List of NATO country codes
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This is the list of NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated February 19, 2004 and effective April 1, 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Additional codes cover gaps in the ISO coverage, deal with the imaginary countries used for exercise purposes, and designate large geographical groupings and water bodies (ranging from oceans to rivers). It consists of two-letter codes for geographical entities, four-letter codes for subdivisions, and lists the ISO three-letter codes for reference. The digrams match the FIPS 10-4 codes with a few exceptions.
The ninth edition's ratification draft was published on July 6, 2005 with a reply deadline of October 6, 2005. It replaces all two- and four-letter codes with ISO or ISO-like three- and six-letter codes. It is intended as a transitional standard: once all NATO nations have updated their information systems, a tenth edition will be published.
For diplomatic reasons, Macedonia is designated as the « Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia » and receives a (temporary) code explicitly different from the ISO one.
| Digram | Trigram | Entity | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA | ABW | Aruba | |
| AB | ABB | Asia | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| AC | ATG | Antigua and Barbuda | |
| AF | AFG | Afghanistan | |
| AG | DZA | Algeria | |
| AJ | AZE | Azerbaijan | |
| AL | ALB | Albania | |
| AM | ARM | Armenia | |
| AN | AND | Andorra | |
| AO | AGO | Angola | |
| AR | ARG | Argentina | |
| AS | AUS | Australia | |
| AT | ACI | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Appears with 9th ed.; the entity is omitted from 8th ed. |
| AU | AUT | Austria | |
| AV | AIA | Anguilla | |
| AY | ATA | Antarctica | |
| BA | BHR | Bahrein | |
| BB | BRB | Barbados | |
| BC | BWA | Botswana | |
| BD | BMU | Bermuda | |
| BE | BEL | Belgium | |
| BF | BHS | The Bahamas | |
| BG | BGD | Bangladesh | |
| BH | BLZ | Belize | |
| BK | BIH | Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
| BL | BOL | Bolivia | |
| BM | MMR | Myanmar | |
| BN | BEN | Benin | |
| BO | BLR | Belarus | |
| BP | SLB | Solomon Islands | |
| BR | BRA | Brazil | |
| BT | BTN | Bhutan | |
| BU | BGR | Bulgaria | |
| BV | BVT | Bouvet Island | |
| BX | BRN | Brunei | |
| BY | BDI | Burundi | |
| CA | CAN | Canada | |
| CB | KHM | Cambodia | |
| CD | TCD | Chad | |
| CE | LKA | Sri Lanka | |
| CF | COG | Republic of the Congo | |
| CG | COD | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| CH | CHN | People's Republic of China | |
| CI | CHL | Chile | |
| CJ | CYM | Cayman Islands | |
| CK | CCK | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |
| CM | CMR | Cameroun | |
| CN | COM | Comoros | |
| CO | COL | Colombia | |
| CQ | MNP | Northern Mariana Islands | Also listed under the subdivision code US-MP- |
| CR | CSI | Coral Sea Islands | Appears with 9th ed.; the entity is omitted from 8th ed. |
| CS | CRI | Costa Rica | |
| CT | CAF | Central African Republic | |
| CU | CUB | Cuba | |
| CV | CPV | Cape Verde | |
| CW | COK | Cook Islands | |
| CY | CYP | Cyprus | |
| CZ | CZE | Czech Republic | |
| DA | DNK | Denmark | |
| DJ | DJI | Djibouti | |
| DO | DMA | Dominica | |
| DR | DOM | Dominican Republic | |
| EC | ECU | Ecuador | |
| EE | EEE | Europe | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| EG | EGY | Egypt | |
| EI | IRL | Ireland | |
| EK | GNQ | Equatorial Guinea | |
| EN | EST | Estonia | |
| ER | ERI | Eritrea | |
| ES | SLV | El Salvador | |
| ET | ETH | Ethiopia | |
| FF | FFF | Africa | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| FG | GUF | French Guiana | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-973 |
| FI | FIN | Finland | |
| FJ | FJI | Fiji | |
| FK | FLK | Falkland Islands | |
| FM | FSM | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| FO | FRO | Faroe Islands | |
| FP | PYF | French Polynesia | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-PYF |
| FR | FRA | France | |
| FS | ATF | French Southern Territories | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-FST |
| FY | FYR | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | Temporary code; the ISO 3166 code is MKD |
| GA | GMB | The Gambia | |
| GB | GAB | Gabon | |
| GC | n/a | East Germany | Obsolete 1990 |
| GE | DEU | Germany | |
| GG | GEO | Georgia | |
| GH | GHA | Ghana | |
| GI | GIB | Gibraltar | |
| GJ | GRD | Grenada | |
| GL | GRL | Greenland | |
| GP | GLP | Guadeloupe | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-971 |
| GQ | GUM | Guam | Also listed under the subdivision code US-GU- |
| GR | GRC | Greece | |
| GT | GTM | Guatemala | |
| GV | GIN | Guinea | |
| GY | GUY | Guyana | |
| HA | HTI | Haiti | |
| HK | HKG | Hong Kong | Also listed under the provincial code CN-91- |
| HM | HMD | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| HO | HND | Honduras | |
| HQ | HQI | Howland Island | Appears with 9th ed.; also listed under IQ |
| HR | HRV | Croatia | |
| HU | HUN | Hungary | |
| IC | ISL | Iceland | |
| ID | IDN | Indonesia | |
| IN | IND | India | |
| IO | IOT | British Indian Ocean Territory | |
| IQ | UMI | U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Johnston, Kingman Reef, Midway, Navassa, Palmyra, and Wake Islands Also listed under the subdivision code US-UM- |
| IR | IRN | Iran | |
| IS | ISR | Israel | |
| IT | ITA | Italy | |
| IV | CIV | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| IZ | IRQ | Iraq | |
| JA | JPN | Japan | |
| JM | JAM | Jamaica | |
| JN | JNM | Jan Mayen Island | Appears with 9th ed.; also listed under SV; Also listed under the subdivision code NO-22- |
| JO | JOR | Jordan | |
| JQ | JQA | Johnston Atoll | Appears with 9th ed.; also listed under IQ |
| KE | KEN | Kenya | |
| KG | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | |
| KN | PRK | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
| KR | KIR | Kiribati | |
| KS | KOR | Republic of Korea | |
| KT | CXR | Christmas Island | |
| KU | KWT | Kuwait | |
| KZ | KAZ | Kazakhstan | |
| LA | LAO | Laos | |
| LE | LBN | Lebanon | |
| LG | LVA | Latvia | |
| LH | LTU | Lithuania | |
| LI | LBR | Liberia | |
| LO | SVK | Slovakia | |
| LS | LIE | Liechtenstein | |
| LT | LSO | Lesotho | |
| LU | LUX | Luxembourg | |
| LY | LBY | Libya | |
| MA | MDG | Madagascar | |
| MB | MTQ | Martinique | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-972 |
| MC | MAC | Macao | |
| MD | MDA | Republic of Moldova | |
| ME | MYT | Mayotte | 8th ed. omits the trigram (mistakenly?); 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-976 |
| MG | MNG | Mongolia | |
| MH | MSR | Montserrat | |
| MI | MWI | Malawi | |
| ML | MLI | Mali | |
| MN | MCO | Monaco | |
| MO | MAR | Morocco | |
| MP | MUS | Mauritius | |
| MR | MRT | Mauritania | |
| MT | MLT | Malta | |
| MU | OMN | Oman | |
| MV | MDV | The Maldives | |
| MX | MEX | Mexico | |
| MY | MYS | Malaysia | |
| MZ | MOZ | Mozambique | |
| NA | ANT | Netherlands Antilles | |
| NC | NCL | New Caledonia | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-NCL |
| NE | NIU | Niue | |
| NF | NFK | Norfolk Island | |
| NG | NER | Niger | |
| NH | VUT | Vanuatu | |
| NI | NGA | Nigeria | |
| NL | NLD | Netherlands | |
| NN | NNN | North America | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| NO | NOR | Norway | |
| NP | NPL | Nepal | |
| NR | NRU | Nauru | |
| NS | SUR | Suriname | |
| NT | NTT | NATO countries | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| NU | NIC | Nicaragua | |
| NZ | NZL | New Zealand | |
| PA | PRY | Paraguay | |
| PC | PCN | Pitcairn Islands | |
| PE | PER | Peru | |
| PF | PFI | Paracel Islands | Appears with 9th ed.; the entity is omitted from 8th ed. |
| PK | PAK | Pakistan | |
| PL | POL | Poland | |
| PM | PAN | Panama | |
| PO | PRT | Portugal | |
| PP | PNG | Papua New Guinea | |
| PS | PLW | Palau | In 9th ed., the digram is also assigned to Palestine |
| PS | PSE | Occupied Palestinian Territory | Temporary code; 8th ed. has no digram for Palestine 9th ed. also assigns PS to Palau |
| PU | GNB | Guinea-Bissau | |
| QA | QAT | Qatar | |
| RE | REU | Réunion | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-974 |
| RM | MHL | Marshall Islands | 8th ed. omits the trigram (mistakenly?) |
| RO | ROU | Romania | |
| RP | PHL | Philippines | |
| RQ | PRI | Puerto Rico | Also listed under the subdivision code US-PR- |
| RS | RUS | Russia | |
| RW | RWA | Rwanda | |
| SA | SAU | Saudi Arabia | |
| SB | SPM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-975 and assigns SB to "Serbia and Montenegro" |
| SC | KNA | Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| SE | SYC | Seychelles | |
| SF | ZAF | South Africa | |
| SG | SEN | Senegal | |
| SH | SHN | Saint Helena | |
| SI | SVN | Slovenia | |
| SL | SLE | Sierra Leone | |
| SM | SMR | San Marino | |
| SN | SGP | Singapore | |
| SO | SOM | Somalia | |
| SP | ESP | Spain | |
| SR | SRR | South America | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| SS | ASM | American Samoa | Also listed under the subdivision code US-AS- |
| SS | WSM | Samoa | Some sources (other than the STANAGs themselves) claim the digram was WS |
| ST | LCA | Saint Lucia | |
| SU | SDN | Sudan | |
| SV | SJM | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | Also listed under the subdivision code NO-21- |
| SW | SWE | Sweden | |
| SX | SGS | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | |
| SY | SYR | Syria | |
| SZ | CHE | Switzerland | |
| TC | ARE | United Arab Emirates | |
| TD | TTO | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| TH | THA | Thailand | |
| TI | TJK | Tajikistan | |
| TK | TCA | Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| TL | TKL | Tokelau | |
| TM | TLS | Timor-Leste | |
| TN | TON | Tonga | |
| TO | TGO | Togo | |
| TP | STP | São Tomé and Príncipe | |
| TS | TUN | Tunisia | |
| TU | TUR | Turkey | |
| TV | TUV | Tuvalu | |
| TW | TWN | Republic of China (Taiwan) | Also listed under the provincial code CN-71- |
| TX | TKM | Turkmenistan | |
| TZ | TZN | Tanzania | |
| UG | UGA | Uganda | |
| UK | GBR | United Kingdom (Great Britain) | |
| UP | UKR | Ukraine | |
| UR | n/a | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Obsolete 1992 |
| US | USA | United States | |
| UU | UUU | Oceania | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| UV | BFA | Burkina Faso | |
| UY | URY | Uruguay | |
| UZ | UZB | Uzbekistan | |
| VC | VCT | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| VE | VEN | Venezuela | |
| VI | VIR | U.S. Virgin Islands | 8th ed. lists "VI or VS"; Also listed under the subdivision code US-VI- |
| VM | VNM | Vietnam | |
| VS | VGB | British Virgin Islands | 8th ed. lists "VI or VS" |
| VT | VAT | Vatican City (Holy See) | |
| WA | NAM | Namibia | |
| WF | WLF | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9th ed. lists it under France as FR-WLF |
| WI | ESH | Western Sahara | |
| WZ | SWZ | Swaziland | |
| XB | XXB | "Brownland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XE | XXE | SHAPE (ACO Command) | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XG | XXG | "Greyland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XI | XXI | "Indigoland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XL | XXL | "Limeland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XN | XXN | NATO "Blue" Command | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XP | XXP | "Purpleland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XR | XXR | "Redland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XS | XXS | SACLANT (HQ SACT Command) | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XW | XXW | "Whiteland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| XY | XXY | "Yellowland" | 9th ed. adds the trigram |
| YE | YEM | Yemen | |
| YO | n/a | Yugoslavia | Obsolete 1993 |
| — | SCG | Serbia and Montenegro | 9th ed. lists SB for the digram, which 8th ed. assigns to Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| YU | YUG | Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) | Temporary code; Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Vojvodina |
| ZA | ZMB | Zambia | |
| ZI | ZWE | Zimbabwe | |
| Water Bodies (9th edition) | |||
| Digram | Trigram | Entity | Comment |
| 1A- | 1A | North Atlantic Ocean | |
| 1B- | 1B | Bay of Biscay | |
| 1C- | 1C | Bristol Channel | |
| 1D- | 1D | Denmark Strait | |
| 1E- | 1E | English Channel | |
| 1F- | 1F | Bay of Fundy | |
| 1G- | 1G | Gulf of Guinea | |
| 1H- | 1H | Hudson Bay | |
| 1I- | 1I | Lake Volta | |
| 1J- | 1J | Panama Canal | |
| 1K- | 1K | Inner Seas | Inner Seas of the West coast of Scotland, a.k.a. Inner Scottish Sea [1] Off the West coast of Scotland (IHO Spec. Pub. S-23 (3rd ed, 1953), Limits of Oceans and Seas, #18; also Draft 4th ed., 1986), including the Minch, the Sea of the Hebrides, and stretching to Ireland |
| 1L- | 1L | Labrador Sea | |
| 1M- | 1M | Gulf of Mexico | |
| 1N- | 1N | North Sea | |
| 1O- | 1O | Niger River | |
| 1P- | 1P | Baffin Bay | |
| 1Q- | 1Q | St. George's Channel | |
| 1R- | 1R | Irish Sea | |
| 1S- | 1S | Skagerrak | |
| 1T- | 1T | Gulf of St. Lawrence | |
| 1U- | 1U | Hudson Strait | |
| 1V- | 1V | Davis Strait | |
| 1W- | 1W | Magdalena River | |
| 1X- | 1X | Caribbean Sea | |
| 1Y- | 1Y | Gulf of Cadiz | |
| 1Z- | 1Z | Cantabrian Sea | |
| 2A- | 2A | South Atlantic Ocean | |
| 2B- | 2B | Amazon River | |
| 2C- | 2C | Congo River | |
| 2D- | 2D | Drake Passage | |
| 2E- | 2E | Gulf of Campecha | Gulf of Campeche (typo) |
| 2F- | 2F | Gulf of Fonseca | |
| 2G- | 2G | Lake Granada | Lake Nicaragua |
| 2H- | 2H | Gulf of Honduras | |
| 2I- | 2I | Río de la Plata Bay | |
| 2J- | 2J | Gulf of San Gorge | Golfo San Jorge (typo) |
| 2K- | 2K | Sargasso Sea | |
| 2L- | 2L | Magellan Strait | |
| 2M- | 2M | Gulf of San Matias | San Matias Gulf |
| 2P- | 2P | Putymayo River | Putumayo River (typo) |
| 2Q- | 2Q | Orinoco River | |
| 2R- | 2R | Río de la Plata | |
| 2S- | 2S | Scotia Sea | |
| 2W- | 2W | Weddell Sea | |
| 2X- | 2X | La Pérouse Strait | |
| 2Y- | 2Y | Salomon Sea | Solomon Sea (typo) |
| 2Z- | 2Z | Yucátan Sea | |
| 31- | 31 | Tonle Sap | |
| 32- | 32 | Song Hua Giang | Bassac (Hua Giang) River |
| 33- | 33 | Chhâk Kâmpóng Saôm | Kompong Som Bay, Cambodia† |
| 34- | 34 | Chhâk Veal Renh | Veal Renh Bay, Cambodia† |
| 35- | 35 | Chhâk Kaôh Kŏng | Kaôh Kŏng Bay, Cambodia |
| 36- | 36 | Huang Pu (Yellow River) | |
| 37- | 37 | Yangtze River | |
| 38- | 38 | Hang Chou Wan | Kwang-Chou-Wan |
| 39- | 39 | Sunda Strait | |
| 3A- | 3A | North Pacific | |
| 3B- | 3B | Sakhalinskiy Zaliv | Sakhalin Gulf/Bay/Bight |
| 3C- | 3C | Celebes Sea | |
| 3D- | 3D | Tatar Strait | |
| 3E- | 3E | East China Sea | |
| 3F- | 3F | Formosa Strait | |
| 3G- | 3G | Gulf of Tonkin | |
| 3H- | 3H | Halmahera Sea | |
| 3I- | 3I | Luzon Strait | |
| 3J- | 3J | Sea of Japan | |
| 3K- | 3K | Zaliv Shelikhova | Shelikhova Gulf |
| 3L- | 3L | Gulf of California | |
| 3M- | 3M | Molucca Sea | |
| 3N- | 3N | Inland Sea | |
| 3O- | 3O | Amur River | |
| 3P- | 3P | Philippine Sea | |
| 3Q- | 3Q | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| 3R- | 3R | Korea Bay | |
| 3S- | 3S | Sulu Sea | |
| 3T- | 3T | Gulf of Thailand | |
| 3U- | 3U | South China Sea | |
| 3V- | 3V | Teluk Tomini | Gulf of Tomini |
| 3W- | 3W | Mekong River | |
| 3X- | 3X | Bo Hai | |
| 3Y- | 3Y | Yellow Sea | |
| 3Z- | 3Z | Singapore Strait | |
| 4A- | 4A | South Pacific Ocean | |
| 4B- | 4B | Banda Sea | |
| 4C- | 4C | Coral Sea | |
| 4D- | 4D | Amundsen Sea | |
| 4E- | 4E | Teluk Bone | Gulf of Bone/Boni |
| 4F- | 4F | Flores Sea | |
| 4G- | 4G | Bellingshausen Sea | |
| 4I- | 4I | Lake Titicaca | |
| 4J- | 4J | Java Sea | |
| 4K- | 4K | Bismarck Sea | |
| 4L- | 4L | Bali Sea | |
| 4M- | 4M | Makassar Strait | |
| 4N- | 4N | Napo River | |
| 4O- | 4O | Pacific Ocean | |
| 4P- | 4P | Gulf of Carpentaria | |
| 4Q- | 4Q | Ceram Sea | |
| 4R- | 4R | Ross Sea | |
| 4S- | 4S | Solomon Sea | |
| 4T- | 4T | Tasman Sea | |
| 4U- | 4U | Arafura Sea | |
| 4Z- | 4Z | Antarctic Ocean | |
| 5A- | 5A | Arctic Ocean | |
| 5B- | 5B | Barents Sea | |
| 5C- | 5C | Chukshi Sea | Chukchi Sea |
| 5D- | 5D | Bering Sea | |
| 5E- | 5E | Alaska/BC Coastal Waters | |
| 5F- | 5F | Gulf of Alaska | |
| 5G- | 5G | Greenland Sea | |
| 5K- | 5K | Kara Sea | |
| 5L- | 5L | Lincoln Sea | |
| 5N- | 5N | Norwegian Sea | |
| 5P- | 5P | Laptev Sea | |
| 5R- | 5R | Bering Strait | |
| 5S- | 5S | East Siberian Sea | |
| 5T- | 5T | Northwest Passage | |
| 5U- | 5U | Beaufort Sea | |
| 5W- | 5W | White Sea | |
| 5Y- | 5Y | Anadyrskiy Zaliv | Anadyrskiy Gulf |
| 62- | 62 | Strait of Hormuz | |
| 6A- | 6A | Indian Ocean | |
| 6B- | 6B | Bay of Bengal | |
| 6C- | 6C | Strait of Malacca | |
| 6D- | 6D | Gulf of Aden | |
| 6E- | 6E | Red Sea | |
| 6F- | 6F | Bass Strait | |
| 6G- | 6G | Great Australian Bight | |
| 6H- | 6H | Gulf of Mannar | |
| 6I- | 6I | Lake Malawi | |
| 6J- | 6J | Ussuri River | |
| 6K- | 6K | Zambezi River | |
| 6L- | 6L | Laccadive Sea | |
| 6M- | 6M | Gulf of Oman | |
| 6N- | 6N | Andaman Sea | |
| 6O- | 6O | Limpopo River | |
| 6P- | 6P | Persian Gulf | |
| 6Q- | 6Q | Gulf of Aqaba | |
| 6R- | 6R | Arabian Sea | |
| 6S- | 6S | Savu Sea | |
| 6T- | 6T | Timor Sea | |
| 6U- | 6U | Suez Canal | |
| 6V- | 6V | Lake Victoria | |
| 6W- | 6W | Gulf of Suez | |
| 6X- | 6X | Lake Nyasa | |
| 6Y- | 6Y | Lake Tanganyika | |
| 6Z- | 6Z | Mozambique Channel | |
| 7B- | 7B | Baltic Sea | |
| 7E- | 7E | German Bight | |
| 7F- | 7F | Gulf of Finland | |
| 7G- | 7G | Gdansk Bay | |
| 7H- | 7H | Gulf of Riga | |
| 7K- | 7K | Kattegat | |
| 7L- | 7L | Leba River | |
| 7M- | 7M | Baltic Approaches | |
| 7P- | 7P | Pomeranian Bay | |
| 7T- | 7T | Gulf of Bothnia | |
| 81- | 81 | Gulf of Sirte | |
| 82- | 82 | Naama Bay | |
| 83- | 83 | Gulf of Hammamet | |
| 84- | 84 | Gulf of Sollum | Khalîg el Salûm |
| 89- | 89 | Mediterranean Sea | |
| 8A- | 8A | Danube River | |
| 8B- | 8B | Black Sea | |
| 8C- | 8C | Caspian Sea | |
| 8D- | 8D | Adriatic Sea | |
| 8E- | 8E | Mediterranean, Eastern | |
| 8F- | 8F | Durrës Bay | |
| 8G- | 8G | Agean Sea | Aegean Sea (typo) |
| 8H- | 8H | Mediterranean, Central | |
| 8I- | 8I | Lake Tiberias | |
| 8J- | 8J | Balearic Sea | |
| 8K- | 8K | Kotor Bay | |
| 8L- | 8L | Ligurian Sea | |
| 8M- | 8M | Sea of Marmara | |
| 8N- | 8N | Ionian Sea | |
| 8O- | 8O | Lake Ohrid | |
| 8P- | 8P | Istanbul Strait | Bosphorus |
| 8Q- | 8Q | Lake Scutari | |
| 8R- | 8R | Aral Sea | |
| 8S- | 8S | Strait of Gibraltar | |
| 8T- | 8T | Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| 8U- | 8U | Çanakkale Strait | Dardanelles |
| 8V- | 8V | Vlorë Bay | |
| 8W- | 8W | Mediterranean, Western | |
| 8X- | 8X | Gulf of Lion | |
| 8Y- | 8Y | Alboran Sea | |
| 8Z- | 8Z | Sea of Azov | |
| 9A- | 9A | Atlantic Ocean | |
| 9E- | 9E | Lake Erie | |
| 9H- | 9H | Lake Huron | |
| 9L- | 9L | St. Lawrence Seaway | |
| 9M- | 9M | Lake Michigan | |
| 9N- | 9N | Lake Ontario | |
| 9S- | 9S | Lake Superior | |
| 9W- | 9W | Lake Winnipeg | |
| 9Z- | 9Z | Great Lakes | |
| IW- | IW | International Waters | |
[edit] Sources
- NATO STANAG 1059 INT (Ed. 7, 2000) Distinguishing Letters for Geographical Entities for Use in NATO
- NATO STANAG 1059 INT (Ed. 8, 2003) Letter Codes for Geographical Entities
- NATO STANAG 1059 INT (Ed. 9 Ratification Draft, 2005) Codes for Geographical Entities
[edit] External links
- History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance - UK Government site
