Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use

The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use abbreviated PCGN, founded in 1919, is a non-governmental working group in the UK to advise the British Government. It lays down rules for English spelling of geographical names for objects outside the UK ( except Antarctica ) and in this context also rules for transcription or transliteration of languages ​​that use non-Latin writing systems, in Latin script available.