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List of dependent territories - List of dependencies by other sovereignty

List of dependent territories - List of dependencies by other sovereignty: Encyclopedia II - List of dependent territories - List of dependencies by other sovereignty

List of dependent territories - Denmark. Faroe Islands: part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but not of the European Union; self-governing overseas administrative division since 1948 Greenland: part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but not of the European Union; self-governing overseas administrative division since 1979 List of dependent territories - France. France includes also the overseas departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, ...

List of dependent territories: Encyclopedia II - List of dependent territories - List of dependencies by other sovereignty

List of dependent territories - List of dependencies by other sovereignty

List of dependent territories - Denmark

Faroe Islands: part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but not of the European Union; self-governing overseas administrative division since 1948
Greenland: part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but not of the European Union; self-governing overseas administrative division since 1979

List of dependent territories - France

France includes also the overseas departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, see notes

Bassas da India: possession administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion (no permanent population)
Clipperton Island: possession administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic (no permanent population)
Europa Island: possession administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion (no permanent population)
French Polynesia: overseas collectivity since 2003 (designated as an overseas country since 2004)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: overseas territory since 1955 administered from Paris by Administrateur Superieur François Garde (since 24 May 2000), assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves Hermoso; includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet, and Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Terre Adélie." (no permanent population)
Glorioso Islands: possession administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion (no permanent population)
Juan de Nova Island: possession administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion (no permanent population)
Mayotte: overseas collectivity since 2003 (designated as a departmental collectivity since 2001)
New Caledonia: territory with a unique status since 1999 (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: overseas collectivity since 2003 (designated as a territorial collectivity since 1985)
Tromelin Island: possession administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion (no permanent population)
Wallis and Futuna: overseas collectivity since 2003 (designated as a territory since 1961)

List of dependent territories - The Netherlands

Aruba: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the European Union; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Netherlands Antilles: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the European Union; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs; comprises two groupings of islands: Curaçao and Bonaire are located off the coast of Venezuela; Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin) lie 800 km to the north.

List of dependent territories - Norway

Bouvet Island
Dronning Maud Land
Peter I Island

List of dependent territories - United States

The smallest island entities belong to the United States Minor Outlying Islands

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
Puerto Rico: commonwealth associated with the US
U.S. Virgin Islands: organized, unincorporated territory with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)

American Samoa: unincorporated and unorganized territory administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
Baker Island: unincorporated territory 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
Guam: organized, unincorporated territory with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
Howland Island: unincorporated territory 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
Jarvis Island: unincorporated territory 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
Johnston Atoll: unincorporated territory 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
Kingman Reef: unincorporated territory 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
Midway Islands: unincorporated territory formerly administered from Washington, DC, by the US Navy, under Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific Division; this facility has been operationally closed since 10 September 1993; 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
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; 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
Wake Island: unincorporated territory administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are conducted by the US Army under a caretaker permit from the US Air Force, the ownership of the territory is disputed with the Marshall Islands.

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