Introduction v
How to use this Atlas viii-ix
Viewing the Earth from space x-xiii

THE WORLD

The solar system xiv-xv
The physical world xvi-xvii
Structure of the Earth xviii-xix
Shaping the landscape xx-xxi
The world's oceans xxii-xxiii
The global climate xxiv-xxv
Life on Earth xxvi-xxvii
Population and settlement xxviii-xxix
The economic system xxx-xxxi
U The political world xxxii-xxxiii
States and boundaries xxxiv-xxxv
International disputes xxxvi

Atlas of the world
(Satellite Imagemap page numbers are in italics)

North America

NORTH AMERICA 2-3
PHYSICAL NORTH AMERICA 4-5
POLITICAL NORTH AMERICA 6-7
NORTH AMERICAN RESOURCES 8-9
Canada: Western Provinces 10-11, 12-13
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Canada: Eastern Provinces 14-15,16-17
New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, St Pierre & Miquelon
Southeastern Canada 18-19,20-27
Southern Ontario, Southern Quebec
Canada 22-23, (gatefold) 24-26
The USA (gatefold) 27-29, 30-37
USA: Northeastern States 32-33, 34-35
Connecticut, Maine, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, Vermont
USA: Mid-Eastern States 36-37, 38-39
Delaware. District of Columbia. Kentucky, Maryland. North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee. Virginia. West Virginia
USA: Southern States 40-41, 42-43
Alabama. Florida. Georgia. Louisiana. Mississippi USA: Texas 44-45, 46-47
USA: South Midwestern States 48-49, 50-57
Arfcaraas Kansas Missouri. Oklahoma
USA: North Midwestern States 52-53, 54-55 Iowa. Minnesota. Nebraska. North Dakota. South Dakota
USA: Great Lakes States 56-57, 58-59
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
USA: North Mountain States 60-61, 62-63
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
USA: California & Nevada 64-65,66-67
USA: South Mountain States 68-69,70-77
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
USA: Hawai'i & Alaska 72-73,74-75
Mexico 76-77, 78-79
Central America 80-81, 82-83
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean 84-85, 86-87
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (US)

South America

SOUTH AMERICA 88-89
PHYSICAL SOUTH AMERICA 90-91
POLITICAL SOUTH AMERICA 92-93
SOUTH AMERICAN RESOURCES 94-95
Northern South America 96-97,98-99
Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela
Western South America,100-101,102-103
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Brazil,104-105, 106-107
Eastern South America 108-109,110-111
Southeast Brazil, Northeast Argentina, Uruguay
Southern South America 112-113,114-115
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay
The Atlantic Ocean 116-117,118-119

Africa

PHYSICAL AFRICA 122-123
AFRICA:120-121
PHYSICAL AFRICA 122-123
POLITICAL AFRICA 124-125
AFRICAN RESOURCES 126-127
North Africa 128-129,130-131
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara
West Africa 132-133,134-135
Benin, Burkina, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Central Africa 136-137,138-139
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe
East Africa 140-141,742-743
Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Southern Africa 144-145,146-147
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Europe

EUROPE 148-149
PHYSICAL EUROPE 150-151
POLITICAL EUROPE152-153
EUROPEAN RESOURCES 154-155
Scandinavia, Finland
& Iceland 156-157, 158-159
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden
Southern Scandinavia 160-161, 162-163
Denmark, Faeroe Islands,
Southern Norway, Southern Sweden
The British Isles 164-165,166-167
Channel Islands, Ireland, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
The Low Countries,168-169,170-171
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Germany 172-173,174-175
France 176-177,178-179
France, Monaco
The Iberian Peninsula180-181,182-183
Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain
The Italian Peninsula184-185,186-187
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
The Alpine States 188-189,190-191
Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
Central Europe 192-193,194-195
Czech Republic. Hungary. Poland. Slovakia
Southeast Europe 196-197, 198-199
Albania. Bosnia & Herzegovina. Croatia. Macedonia. Montenegro. Serbia
Bulgaria & Greece 200-201. 202-203
(including European Turkey)
Romania, Moldova
& Ukraine 204-205, 206-207
The Baltic States
& Belarus 208-209, 270-277
Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad
The Mediterranean 212-213, (gatefold) 214-216
The Russian Federation (gatefold) 217-219,220-227
Northern European Russia 222-223,224-225
Southern European Russia 226-227,228-229

Asia

ASIA 230-231
ASIAN RESOURCES 232-233
POLITICAL ASIA 234, 239
PHYSICAL ASIA (gatefold) 235-238
Turkey & the Caucasus 240-241, 242-243
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey
The Near East 244-245, 246-247
Iraq, Israeljordan, Lebanon, Syria
The Arabian Peninsula 248-249, 250-257
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Iran & the Gulf States 252-253, 254-255
Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Kazakhstan 256-257, 258-259
Central Asia 260-261, 262-263
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Afghanistan & Pakistan 264-265, 266-267
South Asia 268-269, 270-277
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal. Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Northern India & the Himalayan States 272-273, 274-275
Bangladesh. Bhutan. Nepal, Northern India, Southern India
& Sri Lanka 276-277, 278-279
Mainland East Asia 280-281. 282-283
China, Mongolia. North Korea. South Korea. Taiwan
Western China 284-285. 286-287
Eastern China 288-289.290-291
Eastem China. Taiwan
Northeastern China,
Mongolia & Korea 292-293,294-295
Mongolia, Northeastern China, North Korea, South Korea
Japan 296-297, (gatefold) 300-302
Maritime Southeast
Asia 298-299, (gatefold) 303-306
Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Mainland Southeast Asia &
the Philippines (gatefold) 307-309,310-311
Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Spratly Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
The Indian Ocean 312-313,314-315

Australasia & Oceania

AUSTRALASIA
& OCEANlA 316-317, 378-379
POLITICAL AUSTRALASIA
& OCEANlA 320-321
AUSTRALASIAN &
OCEANIAN RESOURCES 322-323
Australia 324-325, 326-327
Southeast Australia 328-329,330-337
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
New Zealand 332-333,334-335
Papua New Guinea &
the Solomon lslands 336-337,338-339
Polynesia 340-341
Cook Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Wallis& Futuna
Micronesia 342, 347
Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Wake Island
Melanesia 343
Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
The Pacific Ocean (gatefold) 344-346, 348-349
Antarctica 350-351,352-353
The Arctic 354-355, 356-357

INDEX-GAZETTEER

Countries of the world
including The time zones 358-365
Geographical glossary 366-367
Geographical comparisons 368-369
Geographical names 370
Index 371-491
Acknowledgements 492