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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)

The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code, consists of nine United States insular areas.

Palmyra Atoll is the only incorporated territory. As of 2008, none of the islands has any permanent residents. The only human population consists of temporarily stationed scientific and military personnel. The 2000 census counted 315 people on Johnston Atoll and 1 person on Wake Island.1 There has been no indigenous population, except at the 1940 census. 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.

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

They are collectively represented by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code UM. The individual islands have ISO 3166-2 numerical codes, see ISO 3166-2: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 2007. 2

The term "United States Minor Outlying Islands" was introduced in 1986. From 1974 until 1986, five of the islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef) were grouped under the term US Miscellaneous Pacific Islands, with ISO 3166 code PU (the code of Midway Atoll was MI, and the code of Johnston Atoll JT).

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Airports

ICAO (IATA) codes:

Ports

Three of the islands are listed with ports in the World Port Index[2], with World Port Number:

  • 56325 JOHNSTON ATOLL - Johnston Atoll
  • 56328 MIDWAY ISLAND - Midway Atoll
  • 56330 WAKE ISLAND - Wake Island
  • not listed WEST LAGOON - Palmyra Atoll

Baker Island, Howland Island and Jarvis Island have a small boat landing place only each. Kingman Reef and Navassa Island have offshore anchorage only.

Islands Table


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 / 19.3, 166.633 N/A 1899-01-17
Johnston Atoll2 2.52 130 16°45′N 169°31′W / 16.75, -169.517 N/A 1859-09-06

Northern Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Midway Atoll 5.18 40 28°13′N 177°22′W / 28.217, -177.367 1998 1867-08-28

Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Line Islands
Kingman Reef 0.01 76 6°24′N 162°24′W / 6.4, -162.4 2001-01-18 1860-02-08
Palmyra Atoll2 6.56 15 5°53′N 162°05′W / 5.883, -162.083 2001-01-18 1912-02-21

Central Pacific Ocean, Central Line Islands
Jarvis Island 4.45 - 0°22′S 160°01′W / -0.367, -160.017 1974 1856-10-28

Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Phoenix Islands
Baker Island 1.24 - 0°12′N 176°29′W / 0.2, -176.483 1974 1856-10-28
Howland Island 1.62 - 0°48′N 176°37′W / 0.8, -176.617 1974 1856-10-28

Caribbean Sea
Navassa Island3 5.2 - 18°24′N 75°01′W / 18.4, -75.017 1999-09-30 1858-10-31
Bajo Nuevo Bank4 0.02 155 15°53′N 78°38′W / 15.883, -78.633 N/A 1869-11-22
Serranilla Bank4 0.02 1200 15°50′N 79°50′W / 15.833, -79.833 N/A 1879-09-08
1880-09-13
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 34.2 267      
1claimed by the Marshall Islands
2previously claimed by Hawaii when independent. Palmyra was officially part of Hawaii until 1959.
3claimed by Haiti
4These islands are disputed with Colombia, Jamaica, and possibly Honduras.
   Their areas are not included in the totals.
   Only one U.S. Government online resource [3] list these islands in the context of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, all others do not. [4] lists them as disputed.

See also

References

  1. ^ US Census 2000 Population Summary — see Table I
  2. ^ Jesdanun, Anick (24 January 2007). "Unused Domain Name for U.S. Isles Gone", msnbc. Retrieved on 28 September 2007. 
  3. ^ Purdue University E-Archives : Search Results

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