Astronomy:List of minor planets named after places

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This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent.

Africa

• 1193 Africa (Africa)

Countries of Africa

• 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
• 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
• 1268 Libya (Libya)
• 1278 Kenya (Kenya)
• 1279 Uganda (Uganda)
• 1430 Somalia (Somalia)
• 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
• 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
• 1712 Angola (Angola)
• 1718 Namibia (Namibia)
• 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
• 8766 Niger (Niger)
• 19913 Aigyptios (Ancient Greek name of Egypt)

Cities of Africa

• 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa )
• 858 El Djezaïr (Algiers, Algeria)
• 859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah, Algeria))
• 6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia)
• 1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa )
• 1428 Mombasa (Mombasa, Kenya)
• 1431 Luanda (Luanda, city in Angola)
• 1948 Kampala (Kampala, city in Uganda)
• 1949 Messina (Musina, town in South Africa )
• 42776 Casablanca (Casablanca, Morocco)
• 68718 Safi (Safi, Morocco)
• 260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa )
• 321484 Marsaalam (Marsa Alam, Egypt)

Provinces of Africa

• 1195 Orangia (Orange Free State Province, former South Africa province)
• 1242 Zambesia (Zambezia Province of Mozambique)

Mountain / Hills of Africa

• 10377 Kilimanjaro (Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa).
• 69228 Kamerunberg (Mount Cameroon (Kamerunberg), Cameroon)

Desert in Africa

• 134369 Sahara (Sahara, 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 (Kazakhstan)
• 2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)
• 16563 Ob (Ob River in central Asia)
• 27596 Maldives (Maldives)

Japan

• 498 Tokio (Tokyo)
• 727 Nipponia (Japan )
• 1089 Tama (Tama River in Tokyo)
• 1090 Sumida (Sumida River in Tokyo)
• 1098 Hakone (Hakone, Kanagawa)
• 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji)
• 2084 Okayama (Okayama)
• 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima)
• 3319 Kibi (Kibi)
• 3380 Awaji (Awaji)
• 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaidō)
• 4157 Izu (Izu)
• 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki)
• 4774 Hobetsu (Hobetsu)
• 5618 Saitama (Saitama)
• 5881 Akashi (Akashi)
• 5908 Aichi (Nagoya)
• 6134 Kamagari (Kamagari, Hiroshima)
• 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima)
• 6255 Kuma (Kumakogen)
• 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo)
• 6991 Chichibu (Chichibu, Saitama)
• 7253 Nara (Nara)
• 8120 Kobe (Kobe)
• 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa)
• 9782 Edo (Edo)
• 9791 Kamiyakurai (Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, a mountain)
• 9792 Nonodakesan (Nonodakesan, a mountain)
• 10091 Bandaisan (Mount Bandai, Fukushima)
• 10141 Gotenba (Gotemba, Shizuoka)
• 10143 Kamogawa (Kamo-gawa or Kamo River)
• 10159 Tokara (Tokara)
• 10161 Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima, narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka)
• 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi)
• 10864 Yamagatashi (Yamagata, Yamagata)
• 10878 Moriyama (Moriyama, Shiga)
• 11612 Obu (Ōbu)
• 11925 Usubae (Usubae, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi)
• 12706 Tanezaki (Tanezaki, a beach in Urado Bay, Kōchi)
• 12749 Odokaigan (Odokaigan, a beach on the Otsuki Peninsula)
• 16680 Minamitanemachi (Minamitanemachi, Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima)
• 16713 Airashi (Airashi, Kagoshima Prefecture)
• 19303 Chinacyo (Chinacyo, Okinoerabujima Island)
• 19953 Takeo (Takeo, Saga)
• 17286 Bisei (Bisei, Okayama)
• 20625 Noto (Noto)
• 33056 Ogunimachi (Oguni, Niigata)
• 33553 Nagai (Nagai, Yamagata)
• 35093 Akicity (Aki, Kōchi)
• 36472 Ebina (Ebina, Kanagawa)
• 36783 Kagamino (Kagamino, Okayama)
• 37720 Kawanishi (Kawanishi, Yamagata)
• 40994 Tekaridake (Mount Tekari (Tekari-dake))
• 46595 Kita-Kyushu (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture)
• 48736 Ehime (Ehime)
• 48807 Takahata (Takahata, Yamagata)
• 52260 Ureshino (Ureshino, Saga)
• 53157 Akaishidake (Mount Akaishi (Akaishi-dake))
• 55873 Shiomidake (Mount Shiomi (Shiomi-dake))
• 79152 Abukumagawa (Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa))
• 87271 Kokubunji (Kokubunji, Tokyo)
• 94356 Naruto (Naruto Strait)
• 96254 Hoyo (Hōyo Strait)
• 100266 Sadamisaki (Sadamisaki Peninsula, Shikoku)
• 118230 Sado (Sado, Niigata)
• 136743 Echigo (Echigo Province, an old province, now Niigata Prefecture minus the island of Sado)
• 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Aomori)
• 181043 Anan (Anan, Tokushima)
• 220736 Niihama (Niihama, Ehime)
• 262419 Suzaka (Suzaka, Nagano)
• 333639 Yaima (Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa)

Cambodia

• 16770 Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

China

Country

• 1125 China (China )
• 3789 Zhongguo (China)

Cities, mountains, and rivers

• 2045 Peking (Beijing)
• 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu)
• 2078 Nanking (Nanjing, Jiangsu)
• 2085 Henan (Henan)
• 2162 Anhui (Anhui)
• 2184 Fujian (Fujian)
• 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong)
• 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai)
• 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin)
• 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan)
• 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan)
• 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai)
• 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi)
• 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang)
• 2344 Xizang (Xizang)
• 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)
• 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang)
• 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi)
• 2398 Jilin (Jilin)
• 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen, Guangdong)
• 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning)
• 2505 Hebei (Hebei)
• 2510 Shandong (Shandong)
• 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi)
• 2515 Gansu (Gansu)
• 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia)
• 2547 Hubei (Hubei)
• 2592 Hunan (Hunan)
• 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi)
• 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang)
• 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou)
• 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi)
• 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an, Shaanxi)
• 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou, Jiangsu)
• 2729 Urumqi (Ürümqi, Xinjiang)
• 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu, Sichuan)
• 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan, Hebei)
• 2789 Foshan (Foshan, Guangdong)
• 2851 Harbin (Harbin, Heilongjiang)
• 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai, Guangdong)
• 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing)
• 3024 Hainan (Hainan)
• 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
• 3051 Nantong (Nantong, Jiangsu)
• 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen)
• 3136 Anshan (Anshan, Liaoning)
• 3139 Shantou (Shantou, Guangdong)
• 3187 Dalian (Dalian, Liaoning)
• 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan, Hubei)
• 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou, Guangdong)
• 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou, Fujian)
• 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)
• 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)
• 3650 Kunming (Kunming, Yunnan)
• 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou, Jiangsu)
• 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang, Gansu)
• 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa, Tibet)
• 8423 Macao (Macau)
• 12418 Tongling (Tongling, Anhui)
• 12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River)
• 15001 Fuzhou (Fuzhou, Fujian)
• 35366 Kaifeng (Kaifeng, Henan)
• 69869 Haining (Haining, Zhejiang)
• 72060 Hohhot (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia)
• 79418 Zhangjiajie (Zhangjiajie, Hunan)
• 79316 Huangshan (Huangshan City, Anhui)
• 110297 Yellowriver (Yellow River)
• 160105 Gobi (Gobi Desert a large desert region in Asia, share with Mongolia)
• 175633 Yaoan (Yaoan, Yunnan)
• 178151 Kulangsu (Gulangyu Island (Kulangsu), Xiamen)
• 185577 Hhaihao (Haikou (Hhaihao City), Hainan)
• 207717 Sa'a (Sanya, Hainan)
• 207931 Weihai (Weihai, Shandong)
• 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 (Taj Mahal)

Indonesia

• 536 Merapi (Mount Marapi, West Sumatra)
• 732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River, West Java)
• 754 Malabar (Mount Malabar, West Java)
• 770 Bali (Bali Island)
• 772 Tanete (Tanete, Sulawesi)
• 46824 Tambora (Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara)
• 85047 Krakatau (Krakatoa, a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra)
• 118102 Rinjani (Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara)

Korea

• 12252 Gwangju (Gwangju, 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 (Galilee)
• 7079 Baghdad (Baghdad, Iraq)
• 7507 Israel (Israel)
• 13128 Aleppo (Aleppo, Syria)
• 13131 Palmyra (Palmyra, Syria)
• 15417 Babylon (Babylon, capital of ancient Mesopotamia)
• 15861 Ispahan (Ispahan, Iran)
• 22260 Ur (Ur, city-state of ancient Mesopotamia)
• 22292 Mosul (Mosul, Iraq)
• 30936 Basra (Basra, Iraq)
• 56000 Mesopotamia (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 (Armenia)
• 1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia )
• 2593 Buryatia (Buryatia, Russia)
• 2657 Bashkiria (Bashkortostan (Bashkiria), Russia)
• 2671 Abkhazia (Abkhazia, now in Georgia)
• 2120 Tyumenia (Tyumen Oblast, Russia)
• 2140 Kemerovo (Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, now Russia)
• 2297 Daghestan (Daghestan, Russia)
• 2566 Kirghizia (Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan)
• 2584 Turkmenia (Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan)
• 2698 Azerbajdzhan (Azerbaijan)
• 2700 Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
• 2776 Baikal (Lake Baikal, Russia)
• 5471 Tunguska (Tunguska, Russia)
• 21054 Ojmjakon (Oymyakon (Ojmjakon), Siberia, the coldest city in the earth)
• 65541 Kasbek (Mount Kazbek, Georgia)
• 210271 Samarkand (Samarkand, the ancient city in Uzbekistan)
• 212998 Tolbachik (Tolbachik, a volcano complex in Kamchatka Peninsula)

Sri Lanka

• 311231 Anuradhapura (Anuradhapura)

Europe

• 136 Austria (Austria)
• 257 Silesia (Silesia)
• 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
• 1391 Carelia (Karelia)
• 2206 Gabrova (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)
• 2236 Austrasia (Austrasia, historic region from western Germany to eastern France)
• 7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe)
• 8020 Erzgebirge (German 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 (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, a municipality in Upper Austria)
• 178243 Schaerding (Schärding, Upper Austria)
• 181824 Königsleiten (Königsleiten, a village in Wald im Pinzgau municipality, Salzburg)
• 185633 Rainbach (Rainbach im Innkreis, a municipality in Upper Austria)

Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

• 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
• 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
• 1796 Riga (Riga, Latvia)
• 2577 Litva (Lithuania)
• 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
• 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
• 13995 Tõravere (Tõravere, Estonia)
• 23617 Duna (Riga, Latvia)
• 24709 Mitau (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 24794 Kurland (Courland, Latvia)
• 31267 Kuldiga (Kuldīga, Latvia)
• 35618 Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
• 37623 Valmiera (Valmiera, Latvia)
• 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
• 124192 Moletai (Molėtai, Lithuania)
• 140628 Klaipeda (Klaipėda, Lithuania)
• 151430 Nemunas (Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania)
• 157534 Siauliai (Šiauliai, Lithuania)
• 166229 Palanga (Palanga, Lithuania)
• 185150 Panevezys (Panevėžys, Lithuania)
• 202704 Utena (Utena, Lithuania)
• 233661 Alytus (Alytus, Lithuania)
• 274084 Baldone (Baldone, Latvia)
• 289020 Ukmerge (Ukmerge, Lithuania)
• 294664 Trakai (Trakai, Lithuania)

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

• 1052 Belgica (Belgium)
• 1132 Hollandia (Holland)
• 1133 Lugduna (Leiden, Netherlands)
• 1276 Ucclia (Uccle, Belgium)
• 1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)
• 1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)
• 2689 Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium)
• 2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
• 3374 Namur (Namur, Belgium)
• 9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)
• 9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
• 9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)
• 11945 Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• 12652 Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)
• 17437 Stekene (Stekene, Belgium)
• 20243 Den Bosch (Den Bosch, Netherlands)
• 27718 Gouda (Gouda, Netherlands)
• 30835 Waterloo (Waterloo, Belgium)
• 346886 Middelburg (Middelburg, Netherlands)

Bulgaria

• 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
• 2530 Shipka (Shipka Mount and Shipka Pass)
• 3860 Plovdiv (Plovdiv)
• 6267 Rozhen (Rozhen (Rhodope Mountains) (bg) – a locality in the Rhodope Mountains, where the Rozhen Observatory is located)
• 11852 Shoumen (Shumen (Shoumen) University)
• 12246 Pliska (Pliska)
• 510466 Varna (Varna)

Czech Republic

• 371 Bohemia (Bohemia)
• 1901 Moravia (Moravia)
• 1942 Jablunka (Jablunka)
• 2080 Jihlava (Jihlava)
• 2081 Sázava (Sázava River)
• 2123 Vltava (Vltava River)
• 2199 Kleť (Kleť, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery)
• 2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)
• 2337 Boubín (Boubín, a hill)
• 2367 Praha (Prague)
• 2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)
• 2403 Šumava (Šumava)
• 2524 Budovicium (Latin name for České Budějovice)
• 2599 Veselí (Veselí)
• 2613 Plzeň (Plzeň)
• 2672 Písek (Písek)
• 2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)
• 2811 Střemchoví (Střemchoví, birthplace of discoverer)
• 2889 Brno (Brno)
• 3137 Horky (Horký, a hill)
• 3735 Třeboň (Třeboň)
• 4054 Turnov (Turnov)
• 4249 Křemže (Křemže)
• 4277 Holubov (Holubov)
• 4405 Otava (Otava River)
• 4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)
• 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
• 4698 Jizera (Jizera River)
• 4702 Berounka (Berounka River)
• 4801 Ohře (Ohře River)
• 4823 Libenice (Libenice)
• 4824 Stradonice (Stradonice)
• 5894 Telč (Telč)
• 6060 Doudleby (Doudleby)
• 6064 Holašovice (Holašovice)
• 6802 Černovice (Černovice)
• 7118 Kuklov (Kuklov)
• 7204 Ondřejov (Ondřejov)
• 7440 Závist (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 a castle and a dam)
• 11656 Lipno (Lipno Reservoir)
• 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 (Tábor District)
• 18497 Nevězice (Nevězice)
• 18531 Strakonice (Strakonice)
• 20254 Úpice (Úpice)
• 20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill Kleť)
• 21257 Jižní Čechy (South Bohemia, a Czech Republic region)
• 21290 Vydra (Vydra River)
• 21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec)
• 22450 Nové Hrady (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)
• 61208 Stonařov (Stonařov)
• 68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill Kleť)
• 121089 Vyšší Brod (Vyšší Brod)
• 159743 Kluk (Kluk, a Czech hill near Kleť mountain)
• 159799 Kralice (Kralice nad Oslavou, a municipality in Třebíč District)
• 167208 Lelekovice (Lelekovice, a village in Brno-Country District)
• 175017 Záboří (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 , 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)
• 1494 Savo (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)
• 1883 Rimito (Rimito)
• 1928 Summa (Summa)
• 1929 Kollaa (Kollaa)
• 2291 Kevo (Kevo)
• 2292 Seili (Seili)
• 2299 Hanko (Hanko)
• 2397 Lappajärvi (Lappajärvi)
• 2479 Sodankylä (Sodankylä)
• 2501 Lohja (Lohja)
• 2512 Tavastia (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)
• 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)
• 224592 Carnac (Carnac, Morbihan)
• 229631 Cluny (Cluny, Saône-et-Loire)
• 291847 Ladoix (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, 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, 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, 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)
• 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, a hill near Halle)
• 293809 Zugspitze (Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany )
• 365131 Hassberge (Haßberge Hills, a hill range in Bavaria)

Greece

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

• 257 Silesia (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 (Latvia)
• 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
• 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus )
• 2577 Litva (Lithuania)

Cities, rivers and others

• 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
• 951 Gaspra (Gaspra, Ukraine )
• 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine )
• 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, Russia)
• 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine )
• 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukraine )
• 2171 Kiev (Kyiv, Ukraine )
• 2250 Stalingrad (Stalingrad, now Volgograd)
• 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
• 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
• 2606 Odessa (Odesa, Ukraine )
• 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
• 2922 Dikanʹka (Dykanka, Ukraine )
• 2983 Poltava (Poltava, Ukraine )
• 3006 Livadia (Livadia, Ukraine )
• 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus )
• 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• 3242 Bakhchisaraj (Bakhchisaraj, Ukraine )
• 3298 Massandra (Massandra, Ukraine )
• 3373 Koktebelia (Koktebel, Ukraine )
• 3799 Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod, Russia)
• 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
• 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
• 8141 Nikolaev (Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Ukraine )
• 10711 Pskov (Pskov, Russia)
• 37645 Chebarkul (Chebarkul, Russia)
• 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, 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 (Zviahel, Ukraine )
• 185250 Korostyshiv (Korostyshiv, Ukraine )
• 190026 Iskorosten (Korosten (Iskorosten), Ukraine )
• 207585 Lubar (Liubar, Ukraine )
• 214487 Baranivka (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 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 (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)
• 20495 Rimavská Sobota (Rimavská Sobota)
• 22185 Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica)
• 24260 Kriváň (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 (Almería)
• 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 (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, a village in Catalonia)
• 216295 Menorca (Menorca, an island in the Mediterranean Sea)
• 228180 Puertollano (Puertollano)
• 266465 Andalucia (Andalusia (Andalucia))
• 284029 Esplugafrancoli (L'Espluga de Francolí, a village in Catalonia)
• 309706 Ávila (Ávila)
• 321024 Gijon (Gijón)
• 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 (Glarus)
• 1768 Appenzella (Appenzell)
• 30798 Graubünden (Graubünden)
• 42113 Jura (Jura)
• 47164 Ticino (Ticino)

Municipalities

• 129342 Ependes (Épendes, Sarine, Fribourg)
• 144096 Wiesendangen (Wiesendangen, Winterthur, Zürich)
• 183114 Vicques (Vicques, Delémont, Jura)
• 184508 Courroux (Courroux, Delémont, Jura)
• 218752 Tentlingen (Tentlingen, Sense, Fribourg)
• 233943 Falera (Falera, 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, 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

• 285 Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan)
• 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)
• 176711 Canmore (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)
• 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)
• 2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona)
• 2224 Tucson (Tucson, Arizona)
• 2284 San Juan (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• 3031 Houston (Houston, Texas )
• 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, 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 Citlaltépetl (Citlaltépetl, a dormant volcano and the highest mountain (5636 m) in Mexico)
• 10799 Yucatán (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 (Haleakalā, 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 (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 (Cuzco, Peru)
• 10468 Itacuruba (Itacuruba, Brazil )
• 10867 Lima (Lima, Peru)
• 11083 Caracas (Caracas, Venezuela)
• 11095 Havana (Havana, Cuba)
• 11193 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 (Irazu, a volcano in Costa Rica)
• 128166 Carora (Carora, Venezuela)
• 129555 Armazones (Cerro Armazones, Chile)
• 366272 Medellin (Medellín, Colombia)

Fictional places

• 279 Thule (Thule)
• 1198 Atlantis (Atlantis)
• 1282 Utopia (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).