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Ultimate Cardinal Directional Geography Quiz

Can you name these geographical answers whose names starts in any of these: south, north, west and east (or any combination of them)?
To not over-lengthen the quiz, we only include one of the two (or more) answers that have the same name but different cardinal directions
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: October 20, 2021
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First submittedDecember 26, 2020
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Africa's southernmost country
South Africa
Province of the above in
which Cape Town lies
Western Cape
Ruled by the Kim dynasty
North Korea
Perth is its capital
Western Australia
The NA in NATO
North Atlantic
Country bordering Indonesia
East Timor
About 56% of New Zealand
South Island
Mountain range that forms
the spine of the above
Southern Alps
Second poorest U.S. state
West Virginia
Where the Fresh Prince was
born and raised
West Philadelphia
Majority-Latin continent
South America
Youngest UN member
South Sudan
Where British monarchs are
married (and buried)
Westminster
Abbey
Country recognized only
by Turkey
Northern Cyprus
Jewish holy site
Western Wall
Where the Troubles happened
Northern Ireland
You will cross it if you fly from
Edinburgh to Bergen
North Sea
Term that refers to the islands
of the Carribean
West Indies
"Old North State"
North Carolina
California, Oregon, and
Washington
West Coast
Most recently changed
country name
North Macedonia
Region claimed by Morocco
Western Sahara
Bigger part of Palestine
West Bank
U.S. territory in the Pacific
whose capital is Saipan
Northern
Mariana Islands
Surrounds Antarctica
Southern Ocean
DDR was its initials
East Germany
Yellowknife is the capital of
this Canadian region
Northwest
Territories
Roald Amundsen was the first
to reach it
South Pole
Northernmost English county
Northumberland
Former country led by
Hồ Chí Minh
North Vietnam
Former name of Bangladesh
East Pakistan
Miami area known as SoBe
South Beach
Largest English county by area
North Yorkshire
Tokyo's meaning in Japanese
Eastern Capital
Region called "De Cymru", its
new one is in Australia
South Wales
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University of Notre Dame's city
South Bend
Sea Shanghai overlooks
East China Sea
Proposed capital of a future
Palestinian state
East
Jerusalem
The U.S. Military Academy
West Point
London theater district
West End
Former name of Zambia
Northern Rhodesia
State of Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Region that includes Borneo,
Yangon and Luzon
Southeast Asia
Main city in Hampshire, England
Southampton
German-speaking part of Italy
South Tyrol
Georgian region Russia occupied
South Ossetia
Former Communist country in
the Middle East, 1967–90
South Yemen
Indian state of Kolkata
West Bengal
Largest of the Falkland Islands
East Falkland
Darwin is its capital
Northern Territory
Counterpart of North Rhine,
the German state
Westphalia
Where Riker's Island lies in NYC
East River
Another name for the
European part of Turkey
East Thrace
Former name of one of the
countries in Oceania
Western Samoa
Popularly known as SoCal
Southern California
Most populous
Indonesian province
West Java
Second-least populous
Indonesian province
West Papua
Dutch province of Amsterdam
North Holland
Mountain range on the western
coast of India
Western Ghats
Kingdom after which the English
county of Essex is named
East Saxons
One of Minnesota's nicknames
North Star State
Where Oakland and Berkeley lie
East Bay
The baddest part of Chicago,
according to Jim Croce
South Side
"Southern" British archipelagos
that are part of Antarctica
South Georgia
South Sandwich
Island barriers of the
northern Netherlands
West Frisian
Islands
Northernmost region of NZ
Northland
River on which
Alberta's Edmonton is located
North
Saskatchewan
County in central Ireland
Westmeath
LA neighborhood home to the
University of California
Westwood
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Level 69
Dec 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you

If I could type quicker and spell, I’d have scored more! :)

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Level 77
Dec 29, 2020
Papua is the largest Indonesian province, not West Papua
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Level 62
Aug 3, 2021
Cool quiz, but could probably use another minute or two!
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Level 65
Aug 3, 2021
I agree with a little more time but great quiz…
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Level 79
Aug 3, 2021
Love the quiz. Although, I do have to point out that the correct name of the school is the University of Notre Dame.
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Level 95
Aug 6, 2021
Aren't the Southern Wall and Eastern Wall also holy sites?

Also, Caribbean is the correct spelling :) Fun quiz

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Level 88
Jan 19, 2023
Great quiz, thank you
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Level 71
Apr 25, 2023
@Aaron197 great range of questions! Agree a little more time would be good (I barely had enough time to reach the end). Also you should future-proof the country-name-change question: there's already a more recent one.