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GUIDELINES...
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Use CONTINENT if the intellectual content found in a media item takes place and can be identified by a known name for a body of land known as a continent.
For a fascinating discussion on the differing models for assigning continent status, see:
en.wikipedia.org—Continents
USGS Geographic Names Information Services (GNIS)
Query the online database:
Geog Names Info Service
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and its territories. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the data base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names information for the United States and its territories.
United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Links to web sites relevant to geographical names standardization:
UN Statistics Division (Geog Names)
Pangaea (Paleozoic and Mesozoic Supercontinent, 300 million years ago)
Gondwana (Jurassic Supercontinent, 200 million years ago)
Separate multiple entries with a semi-colon and a space, except for the final entry which should not have any trailing punctuation.
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