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Country | Dependency status
Akrotiri | overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
American Samoa | unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Anguilla | overseas territory of the UK
Aruba | part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Baker Island | unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Bassas da India | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Bermuda | overseas territory of the UK
Bouvet Island | territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
British Indian Ocean Territory | overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
British Virgin Islands | overseas territory of the UK; internal self-governing
Cayman Islands | overseas territory of the UK
Christmas Island | non-self governing territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Clipperton Island | possession of France; administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Cook Islands | self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense, in consultation with the Cook Islands
Coral Sea Islands | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories
Dhekelia | overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Europa Island | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina
Faroe Islands | part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1948
French Guiana | overseas department of France
French Polynesia | overseas lands of France; overseas territory of France from 1946-2004
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | overseas territory of France since 1955; administered from Paris by Administrateur Superieur Michel CHAMPON (since 20 December 2004), assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves HERMOSO (since NA)
Gibraltar | overseas territory of the UK
Glorioso Islands | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Greenland | part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979
Guadeloupe | overseas department of France
Guam | organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Guernsey | British crown dependency
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage
Hong Kong | special administrative region of China
Howland Island | unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Isle of Man | British crown dependency
Jan Mayen | territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service
Jarvis Island | unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Jersey | British crown dependency
Johnston Atoll | unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Honolulu, HI, by Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Juan de Nova Island | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Kingman Reef

unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the US Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior
note: on 1 September 2000, the Department of the Interior accepted restoration of its administrative jurisdiction over Kingman Reef from the Department of the Navy; Executive Order 3223 signed 18 January 2001 established Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge to be administered by the Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service; this refuge is managed to protect the terrestrial and aquatic wildlife of Kingman Reef out to the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea limit

Macau | special administrative region of China
Martinique | overseas department of France
Mayotte | territorial collectivity of France
Midway Islands | unincorporated territory of the US; formerly administered from Washington, DC, by the US Navy; on 31 October 1996, through a presidential executive order, the jurisdiction and control of the atoll was transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
Montserrat | overseas territory of the UK

Navassa Island

unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island

Netherlands Antilles | an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
New Caledonia | overseas territory of France since 1956
Niue | self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue
Norfolk Island | territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories
Northern Mariana Islands | commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs
Palmyra Atoll | incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon
Pitcairn Islands | overseas territory of the UK
Puerto Rico | unincorporated, organized territory of the US with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President
Reunion | overseas department of France
Saint Helena | overseas territory of the UK
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | self-governing territorial collectivity of France
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II; Grytviken - formerly a whaling station on South Georgia - is a scientific base
Svalbard | territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway
Tokelau | self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self-governance, in February 2006, did not produce the two thirds majority vote necessary for changing the current political status
Tromelin Island | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Turks and Caicos Islands | overseas territory of the UK

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

unincorporated territories of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
note on Palmyra Atoll: incorporated Territory of the US; partly privately owned and partly federally owned; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon

Virgin Islands | organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Wake Island | unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are conducted by the US Air Force
Wallis and Futuna | overseas territory of France

This page was last updated on 29 March, 2006