| PAHANG | State of Peninsular Malaysia on the South China Sea; capital Kuantan |
| GUANGDONG | Province of SE China on the South China Sea; capital, Canton (9) |
| PENANG | State of Peninsular Malaysia; capital George Town |
| SABAH | State of Malaysia on the island of Borneo which includes the 4095m Mount Kinabalu (5) |
| SARAWAK | State of Malaysia, on the NW coast of Borneo, whose capital is Kuching |
| PERAK | North-western state of Malaysia on the Strait of Malacca; capital, Ipoh (5) |
| KOTAKINABALU | Port in Malaysia, the capital of Sabah state on the South China Sea (4,8) |
| SANDAKAN | City and port of Malaysia, on the Sulu Sea (8) |
| JOHORE | State of Malaysia on the S. Malay Peninsula (6) |
| MEKONGRIVER | A watercourse rising in south-west China in Qinghai province and flowing to an extensive delta on the South China Sea (6,5) |
| ANNAM | A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea. |
| VIETNAM | Communist state on the South China Sea (7) |
| KERALA | Small state of SW India on the Arabian Sea; capital, Thiruvananthapuram (6) |
| MACAO | Gambling mecca on the South China Sea |
| DANANG | Port in S. Vietnam on the South China Sea, formerly called Tourane (2,4) |
| BRUNEI | Sultanate on the South China Sea (6) |
| JAMAICA | Island country situated south of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, capital Kingston (7) |
| DOMINICA | Country of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea; capital Roseau (8) |
| PUERTORICO | Unincorporated territory of the US in the Caribbean Sea; capital San Juan |
| BAKU | Port on the Caspian Sea, capital of Azerbaijan (4) |
