URY 858 UY
Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB 860 UZ
Vanuatu NH VU VUT 548 VU
Venezuela VE VE VEN 862 UE
Vietnam VM VN VNM 704 VN
Virgin VQ VI VIR 850 VI
Islands
Virgin -- -- -- -- -- see British Virgin Islands
Islands (UK)
Virgin -- -- -- -- -- see Virgin Islands
Islands (US)
Wake Atoll WQ -- -- -- -- ISO includes with the US
Minor Outlying Islands
Wallis and WF WF WLF 876 WF
Futuna
West Bank WE -- -- -- --
Western WI EH ESH 732 EH
Sahara
Western Samoa -- -- -- -- -- see Samoa
World -- -- -- -- -- the Factbook uses the W data
code from DIAM 65--18
Geopolitical Data Elements
and Related Features, Data
Standard No. 3, December
1994, published by the
Defense Intelligence Agency
Yemen YM YE YEM 887 YE
Yugoslavia* -- YU YUG 891 YU see footnote at end of table
Zaire -- -- -- -- -- see Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Zambia ZA ZM ZWB 894 ZM
Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE 716 ZW

Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint
independent state, but this entity has not been formally
recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has
dissolved and that none of the successor republics
represents its continuation.

Appendix G: Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Codes

IHO 23-4th: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, Draft
4th Edition 1986, published by the International Hydrographic Bureau
of the International Hydrographic Organization

IHO 23-3rd: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, 3rd
Edition 1953, published by the International Hydrographic Organization

ACIC M 49-1: Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised January 1958,
published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC),
United States Air Force; note--ACIC is now part of the National
Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)

DIAM 65-18: Geopoliti