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EspañolLIST OF ASTEROIDS NAMED AFTER PLACES
This is a 'list of asteroids named after places', organized by continent.
★ 1193 Africa (Africa)
★ 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
★ 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
★ 1278 Kenya (Kenya)
★ 1279 Uganda (Uganda)
★ 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
★ 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
★ 1718 Namibia (Namibia)
★ 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
★ 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
★ 67 Asia(Asia)
★ 1157 Arabia (Arabia)
★ 2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)
★ 498 Tokio (Tokyo)
★ 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji)
★ 2084 Okayama (Okayama)
★ 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima)
★ 3319 Kibi (Kibi)
★ 3380 Awaji (Awaji)
★ 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaidō)
★ 4157 Izu (Izu)
★ 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki)
★ 4790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki)
★ 5618 Saitama (Saitama)
★ 5881 Akashi (Akashi)
★ 5908 Nagoya (Nagoya)
★ 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima)
★ 6255 Kuma (Kumakogen)
★ 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo)
★ 7253 Nara (Nara)
★ 8120 Kobe (Kobe)
★ 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa)
★ 9782 Edo (Edo)
★ 10159 Tokara (Tokara)
★ 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi)
★ 17286 Bisei (Bisei)
★ 20625 Noto (Noto)
★ 48736 Ehime (Ehime)
★ 1125 China (China)
★ 2045 Peking (Beijing)
★ 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu)
★ 2078 Nanking (Nanjing)
★ 2085 Henan (Henan)
★ 2162 Anhui (Anhui)
★ 2184 Fujian (Fujian)
★ 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong)
★ 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai)
★ 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin)
★ 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan)
★ 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan)
★ 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai)
★ 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi)
★ 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang)
★ 2344 Xizang (Xizang)
★ 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)
★ 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang)
★ 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an)
★ 2398 Jilin (Jilin)
★ 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen)
★ 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning)
★ 2505 Hebei (Hebei)
★ 2510 Shandong (Shandong)
★ 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan)
★ 2515 Gansu (Gansu)
★ 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia)
★ 2547 Hubei (Hubei)
★ 2592 Hunan (Hunan)
★ 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi)
★ 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang)
★ 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou)
★ 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi)
★ 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an)
★ 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou)
★ 2729 Urumqi (Urumqi)
★ 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu)
★ 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan)
★ 2789 Foshan (Foshan)
★ 2851 Harbin (Harbin)
★ 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai)
★ 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing)
★ 3024 Hainan (Hainan)
★ 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou)
★ 3051 Nantong (Nantong)
★ 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen)
★ 3136 Anshan (Anshan)
★ 3139 Shantou (Shantou)
★ 3187 Dalian (Dalian)
★ 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan)
★ 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou)
★ 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
★ 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou)
★ 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)
★ 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)
★ 3650 Kunming (Kunming)
★ 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou)
★ 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang)
★ 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa)
★ 8423 Macao (Macau)
★ 12418 Tongling (Anhui)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
★ 780 Armenia (Armenia)
★ 1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia)
★ 2140 Kemerovo (Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, now Russia)
★ 2297 Daghestan (Daghestan, Russia)
★ 2566 Kirghizia (Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan)
★ 2584 Turkmenia (Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan)
★ 2698 Azerbajdzhan (Azerbaijan)
★ 2700 Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
★ 5471 Tunguska (Tunguska, Russia)
★ 257 Silesia (Silesia)
★ 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
★ 1391 Carelia (Karelia)
★ 3933 Portugal (Portugal)
★ 7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe, Czech Labe)
★ 290 Bruna (Latin name for Brno)
★ 371 Bohemia (Bohemia)
★ 1901 Moravia (Moravia)
★ 1942 Jablunka (Jablunka)
★ 2080 Jihlava (Jihlava)
★ 2081 Sázava (Sázava River)
★ 2123 Vltava (Vltava River)
★ 2199 Kleť (Kleť, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery)
★ 2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)
★ 2337 Boubín (Boubín, a hill)
★ 2367 Praha (Prague)
★ 2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)
★ 2403 Šumava (Šumava)
★ 2524 Budovicium (Latin name for České Budějovice)
★ 2599 Veselí (Veselí)
★ 2613 Plzeň (Plzeň)
★ 2672 Písek (Písek)
★ 2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)
★ 2811 Střemchoví (Střemchoví, birthplace of discoverer)
★ 2889 Brno (Brno)
★ 3137 Horky (Horký, a hill)
★ 3735 Třeboň (Třeboň)
★ 4054 Turnov (Turnov)
★ 4249 Křemže (Křemže)
★ 4277 Holubov (Holubov)
★ 2889 Třísov (Třísov)
★ 4405 Otava (Otava River)
★ 4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)
★ 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
★ 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
★ 4698 Jizera (Jizera River)
★ 4702 Berounka (Berounka River)
★ 4801 Ohře (Ohře River)
★ 4823 Libenice (Libenice)
★ 4824 Stradonice (Stradonice)
★ 5894 Telč (Telč)
★ 6060 Doudleby (Doudleby)
★ 6064 Holašovice (Holašovice)
★ 6802 Černovice (Černovice)
★ 7118 Kuklov (Kuklov)
★ 7204 Ondřejov (Ondřejov)
★ 7440 Závist (Závist)
★ 7498 Blaník (Blaník, a hill)
★ 7532 Pelhřimov (Pelhřimov)
★ 7669 Malše (Malše River)
★ 7694 Krasetín (Krasetín)
★ 7711 Říp (Říp Mountain)
★ 8554 Gabreta (ancient name for Bohemian Forest)
★ 9711 Želetava (Želetava)
★ 9884 Příbram (Příbram)
★ 11128 Ostravia (Latin name for Ostrava)
★ 11134 České Budějovice (České Budějovice)
★ 11163 Milešovka (Milešovka, a mountain)
★ 11167 Kunžak (Kunžak)
★ 11339 Orlík (Orlík a castle and a dam)
★ 11656 Lipno (Lipno Dam)
★ 12406 Zvíkov (Zvíkov Castle)
★ 12468 Zachotín (Zachotín)
★ 12833 Kamenný Újezd (Kamenný Újezd)
★ 13804 Hrazany (Hrazany)
★ 14537 Týn nad Vltavou (Týn nad Vltavou)
★ 14974 Počátky (Počátky)
★ 15890 Prachatice (Prachatice)
★ 15960 Hluboká (Hluboká nad Vltavou, a castle)
★ 16801 Petřínpragensis (Petřín, a hill in Prague)
★ 17600 Dobřichovice (Dobřichovice)
★ 17607 Táborsko (Táborsko, Czech district)
★ 18497 Nevězice (Nevězice)
★ 18531 Strakonice (Strakonice)
★ 20254 Úpice (Úpice)
★ 20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill Kleť)
★ 21257 Jižní Čechy (Jižní Čechy, in ''English'' South Bohemia, a Czech region)
★ 21290 Vydra (Vydra River)
★ 21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec)
★ 22450 Nové Hrady (Nové Hrady)
★ 24837 Mšecké Žehrovice (Mšecké Žehrovice)
★ 24838 Abilunon (Abilunon, nowadays non-existing ancient town)
★ 26328 Litomyšl (Litomyšl)
★ 26971 Sezimovo Ústí (Sezimovo Ústí)
★ 27079 Vsetín (Vsetín)
★ 27088 Valmez (Valašské Meziříčí)
★ 30564 Olomouc (Olomouc)
★ 131323 Lysá hora (Lysá hora, a mountain)
★ 31650 Frýdek-Místek (Frýdek-Místek)
★ 31232 Slavonice (Slavonice)
★ 31238 Kroměříž (Kroměříž)
★ 40206 Lhenice (Lhenice)
★ 43954 Chýnov (Chýnov)
★ 47294 Blanský les (Blanský les, highlands)
★ 49448 Macocha (Macocha Gorge)
★ 68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill Kleť)
★ 434 Hungaria (Hungary)
★ 589 Croatia (Croatia)
★ 690 Wratislavia (Wrocław, Poland)
★ 1160 Illyria (Illyria, Croatia)
★ 1537 Transylvania (Transylvania, Romania)
★ 1989 Tatry (Tatra Mountains)
★ 2315 Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
★ 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
★ 8020 Erzgebirge (German for the Ore Mountains, Czech Krušné hory)
★ 9674 Slovenija (Slovenia)
★ 13121 Tisza (Tisza River)
★ 38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)
★ 1460 Haltia (Halti)
★ 1471 Tornio (Tornio)
★ 1472 Muonio (Muonio)
★ 1473 Ounas (Ounastunturi)
★ 1488 Aura (Aura river)
★ 1494 Savo (Savonia)
★ 1495 Helsinki (Helsinki)
★ 1496 Turku (Turku)
★ 1497 Tampere (Tampere)
★ 1498 Lahti (Lahti)
★ 1499 Pori (Pori)
★ 1500 Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä)
★ 1503 Kuopio (Kuopio)
★ 1504 Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta)
★ 1507 Vaasa (Vaasa)
★ 1518 Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi)
★ 1519 Kajaani (Kajaani)
★ 1520 Imatra (Imatra)
★ 1521 Seinäjoki (Seinäjoki)
★ 1522 Kokkola (Kokkola)
★ 1523 Pieksämäki (Pieksämäki)
★ 1524 Joensuu (Joensuu)
★ 1525 Savonlinna (Savonlinna)
★ 1526 Mikkeli (Mikkeli)
★ 1532 Inari (Lake Inari)
★ 1533 Saimaa (Saimaa)
★ 1534 Näsi (Näsijärvi)
★ 1535 Päijänne (Lake Päijänne)
★ 1536 Pielinen (Pielinen)
★ 1656 Suomi (Finland)
★ 1659 Punkaharju (Punkaharju)
★ 1757 Porvoo (Porvoo)
★ 1758 Naantali (Naantali)
★ 1882 Rauma (Rauma)
★ 1883 Rimito (Rimito)
★ 1928 Summa (Summa)
★ 1929 Kollaa (Kollaa)
★ 2291 Kevo (Kevo)
★ 2292 Seili (Seili)
★ 2299 Hanko (Hanko)
★ 2397 Lappajärvi (Lappajärvi)
★ 2479 Sodankylä (Sodankylä)
★ 2501 Lohja (Lohja)
★ 2512 Tavastia (Tavastia)
★ 2535 Hämeenlinna (Hämeenlinna)
★ 2678 Aavasaksa (Aavasaksa)
★ 2679 Kittisvaara (Kittisvaara)
★ 2733 Hamina (Hamina)
★ 2737 Kotka (Kotka)
★ 2750 Loviisa (Loviisa)
★ 2774 Tenojoki (Tenojoki)
★ 2820 Iisalmi (Iisalmi)
★ 2840 Kallavesi (Kallavesi)
★ 2841 Puijo (Puijo)
★ 21 Lutetia (Paris)
★ 138 Tolosa (Toulouse)
★ 4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
★ 6268 Versailles (Versailles)
★ 9385 Avignon (Avignon)
★ 8371 Goven (Goven)
★ 241 Germania (Germany)
★ 301 Bavaria (Bavaria)
★ 930 Westphalia (Westphalia)
★ 10775 Leipzig (Leipzig)
★ 472 Roma (Rome)
★ 477 Italia (Italy)
★ 487 Venetia (Venice)
★ 704 Interamnia (Teramo)
★ 2601 Bologna (Bologna)
★ 4464 Vulcano (Vulcano, Italy)
★ 582 Olympia (Olympia)
★ 1119 Euboea (Euboea)
★ 1138 Attica (Attica)
★ 1151 Ithaka (Ithaca)
★ 1161 Thessalia (Thessaly)
★ 4356 Marathon (Marathon)
★ 4357 Korinthos (Corinth)
★ 1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)
★ 1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)
★ 2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
★ 9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)
★ 9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
★ 9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
★ 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
★ 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
★ 1149 Volga (Volga River)
★ 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
★ 1479 Inkeri (Ingria)
★ 1480 Aunus (Olonets Karelia)
★ 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
★ 2046 Leningrad (Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg)
★ 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
★ 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukraine)
★ 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus)
★ 2171 Kiev (Kiev, Ukraine)
★ 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
★ 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
★ 2577 Lietuva (Lithuania)
★ 2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
★ 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
★ 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
★ 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
★ 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
★ 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
★ 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
★ 2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden)
★ 2676 Aarhus (Århus, Denmark)
★ 6795 Örnsköldsvik (Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
★ 6796 Sundsvall (Sundsvall, Sweden)
★ 6797 Östersund (Östersund, Sweden)
★ 10549 Helsingborg (Helsingborg, Sweden)
★ 10550 Malmö (Malmö, Sweden)
★ 10551 Göteborg (Göteborg, Sweden)
★ 10552 Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
★ 1807 Slovakia (Slovakia)
★ 4018 Bratislava (Bratislava)
★ 9543 Nitra (Nitra)
★ 11118 Modra (Modra)
★ 20495 Rimavská Sobota (Rimavská Sobota)
★ 22185 Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica)
★ 24260 Kriváň (Kriváň, a mountain)
★ 25384 Partizánske (Partizánske)
★ 59419 Prešov (Prešov)
★ 945 Barcelona (Barcelona)
★ 1159 Granada (Granada)
★ 9453 Mallorca (Majorca)
★ 14967 Madrid (Madrid)
★ 1174 Marmara (Sea of Marmara)
★ 2830 Greenwich (Greenwich)
★ 8837 London (London)
★ 8849 Brighton (Brighton)
★ 6714 Montréal (Montréal, Québec)
★ 96192 Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
★ 96193 Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
★ 334 Chicago (Chicago)
★ 341 California (California)
★ 484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
★ 508 Princetonia (Princeton University)
★ 516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
★ 736 Harvard (Harvard University)
★ 793 Arizona (Arizona)
★ 916 America (United States of America)
★ 581 Tauntonia (Taunton, Massachusetts)
★ 1345 Potomac (Potomac)
★ 1602 Indiana (Indiana)
★ 2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona)
★ 2322 Kitt Peak (Kitt Peak, Arizona)
★ 3031 Houston (Houston, Texas)
★ 3043 San Diego (San Diego, California)
★ 3512 Eriepa (Erie, Pennsylvania)
★ 7041 Nantucket (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
★ 10195 Nebraska (Nebraska)
★ 10379 Lake Placid (Lake Placid, New York)
★ 32570 Peruindiana (Peru, Indiana)
★ 35352 Texas (Texas)
★ 49272 Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah)
★ 3563 Canterbury (Canterbury, New Zealand)
★ 8088 Australia (Australia)
★ 1031 Arctica (The Arctic)
★ 2404 Antarctica (Antarctica)
★ 293 Brasilia (Brazil)
★ 469 Argentina (Argentina)
★ 4337 Arecibo (Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico)
★ 8277 Machu-Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru)
★ 8279 Cuzco (Cuzco, Peru)
★ 9357 Venezuela (Venezuela)
★ 10972 Ecuador (Ecuador)
★ 10973 Quito (Quito, Ecuador)
★ 10797 Guatemala (Guatemala)
★ 10799 Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)
★ 1282 Utopia (Utopia)
★ List of asteroids
★ List of asteroids named after people
★ Meanings of asteroid names
Africa
★ 1193 Africa (Africa)
Countries of Africa
★ 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
★ 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
★ 1278 Kenya (Kenya)
★ 1279 Uganda (Uganda)
★ 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
★ 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
★ 1718 Namibia (Namibia)
★ 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
Cities of Africa
★ 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
Asia
★ 67 Asia(Asia)
★ 1157 Arabia (Arabia)
★ 2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)
Japan
★ 498 Tokio (Tokyo)
★ 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji)
★ 2084 Okayama (Okayama)
★ 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima)
★ 3319 Kibi (Kibi)
★ 3380 Awaji (Awaji)
★ 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaidō)
★ 4157 Izu (Izu)
★ 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki)
★ 4790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki)
★ 5618 Saitama (Saitama)
★ 5881 Akashi (Akashi)
★ 5908 Nagoya (Nagoya)
★ 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima)
★ 6255 Kuma (Kumakogen)
★ 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo)
★ 7253 Nara (Nara)
★ 8120 Kobe (Kobe)
★ 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa)
★ 9782 Edo (Edo)
★ 10159 Tokara (Tokara)
★ 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi)
★ 17286 Bisei (Bisei)
★ 20625 Noto (Noto)
★ 48736 Ehime (Ehime)
China
★ 1125 China (China)
★ 2045 Peking (Beijing)
★ 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu)
★ 2078 Nanking (Nanjing)
★ 2085 Henan (Henan)
★ 2162 Anhui (Anhui)
★ 2184 Fujian (Fujian)
★ 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong)
★ 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai)
★ 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin)
★ 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan)
★ 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan)
★ 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai)
★ 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi)
★ 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang)
★ 2344 Xizang (Xizang)
★ 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)
★ 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang)
★ 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an)
★ 2398 Jilin (Jilin)
★ 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen)
★ 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning)
★ 2505 Hebei (Hebei)
★ 2510 Shandong (Shandong)
★ 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan)
★ 2515 Gansu (Gansu)
★ 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia)
★ 2547 Hubei (Hubei)
★ 2592 Hunan (Hunan)
★ 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi)
★ 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang)
★ 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou)
★ 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi)
★ 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an)
★ 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou)
★ 2729 Urumqi (Urumqi)
★ 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu)
★ 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan)
★ 2789 Foshan (Foshan)
★ 2851 Harbin (Harbin)
★ 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai)
★ 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing)
★ 3024 Hainan (Hainan)
★ 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou)
★ 3051 Nantong (Nantong)
★ 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen)
★ 3136 Anshan (Anshan)
★ 3139 Shantou (Shantou)
★ 3187 Dalian (Dalian)
★ 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan)
★ 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou)
★ 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
★ 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou)
★ 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)
★ 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)
★ 3650 Kunming (Kunming)
★ 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou)
★ 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang)
★ 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa)
★ 8423 Macao (Macau)
★ 12418 Tongling (Anhui)
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
★ 780 Armenia (Armenia)
★ 1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia)
★ 2140 Kemerovo (Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, now Russia)
★ 2297 Daghestan (Daghestan, Russia)
★ 2566 Kirghizia (Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan)
★ 2584 Turkmenia (Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan)
★ 2698 Azerbajdzhan (Azerbaijan)
★ 2700 Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
★ 5471 Tunguska (Tunguska, Russia)
Europe
★ 257 Silesia (Silesia)
★ 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
★ 1391 Carelia (Karelia)
★ 3933 Portugal (Portugal)
★ 7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe, Czech Labe)
Czech Republic
★ 290 Bruna (Latin name for Brno)
★ 371 Bohemia (Bohemia)
★ 1901 Moravia (Moravia)
★ 1942 Jablunka (Jablunka)
★ 2080 Jihlava (Jihlava)
★ 2081 Sázava (Sázava River)
★ 2123 Vltava (Vltava River)
★ 2199 Kleť (Kleť, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery)
★ 2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)
★ 2337 Boubín (Boubín, a hill)
★ 2367 Praha (Prague)
★ 2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)
★ 2403 Šumava (Šumava)
★ 2524 Budovicium (Latin name for České Budějovice)
★ 2599 Veselí (Veselí)
★ 2613 Plzeň (Plzeň)
★ 2672 Písek (Písek)
★ 2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)
★ 2811 Střemchoví (Střemchoví, birthplace of discoverer)
★ 2889 Brno (Brno)
★ 3137 Horky (Horký, a hill)
★ 3735 Třeboň (Třeboň)
★ 4054 Turnov (Turnov)
★ 4249 Křemže (Křemže)
★ 4277 Holubov (Holubov)
★ 2889 Třísov (Třísov)
★ 4405 Otava (Otava River)
★ 4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)
★ 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
★ 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
★ 4698 Jizera (Jizera River)
★ 4702 Berounka (Berounka River)
★ 4801 Ohře (Ohře River)
★ 4823 Libenice (Libenice)
★ 4824 Stradonice (Stradonice)
★ 5894 Telč (Telč)
★ 6060 Doudleby (Doudleby)
★ 6064 Holašovice (Holašovice)
★ 6802 Černovice (Černovice)
★ 7118 Kuklov (Kuklov)
★ 7204 Ondřejov (Ondřejov)
★ 7440 Závist (Závist)
★ 7498 Blaník (Blaník, a hill)
★ 7532 Pelhřimov (Pelhřimov)
★ 7669 Malše (Malše River)
★ 7694 Krasetín (Krasetín)
★ 7711 Říp (Říp Mountain)
★ 8554 Gabreta (ancient name for Bohemian Forest)
★ 9711 Želetava (Želetava)
★ 9884 Příbram (Příbram)
★ 11128 Ostravia (Latin name for Ostrava)
★ 11134 České Budějovice (České Budějovice)
★ 11163 Milešovka (Milešovka, a mountain)
★ 11167 Kunžak (Kunžak)
★ 11339 Orlík (Orlík a castle and a dam)
★ 11656 Lipno (Lipno Dam)
★ 12406 Zvíkov (Zvíkov Castle)
★ 12468 Zachotín (Zachotín)
★ 12833 Kamenný Újezd (Kamenný Újezd)
★ 13804 Hrazany (Hrazany)
★ 14537 Týn nad Vltavou (Týn nad Vltavou)
★ 14974 Počátky (Počátky)
★ 15890 Prachatice (Prachatice)
★ 15960 Hluboká (Hluboká nad Vltavou, a castle)
★ 16801 Petřínpragensis (Petřín, a hill in Prague)
★ 17600 Dobřichovice (Dobřichovice)
★ 17607 Táborsko (Táborsko, Czech district)
★ 18497 Nevězice (Nevězice)
★ 18531 Strakonice (Strakonice)
★ 20254 Úpice (Úpice)
★ 20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill Kleť)
★ 21257 Jižní Čechy (Jižní Čechy, in ''English'' South Bohemia, a Czech region)
★ 21290 Vydra (Vydra River)
★ 21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec)
★ 22450 Nové Hrady (Nové Hrady)
★ 24837 Mšecké Žehrovice (Mšecké Žehrovice)
★ 24838 Abilunon (Abilunon, nowadays non-existing ancient town)
★ 26328 Litomyšl (Litomyšl)
★ 26971 Sezimovo Ústí (Sezimovo Ústí)
★ 27079 Vsetín (Vsetín)
★ 27088 Valmez (Valašské Meziříčí)
★ 30564 Olomouc (Olomouc)
★ 131323 Lysá hora (Lysá hora, a mountain)
★ 31650 Frýdek-Místek (Frýdek-Místek)
★ 31232 Slavonice (Slavonice)
★ 31238 Kroměříž (Kroměříž)
★ 40206 Lhenice (Lhenice)
★ 43954 Chýnov (Chýnov)
★ 47294 Blanský les (Blanský les, highlands)
★ 49448 Macocha (Macocha Gorge)
★ 68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill Kleť)
Eastern Europe
★ 434 Hungaria (Hungary)
★ 589 Croatia (Croatia)
★ 690 Wratislavia (Wrocław, Poland)
★ 1160 Illyria (Illyria, Croatia)
★ 1537 Transylvania (Transylvania, Romania)
★ 1989 Tatry (Tatra Mountains)
★ 2315 Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
★ 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
★ 8020 Erzgebirge (German for the Ore Mountains, Czech Krušné hory)
★ 9674 Slovenija (Slovenia)
★ 13121 Tisza (Tisza River)
★ 38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)
Finland
★ 1460 Haltia (Halti)
★ 1471 Tornio (Tornio)
★ 1472 Muonio (Muonio)
★ 1473 Ounas (Ounastunturi)
★ 1488 Aura (Aura river)
★ 1494 Savo (Savonia)
★ 1495 Helsinki (Helsinki)
★ 1496 Turku (Turku)
★ 1497 Tampere (Tampere)
★ 1498 Lahti (Lahti)
★ 1499 Pori (Pori)
★ 1500 Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä)
★ 1503 Kuopio (Kuopio)
★ 1504 Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta)
★ 1507 Vaasa (Vaasa)
★ 1518 Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi)
★ 1519 Kajaani (Kajaani)
★ 1520 Imatra (Imatra)
★ 1521 Seinäjoki (Seinäjoki)
★ 1522 Kokkola (Kokkola)
★ 1523 Pieksämäki (Pieksämäki)
★ 1524 Joensuu (Joensuu)
★ 1525 Savonlinna (Savonlinna)
★ 1526 Mikkeli (Mikkeli)
★ 1532 Inari (Lake Inari)
★ 1533 Saimaa (Saimaa)
★ 1534 Näsi (Näsijärvi)
★ 1535 Päijänne (Lake Päijänne)
★ 1536 Pielinen (Pielinen)
★ 1656 Suomi (Finland)
★ 1659 Punkaharju (Punkaharju)
★ 1757 Porvoo (Porvoo)
★ 1758 Naantali (Naantali)
★ 1882 Rauma (Rauma)
★ 1883 Rimito (Rimito)
★ 1928 Summa (Summa)
★ 1929 Kollaa (Kollaa)
★ 2291 Kevo (Kevo)
★ 2292 Seili (Seili)
★ 2299 Hanko (Hanko)
★ 2397 Lappajärvi (Lappajärvi)
★ 2479 Sodankylä (Sodankylä)
★ 2501 Lohja (Lohja)
★ 2512 Tavastia (Tavastia)
★ 2535 Hämeenlinna (Hämeenlinna)
★ 2678 Aavasaksa (Aavasaksa)
★ 2679 Kittisvaara (Kittisvaara)
★ 2733 Hamina (Hamina)
★ 2737 Kotka (Kotka)
★ 2750 Loviisa (Loviisa)
★ 2774 Tenojoki (Tenojoki)
★ 2820 Iisalmi (Iisalmi)
★ 2840 Kallavesi (Kallavesi)
★ 2841 Puijo (Puijo)
France
★ 21 Lutetia (Paris)
★ 138 Tolosa (Toulouse)
★ 4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
★ 6268 Versailles (Versailles)
★ 9385 Avignon (Avignon)
★ 8371 Goven (Goven)
Germany
★ 241 Germania (Germany)
★ 301 Bavaria (Bavaria)
★ 930 Westphalia (Westphalia)
★ 10775 Leipzig (Leipzig)
Italy
★ 472 Roma (Rome)
★ 477 Italia (Italy)
★ 487 Venetia (Venice)
★ 704 Interamnia (Teramo)
★ 2601 Bologna (Bologna)
★ 4464 Vulcano (Vulcano, Italy)
Greece
★ 582 Olympia (Olympia)
★ 1119 Euboea (Euboea)
★ 1138 Attica (Attica)
★ 1151 Ithaka (Ithaca)
★ 1161 Thessalia (Thessaly)
★ 4356 Marathon (Marathon)
★ 4357 Korinthos (Corinth)
The Low Countries
★ 1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)
★ 1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)
★ 2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
★ 9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)
★ 9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
★ 9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Europe)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
★ 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
★ 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
★ 1149 Volga (Volga River)
★ 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
★ 1479 Inkeri (Ingria)
★ 1480 Aunus (Olonets Karelia)
★ 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
★ 2046 Leningrad (Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg)
★ 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
★ 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukraine)
★ 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus)
★ 2171 Kiev (Kiev, Ukraine)
★ 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
★ 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
★ 2577 Lietuva (Lithuania)
★ 2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
★ 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
★ 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
★ 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
★ 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
★ 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
★ 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Scandinavia
★ 2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden)
★ 2676 Aarhus (Århus, Denmark)
★ 6795 Örnsköldsvik (Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
★ 6796 Sundsvall (Sundsvall, Sweden)
★ 6797 Östersund (Östersund, Sweden)
★ 10549 Helsingborg (Helsingborg, Sweden)
★ 10550 Malmö (Malmö, Sweden)
★ 10551 Göteborg (Göteborg, Sweden)
★ 10552 Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
Slovakia
★ 1807 Slovakia (Slovakia)
★ 4018 Bratislava (Bratislava)
★ 9543 Nitra (Nitra)
★ 11118 Modra (Modra)
★ 20495 Rimavská Sobota (Rimavská Sobota)
★ 22185 Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica)
★ 24260 Kriváň (Kriváň, a mountain)
★ 25384 Partizánske (Partizánske)
★ 59419 Prešov (Prešov)
Spain
★ 945 Barcelona (Barcelona)
★ 1159 Granada (Granada)
★ 9453 Mallorca (Majorca)
★ 14967 Madrid (Madrid)
Turkey
★ 1174 Marmara (Sea of Marmara)
United Kingdom
★ 2830 Greenwich (Greenwich)
★ 8837 London (London)
★ 8849 Brighton (Brighton)
North America
Canada
★ 6714 Montréal (Montréal, Québec)
★ 96192 Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
★ 96193 Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
USA
★ 334 Chicago (Chicago)
★ 341 California (California)
★ 484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
★ 508 Princetonia (Princeton University)
★ 516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
★ 736 Harvard (Harvard University)
★ 793 Arizona (Arizona)
★ 916 America (United States of America)
★ 581 Tauntonia (Taunton, Massachusetts)
★ 1345 Potomac (Potomac)
★ 1602 Indiana (Indiana)
★ 2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona)
★ 2322 Kitt Peak (Kitt Peak, Arizona)
★ 3031 Houston (Houston, Texas)
★ 3043 San Diego (San Diego, California)
★ 3512 Eriepa (Erie, Pennsylvania)
★ 7041 Nantucket (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
★ 10195 Nebraska (Nebraska)
★ 10379 Lake Placid (Lake Placid, New York)
★ 32570 Peruindiana (Peru, Indiana)
★ 35352 Texas (Texas)
★ 49272 Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah)
Oceania
★ 3563 Canterbury (Canterbury, New Zealand)
★ 8088 Australia (Australia)
Polar regions
★ 1031 Arctica (The Arctic)
★ 2404 Antarctica (Antarctica)
South and Central America
★ 293 Brasilia (Brazil)
★ 469 Argentina (Argentina)
★ 4337 Arecibo (Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico)
★ 8277 Machu-Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru)
★ 8279 Cuzco (Cuzco, Peru)
★ 9357 Venezuela (Venezuela)
★ 10972 Ecuador (Ecuador)
★ 10973 Quito (Quito, Ecuador)
★ 10797 Guatemala (Guatemala)
★ 10799 Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)
Fictional places
★ 1282 Utopia (Utopia)
See also
★ List of asteroids
★ List of asteroids named after people
★ Meanings of asteroid names
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