Glossaire géographique Français-Anglais et stations caractéristiques

Glossaire géographique

* de "Atlas of the World", National Geographic Society, Washington DC, Publ. (1983)

Açores = Azores Is.

Afrique du Sud = South Africa

Aléoutiennes Is. = Aleutian Islands

Algérie = Algeria

Antarctique (Antarct.) = Antarctic

Argentine = Argentina

Arctique (Arct.) = Arctic Ocean

Atlantique (Atlant.) = Atlantic Ocean

Australie = Australia

Baffin Is. = Baffin Island

Baie d'Amboine = Ambon Bay (Ceram Island)

Baie de Baffin = Baffin Bay

Baie de Fundy = Fundy Bay

Baie d'Hudson = Hudson Bay

Baléares Is. = Baleares, Balearic Islands

Basse Californie = Baja California

Bermudes = Bermuda Islands

Bosphore = Bosphorus

Brésil = Brazil

Californie = California

Canal de Mozambique = Mozambique Channel

Ceylan = Ceylon = Sri Lanka

Chili = Chile

Dardanelles = Hellespont

Delta du Po = Delta of Po

Détroit (Dtr.) de Barrow = Barrow Strait

Détroit (Detr.) de Davis = Davis Strait

Détroit de Géorgie = Strait of Georgia

Détroit de la Sonde = Selat Sunda

Détroit de Magellan = Strait of Magellan

Détroit (s) de Malacca = Strait (s) of Malacca

Détroit de Messine = Stretto di Messina

Détroit Juan de Fuca = Strait of Juan de Fuca

Djakarta = Jakarta

Ecosse = Scotland

Egypte = Egypt

Equateur = Ecuador

Espagne = Spain

Féroé Is. = Faroe Islands

Falkland Is. = Falkland Islands

Floride = Florida

Formose = Taiwan

Géorgie du Sud = South Georgia

Golfe (G.) d'Alaska = Gulf of Alaska

Golfe du Bengale = bay of Bengal

Golfe de Botnie = Gulf of Bothnia

Golfe de Californie = Gulf of California

Golfe de Carpentarie = Gulf of Carpentaria

Golfe de Gascogne = Bay of Biscay

Golfe de Guinée = Gulf of Guinea

Golfe du Mexique = Gulf of Mexico

Golfe Persique = Persian Gulf = Arabian Gulf = G. Arabe

Golfe du Saint (St.) Laurent = Gulf of ST.Lawrence

Golfe de Siam = Gulf of Thailand

Grande Barrière = Great Barrier Reef

Grande Bretagne = Great Britain

Grèce = Greece

Groenland = Greenland

Guyane = Guyana

Hébrides Is. = outer Hebrides

Iles Hawaii = Hawaiian Islands

Ile de la Reine Charlotte = Queen Charlotte Islands

Ile de Pâques = Easter Island

Iles Laquedives = Lakshadweep

Inde = India

Indonésie = Indonesia

Ile du Roi George = King George Island

Islande = Iceland

Italie = Italy

Japon = Japan

Kamtchatka = Kamtchatka

Kouriles Is. = Kuril Islands

Laquedives = Lakshadweep

Liban = Lebanon

Libye = Libya

Louisiane = Louisiana

Madeire = Madeira

Malaisie = Malaysia

Malte = Malta

Manche = English Channel

Maroc = Morocco

Mauritanie = Mauritania

Méditerranée (Médit.) = Mediterranean Sea

Mer Adriatique = Adriatic Sea

Mer Arabe = Arabian Sea

Mer Baltique = Baltic Sea

Mer Blanche = White Sea

Mer Caspienne = Caspian Sea

Mer Egée = Aegean Sea

Mer Ionienne = Ionian Sea

Mer Jaune = Yellow Sea

Mer Noire = Black Sea

Mer Rouge = Red Sea

Mer Tyrrhénienne = Tyrrhenian Sea

Mer d'Alboran = Alboran Sea

Mer d'Azov = Sea of Azov

Mer de Barents = Barents Sea

Mer de Beaufort = Beaufort Sea

Mer de Béring = Bering Sea

Mers de Chine = South and East China Seas

Mer de Chukchi = Chukchi Sea

Mer de Kara = Kara Sea

Mer de Laptev = Laptev Sea

Mer de Marmara = Sea of Marmara

Mer de Norvège = Norwegian Sea

Mer de Sibérie = East Siberian Sea

Mer de Tasmanie = Tasman Sea

Mer de Weddell = Weddell Sea

Mer d'Irlande = Irish Sea

Mer d'Okhotsk = Sea of Okhotsk

Mer des Antilles = Caribbean Sea

Mer des Caraïbes = Caribbean Sea

Mer des Moluques = Molucca Sea

Mer des Sargasses = Sargasso Sea

Mer du Corail = Coral Sea

Mer du Groenland = Greenland Sea

Mer du Japon = Japan Sea

Mer du Labrador = Labrador Sea

Mer du Nord = North Sea

Mer du Scotia = Scotia Sea

Mexique = Mexico

Namibie = Namibia

Norvège = Norway

Nouvelle Ecosse = Nova Scotia

Nouvelle-Calédonie = New Caledonia

Nouvelle-Guinée = New Guinea

Nouvelle Sibérie Is. = New Siberian Islands

Nouvelle-Zélande = New Zeland

Nouvelle Zemble Is. = Novaya Zemlya

Pacifique (Pacif.) = Pacific Ocean

Passage de Drake = Drake Passage

Patagonie = Patagonia

Péninsule = Antarctic Peninsula

Pérou = Peru

Portugal = Portugal

Roumanie = Romania

St. Hélène = St. Helena Island

Sardaigne = Sardinia, Sardegna

Shetland Is. = Shetland Islands

Shetland du Sud = South Shetland Islands

Sicile = Sicily, Sicilia

Spitzberg Is. = Spitsbergen Island

Suède = Sweden

Terre-Neuve = Island of Newfoundland

Venise = Venezia

Stations caractéristiques

Kerfix: 50°40´S, 68°25´E

Guamar basin: 27°00´N, 111°23´W

Point Barrow: 71°23´20´´N, 156°28´45´´W

Station A: 62°00´N, 33°00´W

Station C: 52°45´N, 35°30´W

Station Capo Gallo (Mer Tyrrhénienne): latitude 38.23481, longitude 13.26413

Station Isola delle Correnti (Mer Méditerranée - Canal de Sicile): latitude 36.603100, longitude 15.041670

Station J: 52°30´N, 20°00´W

Station K: 45°00´N, 16°00´W

Station Knot (NE Hokkaido): 44°N, 155°E

Station L: 57°00´N, 20°00´W

Station M: 66°00´N, 02°00´W

Station P: 50°N, 145°W

Station R (Atlantique): 47°N, 17°W

Station R (Pacifique): 53°N, 145°W

Station S (Mer des Sargasses): 32°10´N, 64°30´W

Syowa: 69°S, 39°35´E

"Vertex": 15°40´-18°N, 107°30´-108°W