United States Minor Outlying Islands

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The flag of the United States is used for all of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
The flag of the United States is used for all of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
Map showing the location of the islands in the Pacific Ocean (highlighted with red boxes)
Map showing the location of the islands in the Pacific Ocean (highlighted with red boxes)

The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1, consists of nine insular United States possessions. Palmyra Atoll is the only incorporated territory among them. Currently, none of them have any permanent residents. Most recently, the census of population of 1980 gives population figures for three of the islands: Johnston Atoll (327), Midway Atoll (453), and Wake Island (302). The following censuses of 1990 and 2000 only note that there was no indigenous population, which was also true for all previous censuses except that of 1940. The Baker, Howland and Jarvis Colonization Scheme attempted to settle Americans on those three islands beginning in 1935, but all three islands were evacuated in 1942 as a result of World War II.

They are grouped together entirely as a statistical convenience. They are not administered collectively, nor do they share a single cultural or political history beyond being currently uninhabited islands under the sovereignty of the United States.

They are collectively represented by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code UM. The Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) ".um" has historically been assigned to the islands; however, the .um ccTLD was retired in January of 2007. [1]

Atoll/Island Island Area
km²		 Lagoon
km²		 Coordinates NWR
established		 date of
acquisition

Northern Pacific Ocean, scattered isolated islands
Wake Island1 7.4 6 19°18′N, 166°38′E N/A 1899-01-17
Johnston Atoll 2.52 130 16°45′N, 169°31′W N/A 1859-09-06

Northern Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Midway Atoll 5.18 40 28°13′N, 177°22′W 1998 1867-08-28

Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Line Islands
Kingman Reef 0.03 60 6°24′N, 162°24′W 2001-01-18 1860-02-08
Palmyra Atoll 6.56 15 5°53′N, 162°05′W 2001-01-18 1912-02-21

Central Pacific Ocean, Central Line Islands
Jarvis Island 4.45 - 0°22′S, 160°01′W 1974 1856-10-28

Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Phoenix Islands
Baker Island 1.24 - 0°12′N, 176°29′W 1974 1856-10-28
Howland Island 1.62 - 0°48′N, 176°37′W 1974 1856-10-28

Caribbean Sea
Navassa Island2 5.2 - 18°24′N, 75°01′W 1999-09-30 1858-10-31
Bajo Nuevo Bank3 0.02 155 15°53′N, 78°38′W NA 1869-11-22
Serranilla Bank3 0.02 1200 15°50′N, 79°50′W NA 1879-09-08
1880-09-13
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 34.2 251      
1claimed by the Marshall Islands
2claimed by Haiti
3These islands are disputed with Colombia, Jamaica, and possibly Honduras.
   Their areas are not included in the totals.
   Only one U.S. Government online resource [1] list these islands in the context of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, all others do not.

(incomplete)

  1. ^ Jesdanun, Anick. "Unused Domain Name for U.S. Isles Gone", msnbc, 24 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. 

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