AGS geographic codes for AGS call numbers
Summary: This page lists geographic codes used in American Geographical Society (AGS)-based call numbers for sheet maps. The list includes local modifications specific to MSUL, so it differs slightly from the official AGS system. Local modifications are displayed in italics.
000 – 099
000 | Universe |
010 | 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 |
048 | Mars |
049 | Moon |
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 (western section) |
072 | Antarctic Peninsula |
075 | Antarctica (eastern section) |
075 | Australian Antarctic Territory |
079 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
079-c | South Sandwich Islands (Traversay Islands) |
079-c | South Sandwich Trench |
079-c | South Shetland Islands |
079-c | South Georgia Islands |
080 | Balleny Island |
100 – 199
100 | North America |
100.1 | Great Lakes |
100.1-c | individual Great Lakes, their connecting rivers, etc. |
110 | Greenland |
120 | Canada |
120-c | Baffin Island (Canada) |
120-c | Prairie Provinces |
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 Island (Canada) |
132 | Nova Scotia (Canada) |
133 | Newfoundland (Canada) |
134 | Labrador (Canada) |
140 | Quebec (Canada) |
141 | Ontario (Canada) |
151 | Manitoba (Canada) |
153 | Alberta (Canada) |
154 | Saskatchewan (Canada) |
160 | British Columbia (Canada) |
171 | Northwest Territories (Canada) |
172 | Yukon (Canada) |
173 | Nunavut (Canada) |
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 Island |
226 | Nicaragua |
227 | Panama |
228 | Panama Canal Zone |
230 | West Indies; Caribbean region; Caribbean islands; Antilles (as a whole) |
231 | Bahamas |
231-c | Abaco Island (Bahamas) |
231-c | Acklins Island (Bahamas) |
231-c | Andros Island (Bahamas) |
231-c | Cat Island (Bahamas) |
231.1 | Great Bahama Submarine Canyon |
231.2 | Turks Islands |
231.3 | Caicos Islands |
232 | Greater Antilles |
233 | Cuba |
234 | Hispaniola |
235 | Haiti |
236 | Dominican Republic |
237 | Jamaica |
238 | Puerto Rico |
238.1 | Mona Island |
238.2 | Desecheo Island |
238.5 | Vieques Island |
238.5 | Crab Island (Vieques Island) |
238.6 | Culebra Island |
240 | Lesser Antilles |
240-c | Anguilla Island (Lesser Antilles) |
240-c | Aruba |
240-c | Bonaire |
240.1 | Trinidad And Tobago |
241 | Virgin Islands |
243 | Cayman Islands |
243.1 | Grand Cayman Island |
243.2 | Little Cayman Island |
243.3 | Cayman Ridge |
243.4 | Cayman Trench |
243.5 | Cayman Brac |
244 | Barbados |
245 | Dominica |
246 | St. Kitts and Nevis |
247 | St. Lucia |
248 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
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 |
300 – 399
300 | Africa |
300.1 | Central Africa |
300.2 | Eastern Africa |
300.3 | Northern Africa |
300.4 | Northeastern Africa |
300.5 | Northwestern Africa |
300.6 |