Constantinople (Turkey): Byzantium from 330 to 1930 capital of Byzantine empire, the eastern half of the Roman empire. Fell to Ottoman Turks (1453). Now, Istanbul.

Cook Strait (Pacific Ocean Channel): Separates New Zealand’s North and South Islands. Visited by Captain Cook in 1770.

Copperbelt (Africa): Aregion in central Africa, with the largest copper deposits in Africa.

Coral Sea (or Solomon Sea): It has many coral islands. Was scene of US victory over Japanese, 1942.

Cordoba (Spain): City which was the capital of Moorish Spain in 8th c. Great Mosque (990).

Corfu (Greece): Island in the lonian sea. British protectorate from 1815 to 1864.

Corinth (Greece): A powerful city of ancient Greece. Destroyed by Romans, 146 B.C, rebuilt by Caesar, 44 BC.

Corpus Christi (USA): A port on Corpus Christi Bay, channel access to Gulf of Mexico.

Corsica (France): Largest island of France, Napoleon Bonaparte was born here.

Cotopaxi (Ecuador): Highest active volcano in the world.