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List of dependent territories - List of dependencies by sovereignty

List of dependent territories - Australia

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands: territory administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
• Christmas Island: territory administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands: territory administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
• Coral Sea Islands: territory administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands: territory administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage
• Norfolk Island: territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories

List of dependent territories - British Crown

• Guernsey: British crown dependency
• Jersey: British crown dependency
• Isle of Man: British crown dependency

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

• 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 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 departmental collectivity
• New Caledonia: collectivity sui generis since 1999 (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon: overseas territorial collectivity
• Tromelin Island: possession administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Réunion (no permanent population)
• Wallis and Futuna: overseas territorial collectivity

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 - New Zealand

• Cook Islands: self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains some responsibility for external affairs and defense, in consultation with the Cook Islands. As of 2005 the Cook Islands has diplomatic relations in its own name with 18 countries.
• 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
• Tokelau: self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution and developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)

List of dependent territories - Norway

• Bouvet Island: territory administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo

• Jan Mayen: territory administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland since August 1994; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service

• Peter I Island

List of dependent territories - United Kingdom

• Akrotiri: overseas territory administered by an administrator who is also the Commander of the British Forces, Cyprus
• Anguilla: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Bermuda: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• British Antarctic Territory: land and islands claimed in Antarctica
• British Indian Ocean Territory: overseas territory administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
• British Virgin Islands: overseas territory with internal self-government (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Cayman Islands: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Dhekelia: overseas territory administered by an administrator who is also the Commander of the British Forces, Cyprus
• Falkland Islands: overseas territory; also claimed by Argentina (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Gibraltar: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Montserrat: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Pitcairn Islands: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)
• Saint Helena: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN); it includes the Island group of Tristan da Cunha; Saint Helena also administers Ascension Island.
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: overseas territory, 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
• Turks and Caicos Islands: overseas territory (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN)

List of dependent territories - United States

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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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