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1. Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
Search the Gazetteer of Australia which is a compilation of over 240 000 geographic names of Australia provided by members of the Committee for Geographic Names in Australia.
http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
2. Australian National Placenames Survey
Project to record a national register of geographical names including pronunciation, status, origin and meaning.
http://www.anps.mq.edu.au/
3. Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA)
Representation on CGNA comes from the Australian State / Territory Geographical Names Boards, New Zealand and other individuals with an interest on nomenclature.
http://www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/cgna/
4. Country names by ISO 2-letter codes.
These codes are the ones used in Internet domain names.
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/7635...
5. Land Information New Zealand
Place name database, street index, rules of naming, decisions and proposals.
http://www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root...
6. The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
Advises the British government on the proper writing of geographical names for places and features outside the United Kingdom. Includes information on English conventional names and Romanisation tables.
http://www.pcgn.org.uk/
7. Topnymic Elements: Ecuadorian Highlands
Maps of toponymic element distribution in the Ecuadorian highlands plus some preliminary comments.
http://www.saraguro.org/toponyms.htm
8. USMARC Code List for Countries.
Country Names and different codings and listings for them.
http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/coun0112.h...
9. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)
Background, working groups, summary of sessions and reports.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn.htm


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