Other countries

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Cite as (Note the revision of earlier guidelines for citing BGN online):

670 GEOnet, [date of search]‡b([place name]; [feature designation], [latitude, longitude]; ref. from: [variants]; [other information])

Varese: see Varese, Provincia di
ADM2 45°48'00"N 8°48'00"E IT00 MR87 NL32-08
Varese, Provincia di
ADM2 45°48'00"N 8°48'00"E IT00 MR87 NL32-08
Varese
PPL 45°48'00"N 8°50'00"E IT09 MR87 NL32-08

670 GEOnet, Apr. 7, 1998‡b(Varese [brief], Provincia di; ADM2, 45.48N, 8.48E; ref. from: Varese; also lists town (PPL) called Varese)

When access to GEOnet is not available, or at the discretion of the cataloger, the print editions of the BGN gazetteers, or another recently published gazetteer may be used. If none of these is available, an encyclopedia in the appropriate language may be used. Base the heading on the form found, together with a consideration of the form found in the work being cataloged, as instructed in RI 23.2.

Examples:

670 BGN, Italy, 1996‡b(Fie; PPL, 46.31N, 11.30E)
670 Col. Lipp. gaz.‡b(Loharu, town, Hissar dist., S Punjab, India, 50 mi S of Hissar)