Can you name the meanings of these geography abbreviations?

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All abbreviations taken from World Reference Atlas (In association with the Royal Geographical Society)
NOTE: Not all of the abbreviations are countries.
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Abbreviation	Meaning
A.C.T.
A.R.
Afghan
Afr
Ala
Alb
Amer
Arch
Ariz
Ark
Atl. Oc
B.
B.C.
Bangla
Bos.-H
C
C.A.R
C.Prov
Calif
Cent
Chan
Colo
Conn
Cr

Abbreviation	Meaning
Czech
D.C.
Del
Dem
Dep
Des
Det
Domin
Dom.Rep
E
E.Salv
Eq.Guin
Falk.Is
Fd
Fla
Fr
G
Ga
Gt
Guinea-Biss
H.K.
Harb
Hd
Hts

Abbreviation	Meaning
I.(s)
Ill
Ind
Ind.Oc
Ivory.C
Kans
Ky
L
La
Ld
Liech
Lux
Madag
Man
Mass
Md
Me
Medit.S
Mich
Minn
Miss
Mo
Mont
Mozam

Abbreviation	Meaning
Mt.(s)
N
N.B
N.C
N. Cal
N.Dak
N.H
N.J
N.Mex
N.S
N.S.W
N.W.T
N.Y
N.Z
Nat
Nebr
Neths
Nev
Nfld & L
Nic
Okla
Ont
Oreg
P

Abbreviation	Meaning
P.E.I
Pa
Pac. Oc
Papua. N.G
Pass
Pen
Phil
Pk
Plat
Prov
Pt
Que
Queens
R
R.I
Ra
Reg
Rep
Res
S
Si. Arabia
S.C
S.Dak
S.Leone

Abbreviation	Meaning
Sask
Sd
Sib
Sprs
St
Str
Switz
Tas
Tenn
Terr
Tex
Trn & Tob
U.A.E
U.K
U.S.A
Va
Vic
Vol
Vt
W
W.Va
Wash
Wis
Wyo

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Geography Abbreviations Challenge Quiz

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	AK_WDB:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 15:30 GMT		36 points
	What's the point of taking two letters off Guinea-Bissau?

	teddy144:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 15:31 GMT		18 points
	What is the point of taking of republic of "Czech Republic". Whats it gonna be spain?

	Rob42:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 15:36 GMT		4 points
	Phew that was a long one! Apart from that, N. Cal is wrong as already mentioned by Chase - I kept typing "North California" or "Northern California", because I felt sure that that would be the correct answer.

	plps:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 15:40 GMT		10 points
	I got 'pass' because I thought that I would give up in style

	kcostell:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 15:56 GMT		5 points
	AK_WDB: I suppose when you're making a map of Africa and trying to fit a lot of names for a lot of small countries in the Western part, every little bit helps.

	kcostell:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 15:59 GMT		5 points
	On a different note: I thought I was an idiot for missing St., then saw in the results that there were a lot of other people in the same boat as me. Surprising that one of the ones we use most often (especially here in the U.S--St. Louis, St. Paul...) is one of the most missed.

	YankeesIndians:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:22 GMT		5 points
	If some of these are really used, I'm astonished. One would have to be very lazy to shorten bay.

	dancastro:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:28 GMT		11 points
	Why is there a note "Not all of the abbreviations are countries" if there are fewer than 30 country names and the category with most items (44) is U.S. states? By the way, what happened to Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Ohio and Utah? If there's "Ga" and "Me" probably "Ia" could also be included.

	Jules:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:30 GMT		24 points
	would be better without all the US states - and just sticking to geographical features.

	kepswa:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:30 GMT		17 points
	Queensland is abbreviated QLD

	Cecispanda:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:32 GMT		16 points
	Flick is a great quizmaker and I trust that the quiz is faithful to its source in the World Reference Atlas, but some of these regularly represent other things on other maps. For example, St. often means state on U.S. maps and I've definitely seen Pk to mean Park. Phil. could even be Philadelphia.

	cdeeley:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:37 GMT		23 points
	A bit too US/North America-centric in my mind, and there are plenty of other things every abbreviation could be used as; e.g. 'Colo' was Colombia to me as a first thought.

	tbagley:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:45 GMT		20 points
	Generally weak...too many options for most of them. Downvote away, but I'm just sayin.

	dancastro:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 16:56 GMT		2 points
	@cdeeley: I agree, the first thing that I thought of for "Pt" was "Port" or "Portuguese" (e.g. in an atlas: Madeira I. [Pt.] to mean that Madeira Island belongs to Portugal). However, the usual abbreviation for Colombia is Col. (again, in an atlas in Spanish: Isla de San Andrés [Col.]). Abbreviations in Spanish usually end by a consonant.

	NikeSkylark:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 17:04 GMT		2 points
	this quiz is much too united states centric, no fun at all

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	koopa08:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 17:36 GMT		2 points
	I thought abbreviations for U.S. states were two capital letters, but I guess there are variations. Could 'dep' also be depression?

	Tomodach1:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 17:39 GMT		7 points
	@bainbp The fact that Sporcle has developed from the U.S. doesn't make it U.S. based. Second to that, most of these quizes are not made by Sporcle, but published by Sporcle. I don't like the U.S. centric answering either, since Geography contain much more than U.S. alone. But hey, if the creator of this quiz likes it, Im gonna respect that. ;-)

	dancastro:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 17:42 GMT		2 points
	@koopa08: two-letter abbreviations (CA, FL, TX, etc.) were introduced when ZIP codes appeared, in 1963 if I remember well. Before that year, abbreviations like Okla., Ill., Mass., etc. were commonly used.

	mustango:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 17:45 GMT		14 points
	One city in this entire quiz (that isn't anything else) and it's Detroit?

	jonbar18:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 17:59 GMT		12 points
	A little too North America-centric. I've no problem with some American states, or Canadian provinces, but they take up about half the quiz. I personally would prefer to take a couple of those out and replace them either with some countries/regions in other parts of the world, or, even better, with geographic TERMS.

	kebertxela:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 18:03 GMT		7 points
	Am I the only one that instinctively tried "Voldemort" for Vol? Doubly sad, as I am a geologist by training...

	Statetravelr:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 18:52 GMT		1 point
	I like the quiz. I am just wondering why states like Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Ohio and Utah are not on this quiz, when most of the other states are on the quiz? Also, where are Nunavut and the Yukon Territory? All the other Canadian provinces are on the quiz. And when most of the hyphenated countries are included, why is Timor-Leste left out?

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	Beanz57:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 20:09 GMT		9 points
	Desperately tried "North Haverbrook" for NH. By gum, I thought they were on the map?

	dje:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 20:27 GMT		3 points
	i'm just curious, how come "mount" isnt accepted as mountain? I'm pretty sure that on a map, you might find someting like "mt. everest" and in that situation, its definitely called "mount everest" and not "everest mountain" in speech.

	gilan:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 20:31 GMT		5 points
	NWT should be Northwest Territories (two words, plural), unless you're referring to the Ohio River area of the US in the 18th century.

	WyattsTorch:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 20:53 GMT		4 points
	This quiz may be too Amero-centric, but honestly -- when was the last time you saw Afghanistan more guessed than America?

	RandomAxis:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 21:58 GMT		2 points
	This is the first time I've seen springs abbreviated without a 'g'. I blame you, Royal Geographical Society!

	Elgin_McQueen:	Feb 19th, 2012 at 11:03 GMT		0 points
	Did I miss a reason that Alaska and Hawai'i were missing?

	TessSGS:	Feb 19th, 2012 at 13:49 GMT		4 points
	Guess all the States and you're a third there. =