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Map Call Numbers

Library of Congress classification numbers are used to arrange maps in most academic library map collections. The following list includes the beginning class number for some of the more common places.

AfghanistanG7630
AfricaG8200
AlabamaG3970
Alameda County (Calif.)G4363.A3
AlaskaG4370
AlbertaG3500
AlbaniaG6830
AlgeriaG8240
Alpine County (Calif.)G4363.A4
Amador County (Calif.)G4363.A5
AndorraG6660
AngolaG8640
AntarcticaG9800
Arabian PeninsulaG7530
Arctic OceanG9780
ArgentinaG5350
ArizonaG4330
ArkansasG4000
ArmeniaG7150
Asia7400
Atlantic OceanG9100
Austral IslandG9650
AustraliaG8960
AustriaG6490
AzerbaijanG7140
AzoresG9130
BahamasG4980
BahreinG7590
Balkan PeninsulaG6800
Baltic StatesG7020
BangladeshG7645
BelarusG7090
BelgiumG6010
BelizeG4820
Benelux CountriesG5990
BeninG8750
Berkeley (Calif.)G4364.B5
BermudaG9120
BhutanG7780
Bible LandsG7480
BoliviaG5320
Bosnia and HercegovinaG6860
BotswanaG8600
BrazilG5400
British ColumbiaG3510
British Indian Ocean TerritoryG9195
British Isles. Great BritainG5740
BruneiG8198.5
BulgariaG6890
Burkina FasoG8805
BurmaG7720
BurundiG8435
Butte County (Calif.)G4363.B8
Calaveras County (Calif.)G4363.C3
CaliforniaG4360
California CitiesG4364 ... detailed list of city call numbers
California RegionsG4362 ... detailed list of region call numbers
CambodiaG8010
CamerounG8730
CanadaG3400
Canary IslandsG9150
Cape Verde IslandsG9160
Caribbean AreaG4390
Cascade RangeG4232.C3
Celestial mapsG3190
Central AfricaG8630
Central African RepublicG8710
Central AmericaG4800
Central EuropeG6030
Central Valley (Calif.)G4362.C4
ChadG8720
ChileG5300
ChinaG7820
Cocos IslandG9205
ColombiaG5290
ColoradoG4310
Colorado River & ValleyG4302.C6
Columbia River & ValleyG4232.C62
Colusa County (Calif.)G4363.C5
Comoro IslandsG9210
Congo (Brazzaville)G8700
Congo (Democratic Republic). ZaireG8650
ConnecticutG3780
Contra Costa County (Calif.)G4363.C6
Cook IslandsG9600
Costa RicaG4860
CroatiaG6870
CubaG4920
CyprusG7450
Czech Republic. CzechoslovakiaG6510
Davis (Calif.)G4364.D3
Del Norte County (Calif.)G4363.D4
DelawareG3830
DenmarkG6920
District of ColumbiaG3850
DjiboutiG8360
DominicaG5100
Dominican RepublicG4950
Earth. World mapsG3200
East AsiaG7800
East PacificG9760
Eastern EuropeG6965
EcuadorG5300
EgyptG8300
El Dorado County (Calif.)G4363.E4
Ellis & Phoenix IslandsG9510
EnglandG5740
Equatorial GuineaG8660
EritreaG8340
EstoniaG7030
EthiopiaG8330
EurasiaG5670
EuropeG5700
Falkland IslandsG9175
FijiG9380
FinlandG6960
FloridaG3930
FranceG5830
French GuianaG5270
Fresno County (Calif.)G4363.F7
GabonG8690
GambiaG8870
Georgia (Republic)G7130
Georgia (U.S.)G3920
GermanyG6080
GhanaG8850
Glenn County (Calif.)G4363.G5
Great Britain. British IslesG5740
Greater AntillesG4910
GreeceG6810
GreenlandG3380
GrenadaG5130
GuadeloupeG5070
GuamG9415
GuatemalaG4810
GuianasG5240
GuineaG8790
Guinea-BissauG8890
GuyanaG5250
HaitiG4940
HawaiiG4380
Himalaya MountainsG7402.H5
HispaniolaG4930
HondurasG4830
Hong KongG7940
Humboldt County (Calif.)G4363.H8
HungaryG6500
IcelandG6930
IdahoG4270
IllinoisG4100
Imperial County (Calif.)G4363.I5
IndiaG7650
Indian OceanG9180
IndianaG4090
IndonesiaG8070
Inyo County (Calif.)G4363.I6
IowaG4150
IranG7620
IraqG7610
IrelandG5780
IrvineG4364.I64
Isla VistaG4364.I8
IsraelG7500
ItalyG6710
Ivory CoastG8780
JamaicaG4960
JapanG7960
JordanG7510
KansasG4200
KazakhstanG7220
KentuckyG3950
KenyaG8410
Kermadec IslandG9590
Kern County (Calif.)G4363.K4
Kings County (Calif.)G4363.K5
KiribatiG9480
KoreaG7900
KuwaitG7600
KyrgyzstanG7250
La JollaG4364.S4:2L3
LabradorG3610
Lake County (Calif.)G4363.L2
LaosG8015
Lassen County (Calif.)G4363.L3
Latin AmericaG3292.L3
LatviaG7040
LebanonG7470
Leeward IslandsG5030
LesothoG8580
Lesser AntillesG5000
LiberiaG8880
LibyaG8260
LiechtensteinG6050
LithuaniaG7050
Los Angeles (Calif.)G4364.L8
Los Angeles County (Calif.)G4363.L6
LouisianaG4010
LuxembourgG6020
MacaoG7945
MacedoniaG6845
MadagascarG8460
MadeiraG9140
Madera County (Calif.)G4363.M1
MaineG3730
MalawiG8610
Malay ArchipelagoG8050
MalaysiaG8030
MaldivesG9215
MaliG8800
MaltaG6790
Mariana IslandsG9410
Marin County (Calif.)G4363.M2
Mariposa County (Calif.)G4363.M3
Marquesas IslandsG9620
MarsG8132.M3
Marshall Islands9460
MartiniqueG5080
MarylandG3840
MassachusettsG3760
MauritaniaG8820
MauritiusG9185
MelanesiaG9260
Mendocino County (Calif.)G4363.M4
Merced County (Calif.)G4363.M5
MexicoG4410
MichiganG4110
MicronesiaG9400
Middle EastG7420
MinnesotaG4140
MississippiG3980
Mississippi River & ValleyG4042.M5
MissouriG4160
Missouri River & ValleyG4052.M5
Modoc County (Calif.)G4363.M6
MoldovaG7110
MonacoG5980
MongoliaG7895
Mono County (Calif.)G4363.M7
MontanaG4250
MontenegroG6855
Monterey County (Calif.)G4363.M8
MontserratG5055
MoroccoG8230
MozambiqueG8450
Napa County (Calif.)G4363.N3
NauruG9490
NebraskaG4190
NepalG7760
NetherlandsG6000
NevadaG4350
Nevada County (Calif.)G4363.N4
New BrunswickG3430
New CaledoniaG9340
New EnglandG3720
New GuineaG8140
New HampshireG3740
New JerseyG3810
New MexicoG4320
New Southwest (U.S.)G4300
New York (State)G3800
New ZealandG9080
NewfoundlandG3600
NicaraguaG4850
NigerG8770
NigeriaG8840
NiueG9580
North AfricaG8220
North AmericaG3300
North CarolinaG3900
North DakotaG4170
North KoreaG7905
Northern IrelandG5790
Northwest Territories (Canada)G3530
NorwayG6940
Nova ScotiaG3420
Ocean IslandG9485
OceansG9095
OhioG4080
Ohio River & ValleyG3707.O5
OklahomaG4020
OmanG7560
OntarioG3460
Orange County (Calif.)G4363.O7
OregonG4290
Pacific & Mountain States (U.S.)G4210
Pacific NorthwestG4240
Pacific OceanG9230
PakistanG7640
Palau IslandsG9425
Palestine, IsraelG7500
Palo Alto (Calif.)G4364.P2
PanamaG4870
ParaguayG5380
PennsylvaniaG3820
PeruG5310
PhilippinesG8060
Placer County (Calif.)G4363.P5
Plumas County (Calif.)G4363.P6
PolandG6520
PolynesiaG9500
PortugalG6690
Prairie ProvincesG3470
Prince Edward IslandG3440
Puerto RicoG4970
QatarG7580
QuebecG3450
ReunionG9190
Rhode IslandG3770
Rio Grande River & ValleyG4297.R5
Riverside (Calif.)G4364.R7
Riverside County (Calif.)G4363.R5
Rocky Mountain RegionG4222.R6
Roman EmpireG5600
RomaniaG6880
RussiaG7060
RwandaG8430
Sacramento County (Calif.)G4363.S2
Sacramento Valley (Calif.)G4362.S12
SaharaG8202.S2
Saint HelenaG9170
Saint Pierre & MiquelonG3650
Samoa IslandsG9555
San Benito County (Calif.)G4363.S22
San Bernardino County (Calif.)G4363.S23
San Diego (Calif.)G4364.S4
San Diego County (Calif.)G4363.S24
San Francisco (Calif.)G4364.S5
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)G4362.S22
San Joaquin County (Calif.)G4363.S26
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)G4362.S227
San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)G4363.S27
San MarinoG6780
San Mateo County (Calif.)G4363.S28
Santa Barbara (Calif.)G4364.S68
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)G4363.S3
Santa Clara County (Calif.)G4363.S4
Santa Cruz (Calif.)G4364.S69
Santa Cruz County (Calif.)G4363.S5
Sao Tome e PrincipeG8675
SaskatchewanG3490
Saudi ArabiaG7530
ScandinaviaG6910
ScotlandG5770
SenegalG8810
SerbiaG6850
SeychellesG9200
Shasta County (Calif.)G4363.S6
SiberiaG7270
Sierra County (Calif.)G4363.S63
Sierra LeoneG8860
Sierra Nevada (Calif.-Nev.)G4362.S57
SingaporeG8040
Siskiyou County (Calif.)G4363.S66
SlovakiaG6515
SloveniaG6875
Society IslandsG9640
Solano County (Calif.)G4363.S7
Solomon IslandsG9275
SomaliaG8350
Sonoma County (Calif.)G4363.S75
South AfricaG8500
South AsiaG7625
South Atlantic OceanG9165
South CarolinaG3910
South DakotaG4180
South KoreaG7900
Southeast AsiaG8000
Soviet UnionG7000
SpainG6560
Sri LankaG7750
Stanford UniversityG4364.P2:2S7
Stanislaus County (Calif.)G4363.S8
SudanG8310
SurinameG5260
Sutter County (Calif.)G4363.S9
SwazilandG8590
SwedenG6950
SwitzerlandG6040
SyriaG7460
TaiwanG7910
TajikistanG7260
TanzaniaG8440
Tehama County (Calif.)G4363.T4
TennesseeG3960
TexasG4030
ThailandG8025
TibetG7890
TimorG8195
TogoG8760
TongaG9570
Trinidad and TobagoG5145
Trinity County (Calif.)G4363.T7
Truk IslandsG9440
Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsG9405
Tulare County (Calif.)G4363.T8
TunisiaG8250
Tuolumne County (Calif.)G4363.T9
TurkeyG7430
TurkmenistanG7240
UgandaG8420
UkraineG7100
United Arab EmiratesG7570
United States of AmericaG3700
UniverseG3180
University of California, BerkeleyG4364.B5:2U5
University of California, DavisG4364.D3:2U6
University of California, IrvineG4364.I64:2U5
University of California, Los AngelesG4364.L8:2U5
University of California, RiversideG4364.R7:2U5
University of California, San DiegoG4364.S4:2U5
University of California, Santa BarbaraG4364.I8:2U5
University of California, Santa CruzG4364.S69:2U6
UruguayG5370
UtahG4340
UzbekistanG7230
VanuatuG9295
VenezuelaG5280
Ventura County (Calif.)G4363.V4
VermontG3750
VietnamG8020
Virgin IslandsG5005
VirginiaG3880
WalesG5760
Washington (State)G4280
Washington, D.C.G3850
West (U.S.)G4050
West IndiesG4900
West VirginiaG3890
Western HemisphereG3290
Windward IslandsG5090
WisconsinG4120
World mapsG3200
WyomingG4260
YemenG7550
Yolo County (Calif.)G4363.Y6
Yuba County (Calif.)G4363.Y8
YugoslaviaG6840
YukonG3520
ZaireG8650
ZambiaG8570
ZimbabweG8560

Compiled by the

Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections for the
University of California/Stanford Map Librarians Group

Compiler: J.K. Herro, revised by Phil Hoehn. Maintained by Julie Sweetkind-Singer

Last modified: June 22, 2005

   
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