Country and 'territory' abbreviations agree with Fl. Eur., but
are updated as concerns Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia and the
U.S.S.R.
Click the territory abbreviation to see a generalised overview
map (not a map to be used in data recording!) of the terrestrial
grid cells.
| ABBREVIATION | AREA |
| Al | Albania |
| Au | Austria, with Liechtenstein |
| Az | Açores (Azores) |
| Be | Belgium, with Luxembourg |
| Bel | Belarus (Belorussia; Upper Dnepr part of Rs(C)) |
| Bl | Islas Baleares |
| Br | Britain, without the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland |
| Bu | Bulgaria |
| Co | Corse |
| Cr | Kriti (Creta), with Karpathos, Kasos and Gavdhos |
| Cze | Czech Republic (part of Cz) |
| Da | Denmark (Dania) |
| Est | Estonia (part of Rs(B)) |
| Fa | Færöer |
| Fe | Finland (Fennia) |
| Ga | France (Gallia), with the Channel Islands and Monaco; excluding Corse |
| Ge | Germany |
| Gr | Greece; excluding those islands included under Kriti and those which are outside Europe as defined for Fl. Eur. |
| Hb | Ireland (Hibernia); both the republic and Northern Ireland |
| He | Switzerland (Helvetia) |
| Ho | Netherlands (Hollandia) |
| Hrv | Croatia (Hrvatska; part of Ju) |
| Hs | Spain (Hispania), with Gibraltar and Andorra; excluding Islas Baleares |
| Hu | Hungary |
| Is | Iceland (Islandia) |
| It | Italy; excluding Sardegna and Sicilia as defined below |
| Jug | Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and F.Y.R. Macedonia (part of Ju; excluding Croatia and Slovenia) |
| Kaz | Kazakhstan (European part; part of Rs (E)) |
| Kry | Krym (Crimea, Rs (K)) |
| Lat | Latvia (part of Rs (B)) |
| Lit | Lithuania, with Kaliningradskaja 'oblast of Russia (part of Rs (B)) |
| Lu | Portugal (Lusitania); excluding Açores |
| No | Norway, excluding Svalbard as defined below |
| Po | Poland |
| Rm | Romania |
| Rus | Russia (European part; Rs), excluding Bel (Upper Dnepr part of Rs(C), Est, Lat and Lit (Rs(B)), Kaz (Kazakhstan part of Rs(E), Kry (Rs(K)) and Ukr (Rs(W)) |
| Rus(N) | Rossia, Northern division: Arctic Europe, Karelo-Lapland, Dvina-Pecora (including the whole of Russian Karelia) |
| Rus(C) | Rossia, Central division: Ladoga-Ilmen, Upper-Volga, Volga-Kama, Upper Dnepr, Volga-Don, Ural (including the entire Leningradskaya oblast', and excluding Belarus) |
| Rus(E) | South-eastern division: Lower Don, Lower Volga, Transvolga (excluding the European part of Kazakhstan) |
| Sa | Sardegna |
| Sb | Svalbard, comprising Spitsbergen, Björnöya (Bear Island) and Jan Mayen |
| Si | Sicilia, with Pantelleria, Isole Pelagie, Isole Lipari and Ustica; including Malta |
| Sla | Slovakia (part of Cz) |
| Sle | Slovenia (part of Ju) |
| Su | Sweden (Suecia) |
| Tu | Turkey (European part), including Imroz |
| Ukr | Ukraine and Moldova; excluding Krym (approximately = Rs (W)) |
