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Summary: This page lists geographic codes used for American Geographical Society (AGS)-based call numbers, including local modifications to the systemused by MSUL.



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000 – 099

000

Universe

030

Solar System

030.1

Inner Planets

030.5

Outer Planets

031

Sun

041

Mercury

042

Venus

043

Pluto

044

Neptune

045

Uranus

046

Saturn

047

Jupiter (Jovian Atlas)

048

Mars

049

Moon (Lunar Atlas)

050

World

051

Pangea, Gondwana, etc

052

Americas, The

052

Hemisphere, Western

053

Hemisphere, Land

054

Hemisphere, Eastern

055

Hemisphere, Southern

056

Hemisphere, Water

057

Hemisphere, Northern

058

Tropics

060

Polar Regions

061

Arctic (North Polar Region)

070

Antarctica

071

Antarctica, Section, West

072

Antarctic Peninsula

075

Antarctica, Section, East

075

Australian Antarctic Territory

079

Falkland Islands (Malvinas, Islas)

079-c

South Sandwich Is. Traversay Is.

079-c

South Sandwich Trench

079-c

South Shetland Is.

079-c

South Georgia Is.

080

Balleny Island

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100 – 199 

100

North America

105

Great Lakes

105.1

Lake Ontario (Great Lakes)

105.3

Lake Erie (Great Lakes)

105.5

Lake Huron (Great Lakes)

105.7

Lake Michigan (Great Lakes)

105.9

Lake Superior (Great Lakes)

110

Greenland

120

Canada

120-c

Baffin I. (Canada)

120-d

Canada cities (regardless of province)

125

Canadian Arctic (Canada)

129

Atlantic Provinces (Canada)

129

Maritime Provinces (Canada)

130

New Brunswick (Canada)

131

Prince Edward I. (Canada)

132

Nova Scotia (Canada)

133

Newfoundland (Canada)

134

Labrador (Canada)

140

Quebec (Canada)

141

Ontario (Canada)

150

Prairie Provinces (Canada)

151

Manitoba (Canada)

153

Alberta (Canada)

154

Saskatchewan (Canada)

160

British Columbia (Canada)

171

Northwest Territories (Canada)

172

Yukon (Canada)

173

Nunavut (Canada)

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200 – 299

200

Latin America

210

Mexico

210-c

Baja California (Mexico)

220

Central America

221

Guatemala

222

Honduras

223

Belize

223

British Honduras

224

El Salvador

225

Costa Rica

225-c

Cocos I. (Section Costa Rica)

226

Nicaragua

227

Panama

228

Panama Canal Zone

230

West Indies

230

Caribbean Area / Caribbean Islands (See West Indies)

230

Antilles (As A Whole See West Indies)

231

Bahama Is.

231-c

Abaco I. (Bahama Is.)

231-c

Acklins I. (Bahama Is.)

231-c

Andros I. (Bahama Is.)

231-c

Cat I. (Bahama Is.)

231.1

Great Bahama Sub. Canyon

231.2

Turks I.

231.3

Caicos Is.

232

Greater Antilles

233

Cuba

234

Hispaniola

235

Haiti

236

Dominican Republic

237

Jamaica

238

Puerto Rico

238.1

Mona I.

238.2

Desecheo I.

238.5

Vieques I.

238.5

Crab I. (Vieques I.)

238.6

Culebra I.

240

Lesser Antilles

240-c

Barbados (Lesser Antilles)

240-c

Anguilla I. (Lesser Antilles)

240-c

Antigua I. (Lesser Antilles)

240-c

Aruba I. (Lesser Antilles)

240-c

Barbuda (Lesser Antilles)

240-c

Bonaire

240-c

Trinidad And Tobago

241

Virgin Is.

243

Cayman Is.

243.1

Grand Cayman I.

243.2

Little Cayman I.

243.3

Cayman Ridge

243.4

Cayman Trench

243.5

Cayman Brac

250

South America

250-c

Amazon Basin (North)

250-c

Tierra Del Fuego (South)

251

Argentina

252

Bolivia

253

Brazil

254

Chile

255

Colombia

256

Ecuador

260

Guianas

261

Guyana (British Guiana)

262

French Guiana

263

Surinam (Dutch Guiana)

264

Paraguay

265

Peru

266

Uruguay

267

Venezuela

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300 – 399

300

Africa

310

Morocco

311

Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara)

311.1

Ifni

312

Algeria

313

Tunisia

313.1

Qerqenah Is.

314

Sahara Desert

315

Libya

316

Egypt

316.1

Sinai

317

Sudan

318

South Sudan (post-2011)

320

French West Africa

321

Mauritania

322

Senegal

323

Gambia

324

Guinea

324.1

Guinea Bissau

325

Sierra Leone

326

Liberia

327

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

328

Ghana (formerly Gold Coast)

329

Togo

330

Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

331

Mali

332

Niger

333

Benin

334

Nigeria

335

Cameroon

336

Chad (Tchad)

337

Central African Republic

338

Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) (formerly French Congo)

339

Africa, French Speaking Equatorial (Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), and Gabon collectively)

341

Equatorial Guinea (formerly Spanish Guinea)

341.1

Bioko

341.1

Fernando Poo I.

341.5

Rio Muni

342

Gabon

343

Cabinda

345

Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire, formerly Belgian Congo)

348

Angola

351

Ethiopia, Abyssinia

351.1

Eritrea

352

Somalia

352.1

Djibouti

353

Kenya

354

Uganda

355

Ruanda-Urundi

355.1

Rwanda

355.2

Burundi

357

Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika)

359

Zanzibar

360

Rhodesia (pre-1966 only)

361

Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia)

362

Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia)

363

Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)

365

Botswana

368

Mozambique

370

South Africa

372

Namibia

374

Swaziland

375

Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)

380

Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Republic)

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400 – 499

400

Asia

401

Middle East

403

Cyprus

410

Turkey

410-c

Anatolia (Turkey)

410.5

Dardanelles

410.6

Bosporus (Karadeniz Bogazi)

411

Syria

411-c

Golan Heights (Part Of Syria)

412

Lebanon

413

Palestine (pre-1948)

413.1

Jerusalem

413.2

Israel

413.5

Palestinian National Authority (Gaza Strip/West Bank)

414

Jordan

415

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

416

Arabian Peninsula

416.1

Saudi Arabia

417

Yemen (formerly Hadramaut)

418

Aden (colony & protectorate) (southern Yemen)

418.1

Federation Of South Arabia

418.2

Hadramaut (coastal arid plain stretching from Yemen to Oman )

419

Oman (formerly Muscat and Oman)

419.9

United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States or Trucial Oman)

420

Qatar

421

Bahrain

422

Kuwait

423

Iran

424

Afghanistan

425

Pakistan

425.1

Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

426

Jammu and Kashmir

430

India

435

Nepal

436

Sikkim

437

Bhutan

438

Myanmar (Burma)

439

Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)

440

Malaya (Malaya Peninsula)

440.5

Malaysia

440.9

Singapore

441

Indochina or South East Asia (Including Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam And western Malaysia)

442

Thailand

443

Vietnam

444

Laos

445

Cambodia

450

Indonesia (Greater Sunda Islands)

451

Celebes (also Sulawesi)

452

Sumatra

453

Java (Djawa)

454

Lesser Sunda Islands

454.1

Macao (Heungshan)

454.2

Timor Island

454.21

Dutch Timor (West Timor)

454.22

East Timor (Timor Leste, formerly Portuguese Timor)

455

Borneo

455.1

Sabah (North Borneo)

455.2

Brunei

455.3

Sarawak

455.4

Kalimantan

456

Maluku Islands (Moluccas, formerly Spice Islands)

456-c

Halmahera (island)

456-c

Seram (island, formerly Ceram)

457

Philippines

457.1

Luzon Island

457.2

Mindoro Island

457.8

Mindanao Island

459

Far East

460

China

460.1

Hainan Island

460.2

Spratly Islands

461.9

Hong Kong

462

Xinjiang

463

Mongolia

464

Manchuria

467

Tibet

468

Taiwan (formerly Formosa)

468.1

Penghu

469

Korean Peninsula

469

Chosen (Korea)

469.1

North Korea

469.5

South Korea

470

Japan

481

Caucasus Mts./Transcaucasia/Caucasia

482

Georgian

482.1

Abkhazia

482.2

Adjara

483

Armenia

484

Azerbaijan

484.1

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

484.3

Caspian Sea

485

Kazakhstan

485.1

Karakalpakstan

486

Turkmenistan

487

Uzbekistan

488

Tajikistan

489

Kyrgyzstan

490

Siberia

493

Sakha (Yakutia)

494.1

Buryatia

494.2

Tuva

494.9

Central Asia

499

Sakhalin (Island east Of Russia)

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500 – 599

500

Australasia (Australia, Asia, Pacific Islands)

501

New Guinea (entire island)

501.4

Papua New Guinea

510

Australia

511

Queensland (Australia)

512

New South Wales (Australia)

513

Australian Capital Territory

514

Victoria (Australia)

515

South Australia

516

Northern Territory (Australia)

517

Western Australia

520

Tasmania (Australia)

530

New Zealand

530.1

North Island (New Zealand)

530.2

South Island (New Zealand)

531.1

Kermadec Islands

531.2

Stewart Island (New Zealand)

531.3

Chatham Islands (New Zealand)

531.5

Bounty Islands

531.6

Antipodes Islands

531.7

Campbell Island

531.8

Auckland Islands

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600 – 699

600

Europe (European Union; European Community)

600-c

Carpathian Mountains

600.1

Central Europe

600.2

Eastern Europe

600.3

Northern Europe

600.4

Southern Europe

600.5

Western Europe

601

Eurasia

610

Scandinavia

610.1

Lapland

611

Norway

612

Sweden

612.1

Gotland Island

613

Finland

614

Denmark

614.5

Bornholm Island

615

Iceland

615.2

Vestmannaejar Islands

620

British Isles

621

Great Britain/United Kingdom

621-d

Not used: class in individual countries

622

England

622.2

Isle of Man

623

Wales

624

Scotland

624.1

Shetland Islands

624.2

Orkney Islands

624.3

Hebrides

624.4

Inner Hebrides

624.5

Outer Hebrides

625

Ireland

625.1

Northern Ireland

630

France

630.7

Monaco

630.9

Corsica

631

Benelux/Low Countries

632

Netherlands

633

Belgium

634

Luxembourg

638

Switzerland

639

Liechtenstein

640

Germany

640.8

Helgoland Island

641

Austria

642

Hungary

644

Poland

646

Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia

646.1

Bohemia

646.2

Moravia

647

Slovakia

650

Mediterranean

650

Biblical/Bible Lands (Mediterranean)

651

Iberian Peninsula (Spain And Portugal)

652

Portugal

653

Spain

653.4

Balearic Islands

653.9

Gibraltar

654

Andorra

655

Italy

655.2

Vatican (Papal State)

655.3

San Marino

656

Sardinia

657

Sicily

658.2

Pantelleria Island

658.4

Pelagic Islands

660

Balkans

662

Yugoslavia

662.1

Slovenia

662.2

Croatia

662.2-c

Dalmatian Islands (Croatia)

662.3

Bosnia-Hercegovina

662.4

Vojvodina

662.5

Serbia

662.5

Serbia And Montenegro (country)

662.6

Montenegro

662.7

Kosovo

662.8

Macedonia (FYROM; former Yugoslav republic)

662.9

Adriatic Islands

663

Bulgaria

664

Albania

665

Greece

665-c

Macedonia (Greek region; not the country)

665.1

Ionian Islands

665.2

Aegean Islands

665.3

Cyclades Islands

665.4

Sporades Islands

665.5

Dodecanese Islands

665.5-c

Rhodes, Rhodus, Rodos, Rhodos (One Of The Dodecanese Islands)

665.6

Crete

666

Romania

670

Soviet Union (USSR)

671

Soviet Union, European portion

671.4

Ural Mountains

675

Russia

675.2

Lipari Islands (Aeolian Islands)

678.1

Bashkortostan (Bashkir ASSR)

678.2

Chuvash Republic (Chuvashia; Chuvash ASSR)

678.3

Kalmykia (Kalmykia ASSR)

678.4

Karelia (Karelian ASSR)

678.5

Komi

678.6

Mari El (Mari ASSR)

678.7

Mordovia (Mordovian ASSR)

678.8

Tatarstan (Tatar ASSR)

678.9

Udmurt Republic (Udmurtia; Udmurt ASSR)

679.1

Chechnya-Ingushetia

679.2

Dagestan

679.3

Kabardino-Balkar (Kabardino-Balkaria ASSR)

679.4

North Ossetia-Alania

680

Baltic States

681

Estonia

682

Latvia

683

Lithuania

685

Belarus (Byelorussia)_

686

Ukraine

687

Moldova (Moldavia)

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700 – 799

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900 – 999

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  • Sheet maps at MSUL are currently assigned two call numbers:
    • a call number based on a local modification of the American Geographical Society classification system, in a c-tagged 099 field;
    • a call number based on a local modification of the Library of Congress classification system, in a y-tagged 090 field.



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