word | | Geography - note |
| capital | Norfolk Island | ... the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated |
| capital | Solomon Islands | ... 2007 an undersea earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred 345 km WNW of the capital Honiara; the resulting tsunami devastated coastal areas of Western and Choiseul provinces with dozens of ... |
| capital | Syria | the capital of Damascus - located at an oasis fed by the Barada River - is thought to be one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities; there are 41 Israeli settlements and ... |
| capitals | Belgium | crossroads of Western Europe; most West European capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels, the seat of both the European Union and NATO |
| captain | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | ... 1914 between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMS Emden; after being heavily damaged in the engagement, the Emden was beached by her captain on North Keeling Island |
| Carbon | Argentina | ... tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far south; Cerro Aconcagua is the Western Hemisphere's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbon is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere |
| Caribbean | Barbados | easternmost Caribbean island |
| Caribbean | Colombia | only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea |
| Caribbean | Cuba | largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater Antilles |
| Caribbean | Dominica | known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the ... |
| Caribbean | El Salvador | smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea |
| Caribbean | Honduras | has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast |
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