Outlying territory

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An outlying territory is a state territory that is not connected with its parent territory by any land border and lies beyond its parent territory's Exclusive Economic Zone.

The tables below are lists of outlying territories by maritime and land boundaries:

TABLE I.Outlying part's.

Outlying Territory Parent Territory- State/Dependency/Territorial autonomy Outlying Territory Note
Alaska
 United States exclave
Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands
(lÎes Amsterdam et Saint Paul)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands district of TAAF
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 India union territory of India
Equatorial Guinea Annobon
 Equatorial Guinea exclave
Saint Helena Ascension Island
 Saint Helena
Europa and Juan de Nova Islands
(Îles Europa et Juan de Nova)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands including Bassas da India; part of Iles Eparses district, TAAF
 Bonaire
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands outlying territory and spec.municipality of Netherlands from 2009
Bornholm Bornholm
 Denmark municipality of Hovedstaden region
Crozet Islands
(Îles Crozet)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands district of TAAF
Chile Desventuradas Islands
(San Felix and San Ambrosio Islands)
 Chile part of Valparaiso region
Malaysia East Malaysia
 Malaysia states of Sabah and Sarawak
French Guiana
 France overseas region
Galápagos Islands
 Ecuador Galapagos Province
State of Palestine Gaza strip
 Palestine
Glorioso Islands
French Southern and Antarctic Lands part of Iles Eparses district, TAAF
File:GuadFlag.png Guadeloupe
 France overseas region
 Hawaii
 United States
Norway Jan Mayen
 Norway
Kaliningrad Oblast
 Russia exclave
Kiribati Line Islands
(Eastern Kiribati)
 Kiribati
Australia Macquarie Island
 Australia under administration of Huon Valley Council
Japan Marcus Island
(Minami Torishima)
 Japan part of Ogasawara village
Martinique
 France overseas region
Oman Musandam
 Oman governorate, exclave
Kiribati Phoenix Islands
(Central Kiribati)
 Kiribati
File:Marion Island.gif Prince Edward Islands
 South Africa under the jurisdiction of the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court
File:ReunionFlag.gif Reunion Island
 France overseas region
 Saba, Sint Eustatius & Sint Maarten Islands
 Netherlands Antilles outlying territory till 2009
Saba (island) Saba & Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands outlying territory and spec. municipalities of Netherlands from 2009
 Tristan da Cunha
 Saint Helena
Brazil Trindade and Martim Vaz
 Brazil
Tromelin Island
French Southern and Antarctic Lands part of Iles Eparses district, TAAF
  • Note:Disputed outlying territories in the Spratly Islands are not included.


TABLE II.Outlying dependent territories.

Outlying Territory Parent Territory- State Outlying Territory Note
United States Baker and Howland Islands
 United States dependent territories
Norway Bouvet Island
 Norway
British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory
 United Kingdom
 Christmas Island
 Australia
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 Australia
France Clipperton Island
 France
Australia Heard and McDonald Islands
 Australia
United States Jarvis Island
 United States
File:Flag of Johnston Atoll (local).svg Johnston Atoll
 United States
TAAF, Kerguelen Islands
(Îles Kerguelen,TAAF)
 France excluding Iles Eparses, Crozet, Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands
File:Flag of Navassa Island (local).svg Navassa Island
 United States
Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef
 United States dependent territories
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
 United Kingdom
Wake Island
 United States

TABLE III.Outlying territorial autonomies.

Outlying Territory Parent Territory- State Outlying Territory Note
 American Samoa
 United States
 Anguilla
 United Kingdom
 Aruba
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Azores
 Portugal
 Bermuda
 United Kingdom
 British Virgin Islands
 United Kingdom
 Canary Islands
 Spain
 Cayman Islands
 United Kingdom
 Cook Islands
 New Zealand
 Curaçao
from 2009
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
 Chile new status from 06 June 2007
 Falkland Islands
 United Kingdom
 Faroe Islands
 Denmark
 French Polynesia
 France
 Greenland
 Denmark
 Gibraltar
 United Kingdom
 Guam
 United States
 Madeira
 Portugal
 Mayotte
 France territorial autonomy till 2010
 Montserrat
 United Kingdom
Azerbaijan Nakhchivan
 Azerbaijan
Netherlands Antilles Netherland Antilles
till 2009
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands excluding Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten Islands
 New Caledonia
 France
 Niue
 New Zealand
 Norfolk Island
 Australia
 Northern Mariana Islands
 United States
East Timor Oecussi-Ambeno
 East Timor
 Pitcairn Islands
 United Kingdom
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Saint Barthélemy
 France
 Saint Helena
 United Kingdom excluding Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island
 Saint Martin
 France
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 France
 Sint Maarten
from 2009
Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Tokelau
 New Zealand
 Turks and Caicos Islands
 United Kingdom
 Virgin Islands, U.S.
 United States
 Wallis and Futuna
 France

Note

  • 1.Enclaves are not included.

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