Earth Science: More Geography Resources

Descriptions & facts about countries of the world

The geographical collection of America's national digital library, with over 16,000 items.

The Board is intended to foster uniform use of geographic names in the federal government. Click Domestic Names for access to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which gives information on United States geographic names of all kinds. Results give coordinates, elevation, and other info, along with links to topographic map servers. The Foreign Names button leads the user to the GEOnet Names Server for geographic names outside the United States.

A Harvard University site with geospatial data, images from the University's large map collection, and more.

Distance engine. Enter the names of two places, and the computer will respond with the distance between them in kilometers or miles.

Provides scholarly and news information on ethnic conflicts in Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Northern Ireland, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia-Montenegro, Russia, Chechnya, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sindh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, East Timor, Myanmar (Burma), Colombia. (Others may be added.) Each country's guide includes an annotated list leading to virtual libraries, topical Web sites and reports, news sources, maps, and relevant research articles.

"Latlong.net is an online geographic tool that can be used to lookup latitude and longitude of a place, and get its coordinates on map"

Authoritative books by multidisciplinary teams of social scientists published by the Library of Congress Federal Research Division.

Search National Geographic's rich site.

U.S. Geological Survey source for maps of all kinds, including topographic

Information about OAS as well as its member states. Topics include: development; democracy; human rights; trade; environment; education; drugs; corruption; poverty; land mines. Accessible in both English and Spanish (con conexión a la página principal de la Organización de los Estados Americanos en Español. Temas incluyen desarrollo integral; democracía; derechos humanos; comercio; medio ambiente; educacíon; drogas; corrupción; pobreza; desminado).

Contains search engine for UN press releases, General Assembly documents, Security Council Resolutions, etc. Database subjects include treaties, relief, land mines, statistics & indicators, etc. To find agencies of the UN, most with their own search engines, click on "About Us, UN System." Con conexión a la página principal de las Naciones Unidas en Español.

Information on every state, including state symbols, flags, and songs.