainian astro ...
(
Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
) * 3072 Vilnius ( Vilnius, Lithuania) * 4163 Saaremaa ( Saaremaa, Estonia) *
4227 Kaali 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
( Kaali crater, Estonia) * 13995 Tõravere (
Tõravere Tõravere is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Nõo Parish, Tartu County, in southern Estonia. It's located about 5 km northeast of the town of Elva and about 20 km southwest of the city of Tartu. Tõravere has a population of 289 (as o ...
, Estonia) * 23617 Duna (
Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, Latvia) * 24709 Mitau ( Jelgava, Latvia) * 24794 Kurland (
Courland Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...
, Latvia) * 31267 Kuldiga ( Kuldīga, Latvia) * 35618 Tartu (
Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
, Estonia) * 37623 Valmiera ( Valmiera, Latvia) *
73059 Kaunas 73 may refer to: * 73 (number) * one of the years 73 BC, AD 73, 1973, 2073 * ''73'' (magazine), a United States-based amateur radio magazine * 73 Best regards, a popular Morse code abbreviation * ''No. 73'', a British 1980s children's TV show *Ni ...
(
Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
, Lithuania) * 124192 Moletai (
Molėtai Molėtai () ( pl, Malaty) is a town in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes. One of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, it is a popular resort for the inhabitants of Vilnius. According to the 2013 census, it had 6,302 inhabitants. The to ...
, Lithuania) * 140628 Klaipeda ( Klaipėda, Lithuania) * 151430 Nemunas (
Nemunas River The Neman, Nioman, Nemunas or MemelTo bankside nations of the present: Lithuanian: be, Нёман, , ; russian: Неман, ''Neman''; past: ger, Memel (where touching Prussia only, otherwise Nieman); lv, Nemuna; et, Neemen; pl, Niemen; ...
, the largest river in Lithuania) * 157534 Siauliai ( Šiauliai, Lithuania) * 166229 Palanga ( Palanga, Lithuania) * 185150 Panevezys ( Panevėžys, Lithuania) * 202704 Utena ( Utena, Lithuania) * 233661 Alytus (
Alytus Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2022 was 53,925. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The maj ...
, Lithuania) * 274084 Baldone ( Baldone, Latvia) * 289020 Ukmerge ( Ukmerge, Lithuania) * 294664 Trakai ( Trakai, Lithuania)


Benelux ( Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

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1052 Belgica 1052 Belgica, provisional designation , is a binary Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 November 1925, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at Uccle Obse ...
( Belgium) * 1132 Hollandia ( Holland) *
1133 Lugduna 1133 Lugduna, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 September 1929, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden ...
( Leiden, Netherlands) *
1276 Ucclia 1276 Ucclia ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a carbonaceous Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 24 January 1933 by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory ...
( Uccle, Belgium) * 1294 Antwerpia (
Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, Belgium) *
1336 Zeelandia 1336 Zeelandia, provisional designation , is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1934, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Union ...
( Zeeland, Netherlands) * 2689 Bruxelles ( Brussels, Belgium) * 2713 Luxembourg ( Luxembourg) * 3374 Namur (
Namur Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namu ...
, Belgium) * 9471 Ostend ( Ostend, Belgium) * 9472 Bruges ( Bruges, Belgium) * 9473 Ghent ( Ghent, Belgium) * 11945 Amsterdam ( Amsterdam, Netherlands) * 12652 Groningen (
Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
, Netherlands) * 17437 Stekene (
Stekene Stekene () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Since 1976, the municipality has comprised the towns of Kemzeke, Klein-Sinaai and Stekene proper. It also includes the village Koewacht. In 2021, Stekene had a total p ...
, Belgium) * 20243 Den Bosch ( Den Bosch, Netherlands) * 27718 Gouda (
Gouda Gouda may refer to: * Gouda, South Holland, a city in the Netherlands ** Gouda (pottery), style of pottery manufactured in Gouda ** Gouda cheese, type of cheese originally made in and around Gouda ** Gouda railway station * Gouda, Western Cape, a s ...
, Netherlands) * 30835 Waterloo ( Waterloo, Belgium) * 346886 Middelburg ( Middelburg, Netherlands)


Bulgaria

* 2575 Bulgaria ( Bulgaria) *
2530 Shipka 53 may refer to: * 53 (number) * one of the years 53 BC, AD 53, 1953, 2053 * FiftyThree, an American privately held technology company that specializes in tools for mobile creation and visual thinking * 53rd Regiment Alabama Cavalry * 53rd Regiment ...
( Shipka Mount and Shipka Pass) * 3860 Plovdiv (
Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
) *
6267 Rozhen 6267 Rozhen, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. In 1987, the asteroid was discovered by Eric Elst at Rozhen Observatory, Bulgaria, and was late ...
( – a locality in the
Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; bg, Родопи, ; el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodopi''; tr, Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in ...
, where the
Rozhen Observatory Rozhen Observatory ( bg, Национална астрономическа обсерватория - Рожен, ''НАО-Рожен''; en, National Astronomical Observatory - Rozhen, ''NAO-Rozhen''), also known as the Bulgarian National Astron ...
is located) *
11852 Shoumen Year 1185 ( MCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * August – King William II (the Good) lands in Epirus with a Siculo-Norm ...
( Shumen (Shoumen) University) * 12246 Pliska ( Pliska) * 510466 Varna (
Varna Varna may refer to: Places Europe *Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria **Varna Province **Varna Municipality ** Gulf of Varna **Lake Varna **Varna Necropolis *Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy *Varniai, a city in Lithuania * Varna (Šaba ...
)


Czech Republic

* 371 Bohemia (
Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
) * 1901 Moravia ( Moravia) * 1942 Jablunka ( Jablunka) * 2080 Jihlava ( Jihlava) * 2081 Sázava ( Sázava River) *
2123 Vltava 2123 Vltava, provisional designation , is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the ...
( Vltava River) * 2199 Kleť (
Kleť Kleť (german: Schöninger) is a mountain in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It rises above sea level. Location Kleť is the second highest mountain in the Bohemian Forest Foothills and the highest mountain of the Blanský les ...
, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery) *
2321 Lužnice 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many socie ...
( Lužnice River) * 2337 Boubín ( Boubín, a hill) *
2367 Praha __NOTOC__ Year 367 ( CCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lupicinus and Iovanus (or, less frequently, year 1120 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominati ...
( Prague) * 2390 Nežárka (
Nežárka Nežárka () (german: Naser) is a river in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. It flows into the Lužnice in Veselí nad Lužnicí. It is 56.0 km (35 miles) long, and its basin area is 1,001 km2. The river flows through Jindřichův Hradec a ...
River) * 2403 Šumava (
Šumava The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava () and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria i ...
) * 2524 Budovicium ( Latin name for České Budějovice) *
2599 Veselí __NOTOC__ Year 599 ( DXCIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 599 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...
( Veselí) * 2613 Plzeň (
Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
) * 2672 Písek ( Písek) * 2747 Český Krumlov ( Český Krumlov) *
2811 Střemchoví __NOTOC__ Year 811 ( DCCCXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Nikephoros I organises a new c ...
(
Střemchoví Střemchoví is a village and administrative part of Dolní Loučky in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. 2811 Střemchoví, an asteroid, was named after this village. Notable people *Antonín Mrkos A ...
, birthplace of discoverer) *
2889 Brno __NOTOC__ Year 889 ( DCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the Tre ...
(
Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
) * 3137 Horky ( Horký, a hill) * 3735 Třeboň ( Třeboň) * 4054 Turnov ( Turnov) * 4249 Křemže (
Křemže Křemže (german: Krems) is a market town in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Bohouškovice, Chlum, Chlumeček, Chmelná, Lhotka, Loučej, ...
) *
4277 Holubov 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
(
Holubov Holubov (german: Holubau) is a municipality and village in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts The villages of Krasetín and Třísov are administrative ...
) *
4405 Otava 44 may refer to: * 44 (number) * one of the years 44 BC, AD 44, 1944, 2044 Military *44M Tas, a Hungarian medium/heavy tank design of World War II *44M Tas Rohamlöveg, a Hungarian tank destroyer design of World War II, derived from the 44M Tas t ...
(
Otava River The Otava (German Wottawa) is a river in West and South Bohemia, Czech Republic. It is a left tributary of the Vltava river. It is long, and its basin area is about , of which in the Czech Republic. The river flows through several towns, includ ...
) * 4408 Zlatá Koruna ( Zlatá Koruna) * 4610 Kájov (
Kájov Kájov (german: Gojau) is a municipality and village in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Kájov lies approximately west of Český Krumlov, south-west of České Budějo ...
) * 4698 Jizera (
Jizera River The Jizera ( pl, Izera; german: Iser) is a river that begins on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic (in the Liberec Region in northern Bohemia) and ends in Central Bohemian Region. It is 167.0 km long, and its basin area is about ...
) *
4702 Berounka 47, 47 or forty-seven may refer to: *47 (number) *47 BC *AD 47 *1947 *2047 *'47 (brand), an American clothing brand * ''47'' (magazine), an American publication * 47 (song), a song by Sidhu Moose Wala *47, a song by New Found Glory from the album ...
( Berounka River) * 4801 Ohře ( Ohře River) * 4823 Libenice (
Libenice Libenice (german: Libenitz) is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Ljuben, who was probably a local ...
) * 4824 Stradonice ( Stradonice) * 5894 Telč ( Telč) * 6060 Doudleby (
Doudleby Doudleby (german: Teindles) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Straňany is an administrative part o ...
) * 6064 Holašovice (
Holašovice Holašovice (, german: Hollschowitz or ''Holschowitz'') is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic, 16 kilometres west of České Budějovice. Village belongs to the municipality Jankov. To the south lies the protecte ...
) * 6802 Černovice ( Černovice) * 7118 Kuklov (
Kuklov Kuklov ( hu, Kukló) is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1394. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 162 metres ...
) *
7204 Ondřejov 7204 Ondřejov, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 April 1995, by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at Ondřejov Observatory near Pr ...
( Ondřejov) *
7440 Závist 7440 Závist, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 March 1995, by Czech astronomer Miloš Tichý at Kleť Observatory in South ...
( 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 nad Vltavou, Orlík a castle and a dam) *11656 Lipno (Lipno Dam) *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 (Táborsko, Czech district) *18497 Nevězice (Nevězice) *18531 Strakonice (Strakonice) *20254 Úpice (Úpice) *20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill
Kleť Kleť (german: Schöninger) is a mountain in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It rises above sea level. Location Kleť is the second highest mountain in the Bohemian Forest Foothills and the highest mountain of the Blanský les ...
) *21257 Jižní Čechy (''Jižní Čechy'', English: South Bohemia, a Czech Republic region) *21290 Vydra (Vydra (river), Vydra River) *21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec) *22450 Nové Hrady (Nové Hrady (České Budějovice District), 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 Region, Pardubice) *61208 Stonařov (Stonařov) *68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill
Kleť Kleť (german: Schöninger) is a mountain in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It rises above sea level. Location Kleť is the second highest mountain in the Bohemian Forest Foothills and the highest mountain of the Blanský les ...
) *121089 Vyšší Brod (Vyšší Brod) *159743 Kluk (Kluk, a Czech hill near
Kleť Kleť (german: Schöninger) is a mountain in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It rises above sea level. Location Kleť is the second highest mountain in the Bohemian Forest Foothills and the highest mountain of the Blanský les ...
mountain) *159799 Kralice (Kralice nad Oslavou, a municipality in Třebíč District) *167208 Lelekovice (Lelekovice, a village in Brno-Country District) *175017 Záboří (Záboří (České Budějovice District), 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 (Denmark, 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 (Finland), Aura river) *1494 Savo (Savonia (historical province), 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, Finland, Rauma) *1883 Rimito (Rimito) *1928 Summa (Summa) *1929 Kollaa (Battle of Kollaa, Kollaa) *2291 Kevo (Kevo Strict Nature Reserve, Kevo) *2292 Seili (Själö, Seili) *2299 Hanko (Hanko, Finland, Hanko) *2397 Lappajärvi (Lappajärvi) *2479 Sodankylä (Sodankylä) *2501 Lohja (Lohja) *2512 Tavastia (Tavastia (historical province), 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) *4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg) *6177 Fécamp (Fécamp, a commune in Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region) *6268 Versailles (Versailles (city), 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-Provence, Alpes-de-Haute) *224592 Carnac (Carnac, Morbihan) *229631 Cluny (Cluny, Saône-et-Loire) *291847 Ladoix (Ladoix-Serrigny, 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, Côte-d'Or, Volnay, a commune in Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region)


Germany


Country

*241 Germania ( Germany)


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, Germany, 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 (Taunus), 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 bei München, 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, Halle, Petersberg, a hill near Halle (Saale), Halle) *293809 Zugspitze (Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany) *365131 Hassberge (Haßberge Hills, a hill range in Bavaria)


Greece

*582 Olympia (Olympia, Greece, Olympia) *1119 Euboea (Euboea) *1138 Attica (Attica) *1142 Aetolia (Aetolia) *1150 Achaia (Achaea) *1151 Ithaka (Ithaca (island), Ithaca) *1161 Thessalia (Thessaly) *4356 Marathon (Marathon, Greece, Marathon) *4357 Korinthos (Corinth, Greece, Corinth) *49036 Pelion (Mount Pelion, Thessaly) *73769 Delphi (Delphi, archaeological site and modern town) *110293 Oia (Oia, Greece, 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, Italy, 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

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257 Silesia Silesia (minor planet designation: 257 Silesia) is a large Asteroid belt, Main belt asteroid, about 73 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 5 April 1886 at Vienna Observatory, Austria. It is named after Silesia, the ...
( Silesia) *38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)


Portugal

*3933 Portugal (Portugal) *13599 Lisbon (Lisbon)


Russia and the former Soviet Union (Europe)


Country

*232 Russia ( Russia) *
1284 Latvia 1284 Latvia, provisional designation , is a rare-type asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 July 1933, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observator ...
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Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
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1541 Estonia 1541 Estonia, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 February 1939, by astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory n ...
( Estonia) *2170 Byelorussia (Belarus) *
2577 Litva 2577 Litva, provisional designation , is a Hungarian-type Mars-crosser and rare trinary asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 March 1975, by Soviet–Ukrainian astro ...
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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
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Cities, rivers and others

*787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia) *951 Gaspra (Gaspra, Crimea) *1140 Crimea (Crimea) *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) *2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Crimea) *2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Crimea) *2171 Kiev (Kyiv, Ukraine) *2250 Stalingrad (Stalingrad, now Volgograd) *2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia) *2419 Moldavia (Moldavia) *2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine) *2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia) *2922 Dikanʹka (Dykanka, Ukraine) *2983 Poltava (Poltava, Ukraine) *3006 Livadia (Livadiya, Crimea, Livadia, Crimea) *3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus) * 3072 Vilnius ( Vilnius,
Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
) *3242 Bakhchisaraj (Bakhchisaraj, Crimea) *3298 Massandra (Massandra, Crimea) *3373 Koktebelia (Koktebel, Crimea) *3799 Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) * 4163 Saaremaa ( Saaremaa, Estonia) *
4227 Kaali 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
( Kaali crater, Estonia) *8141 Nikolaev (Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Ukraine) *10711 Pskov (Pskov, Russia) *37645 Chebarkul (Chebarkul, Russia) *
73059 Kaunas 73 may refer to: * 73 (number) * one of the years 73 BC, AD 73, 1973, 2073 * ''73'' (magazine), a United States-based amateur radio magazine * 73 Best regards, a popular Morse code abbreviation * ''No. 73'', a British 1980s children's TV show *Ni ...
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Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. 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 (the old name of Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine) *185250 Korostyshiv (Korostyshiv, Ukraine) *190026 Iskorosten (Korosten (''Iskorosten''), Ukraine) *207585 Lubar (Lubar, Ukraine) *214487 Baranivka (Baranivka (city), 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, Neris River, Belarus) *296577 Arkhangelsk (Arkhangelsk, Russia)


Scandinavia

*378 Holmia (''Holmia'', the Latin name for Stockholm, Sweden) *2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden) *2676 Aarhus (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, Slovakia, Senec) *20495 Rimavská Sobota (Rimavská Sobota) *22185 Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica) *24260 Kriváň (Kriváň (peak), 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 (Almeria) *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 (Teide, 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 (Tarragona), Siurana, a village in Catalonia) *216295 Menorca (Menorca, an island in Mediterranean Sea) *228180 Puertollano (Puertollano) *266465 Andalucia (Andalusia (Andalucia)) *284029 Esplugafrancoli (L'Espluga de Francolí, a village in Catalonia) *309706 Avila (Ávila, Spain, Ávila) *321024 Gijon (Gijon) *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)


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 (Canton of Glarus, Glarus) *1768 Appenzella (Appenzell) *30798 Graubünden (Graubünden) *42113 Jura (Canton of Jura, Jura) *47164 Ticino (Ticino)


Municipalities

*129342 Ependes (Épendes, Fribourg, Épendes, Sarine District, Sarine, Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg) *144096 Wiesendangen (Wiesendangen, Winterthur, Zürich) *183114 Vicques (Vicques, Switzerland, Vicques, Delémont, Canton of Jura, Jura) *184508 Courroux (Courroux, Delémont, Canton of Jura, Jura) *218752 Tentlingen (Tentlingen, Sense District, Sense, Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg) *233943 Falera (Falera, Surselva Region, 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 (mountain), 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

*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, Banff, Alberta) *176711 Canmore (Canmore, Alberta, 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 (U.S. state), 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, Virginia, Potomac) *2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona) *2224 Tucson (Tucson, AZ) *2284 San Juan (San Juan, Puerto Rico) *3031 Houston (Houston, Texas){{Failed verification, date=October 2022 *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 (city), New York, 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) 1987 OR, 6035 Citlaltépetl (Citlaltépetl, a dormant volcano and the highest mountain (5636 m) in Mexico) *10799 Yucatán (Yucatán (state), 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 (Haleakala, 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 (Arctic, 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 (Cusco, Cuzco, Peru) *10468 Itacuruba (Itacuruba, Brazil) *10867 Lima (Lima, Peru) *11083 Caracas (Caracas, Venezuela) *11095 Havana (Havana, Cuba) *11193 Mérida (Mérida, 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 (Irazú Volcano, Irazu, a volcano in Costa Rica) *128166 Carora (Carora, Venezuela) *129555 Armazones (Cerro Armazones, Chile) *366272 Medellin (Medellin, Colombia)


Fictional places

*279 Thule (Thule) *1198 Atlantis (Atlantis) *1282 Utopia (Utopia (book), 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). Lists of meanings of minor planet names, Lists of minor planets by name, Places