H.LGN lagoon

a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature

About this code Worldwide count All countries

4,036 features in 146 countries.

#	Country	Features	Share of the world
1	Australia AU	680	16.8 %
2	Mexico MX	582	14.4 %
3	Brazil BR	314	7.8 %
4	Russia RU	275	6.8 %
5	Cuba CU	220	5.5 %
6	Colombia CO	192	4.8 %
7	Costa Rica CR	93	2.3 %
8	France FR	87	2.2 %
9	Chile CL	85	2.1 %
10	Germany DE	80	2.0 %
11	Sri Lanka LK	76	1.9 %
12	Nicaragua NI	73	1.8 %
13	Italy IT	65	1.6 %
14	Guatemala GT	63	1.6 %
15	Ghana GH	53	1.3 %
16	Venezuela VE	47	1.2 %
17	Micronesia FM	39	1.0 %
18	Iceland IS	39	1.0 %
19	Belize BZ	36	0.9 %
20	Kiribati KI	31	0.8 %
21	Marshall Islands MH	31	0.8 %
22	Philippines PH	31	0.8 %
23	Finland FI	30	0.7 %
24	Japan JP	30	0.7 %
25	Papua New Guinea PG	28	0.7 %
26	Argentina AR	27	0.7 %
27	Ivory Coast CI	27	0.7 %
28	Greece GR	26	0.6 %
29	Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJ	26	0.6 %
30	Solomon Islands SB	25	0.6 %
31	New Zealand NZ	24	0.6 %
32	Spain ES	21	0.5 %
33	Honduras HN	21	0.5 %
34	Gabon GA	20	0.5 %
35	Albania AL	19	0.5 %
36	Denmark DK	19	0.5 %
37	Egypt EG	17	0.4 %
38	Vietnam VN	16	0.4 %
39	Paraguay PY	15	0.4 %
40	Dominican Republic DO	14	0.3 %
41	Peru PE	14	0.3 %
42	British Virgin Islands VG	14	0.3 %
43	Portugal PT	13	0.3 %
44	Fiji FJ	11	0.3 %
45	Liberia LR	11	0.3 %
46	French Polynesia PF	11	0.3 %
47	Turkey TR	11	0.3 %
48	Falkland Islands FK	10	0.2 %
49	Indonesia ID	10	0.2 %
50	Romania RO	10	0.2 %
51	Bahamas BS	9	0.2 %
52	Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM	9	0.2 %
53	Senegal SN	9	0.2 %
54	Tuvalu TV	9	0.2 %
55	Vanuatu VU	9	0.2 %
56	Bulgaria BG	8	0.2 %
57	Curacao CW	8	0.2 %
58	Madagascar MG	8	0.2 %
59	New Caledonia NC	8	0.2 %
60	Nigeria NG	8	0.2 %
61	Thailand TH	8	0.2 %
62	South Africa ZA	8	0.2 %
63	Republic of the Congo CG	7	0.2 %
64	Ecuador EC	7	0.2 %
65	Saint Martin MF	7	0.2 %
66	Ukraine UA	7	0.2 %
67	Haiti HT	6	0.1 %
68	India IN	6	0.1 %
69	Somalia SO	6	0.1 %
70	Tonga TO	6	0.1 %
71	Kenya KE	5	0.1 %
72	Cambodia KH	5	0.1 %
73	Palau PW	5	0.1 %
74	Reunion RE	5	0.1 %
75	Tunisia TN	5	0.1 %
76	Angola AO	4	0.1 %
77	Aruba AW	4	0.1 %
78	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba BQ	4	0.1 %
79	Cocos Islands CC	4	0.1 %
80	United Kingdom GB	4	0.1 %
81	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS	4	0.1 %
82	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	4	0.1 %
83	Northern Mariana Islands MP	4	0.1 %
84	Mozambique MZ	4	0.1 %
85	Pakistan PK	4	0.1 %
86	Turks and Caicos Islands TC	4	0.1 %
87	Tokelau TK	4	0.1 %
88	Tanzania TZ	4	0.1 %
89	United States Minor Outlying Islands UM	4	0.1 %
90	United States US	4	0.1 %
91	Uruguay UY	4	0.1 %
92	Antigua and Barbuda AG	3	0.1 %
93	Benin BJ	3	0.1 %
94	Djibouti DJ	3	0.1 %
95	Guadeloupe GP	3	0.1 %
96	South Korea KR	3	0.1 %
97	Poland PL	3	0.1 %
98	Sudan SD	3	0.1 %
99	United Arab Emirates AE	2	0.0 %
100	Estonia EE	2	0.0 %
101	Croatia HR	2	0.0 %
102	Iran IR	2	0.0 %
103	North Korea KP	2	0.0 %
104	Latvia LV	2	0.0 %
105	Morocco MA	2	0.0 %
106	Malawi MW	2	0.0 %
107	Malaysia MY	2	0.0 %
108	Sweden SE	2	0.0 %
109	French Southern Territories TF	2	0.0 %
110	Wallis and Futuna WF	2	0.0 %
111	Samoa WS	2	0.0 %
112	American Samoa AS	1	0.0 %
113	Saint Barthelemy BL	1	0.0 %
114	Bermuda BM	1	0.0 %
115	Bolivia BO	1	0.0 %
116	Canada CA	1	0.0 %
117	Cook Islands CK	1	0.0 %
118	Faroe Islands FO	1	0.0 %
119	Grenada GD	1	0.0 %
120	Guam GU	1	0.0 %
121	Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM	1	0.0 %
122	Ireland IE	1	0.0 %
123	Israel IL	1	0.0 %
124	Iraq IQ	1	0.0 %
125	Cayman Islands KY	1	0.0 %
126	Kazakhstan KZ	1	0.0 %
127	Libya LY	1	0.0 %
128	Martinique MQ	1	0.0 %
129	Mauritania MR	1	0.0 %
130	Malta MT	1	0.0 %
131	Mauritius MU	1	0.0 %
132	Namibia NA	1	0.0 %
133	Oman OM	1	0.0 %
134	Panama PA	1	0.0 %
135	Puerto Rico PR	1	0.0 %
136	Serbia RS	1	0.0 %
137	Singapore SG	1	0.0 %
138	Saint Helena SH	1	0.0 %
139	El Salvador SV	1	0.0 %
140	Togo TG	1	0.0 %
141	Turkmenistan TM	1	0.0 %
142	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1	0.0 %
143	Taiwan TW	1	0.0 %
144	Uganda UG	1	0.0 %
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1	0.0 %
146	Yemen YE	1	0.0 %
	Total	4,036