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 (Messina, 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 (Urumqi, 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 (, 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)[failed verification]
  • 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 ( and Shipka Pass)
  • 3860 Plovdiv (Plovdiv)
  • 6267 Rozhen ( [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[]

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[]

France[]

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[]

Regions[]

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, Crimea)
  • 1140 Crimea (Crimea)
  • 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)
  • 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Crimea)
  • 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Crimea)
  • 2171 Kiev (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  • 2250 Stalingrad (Stalingrad, now Volgograd)
  • 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
  • 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
  • 2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
  • 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
  • 2922 Dikan'ka (Dykanka, Ukraine)
  • 2983 Poltava (Poltava, Ukraine)
  • 3006 Livadia (Livadia, Crimea)
  • 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
  • 3242 Bakhchisaraj (Bakhchisaraj, Crimea)
  • 3298 Massandra (Massandra, Crimea)
  • 3373 Koktebelia (Koktebel, Crimea)
  • 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 (the old name of Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine)
  • 185250 Korostyshiv (Korostyshiv, Ukraine)
  • 190026 Iskorosten (Korosten (Iskorosten), Ukraine)
  • 207585 Lubar (Lubar, 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[]

Slovakia[]

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 (Almeria)
  • 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 Mediterranean Sea)
  • 228180 Puertollano (Puertollano)
  • 266465 Andalucia (Andalusia (Andalucia))
  • 284029 Esplugafrancoli (L'Espluga de Francolí, a village in Catalonia)
  • 309706 Avila (Ávila)
  • 321024 Gijon (Gijon)
  • 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)[failed verification]

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)[]

Municipalities[]

Mountains / hills / rivers[]

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[]

United States[]

  • 886 Washingtonia (Washington, D.C.)[failed verification]
  • 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, AZ)
  • 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[]

Oceania[]

  • 224 Oceana (Pacific Ocean)
  • 235 Carolina (Caroline Island, Kiribati)
  • 3563 Canterbury (Canterbury, New Zealand)
  • 19620 Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
  • 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)
  • 101461 Dunedin (Dunedin, New Zealand)
  • 145558 Raiatea (Raiatea Island, French Polynesia)
  • 171183 Haleakala (Haleakala, 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)
  • 386622 New Zealand (New Zealand)
  • 507490 Possum (, New Zealand)

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)

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 (Mount 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 (Medellin, Colombia)

Fictional places[]

  • 279 Thule (Thule)
  • 1198 Atlantis (Atlantis)
  • 1282 Utopia (Utopia)
  • 1309 Hyperborea (Hyperborea)
  • 5405 Neverland (Neverland)
  • 9500 Camelot (Camelot)

See also[]

References[]

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