Outlying territory

An outlying territory or separate area is a state territory geographically separated from its parent territory and lies beyond Exclusive Economic Zone of its parent territory.

The tables below are lists of outlying territories which are marked by distinct, non-contiguous maritime boundaries or land boundaries:

TABLE I.Outlying regions, islands.

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State/Dependency/Territorial autonomy	Outlying Territory Note
Alaska	United States	exclave
Amsterdam and St.Paul Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India
Annobon	Equatorial Guinea
Ascension Island	Saint Helena
Europa and Juan de Nova Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	including Bassas da India
Bonaire	Kingdom of the Netherlands	special municipality of Netherlands from October 10, 2010 , islands retain their status as overseas countries and territories (OCTs) of the European Union during transitional period.
Bornholm	Denmark
Crozet Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Desventuradas Islands	Chile
East Malaysia	Malaysia
French Guiana	France	overseas region
Galápagos Islands	Ecuador	special regime
Gaza Strip	Palestine
Glorioso Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Guadeloupe	France	overseas region
Hawaii	United States
Jan Mayen	Norway
Kaliningrad Oblast	Russia	exclave
Line Islands (Eastern Kiribati)	Kiribati
Macquarie Island	Australia
Martinique	France	overseas region
Melilla	Spain	local autonomy
Minami Torishima	Japan
Musandam	Oman	governorate, exclave
Palmyra Atoll	United States
Phoenix Islands (Central Kiribati)	Kiribati
Prince Edward Islands	South Africa
Réunion	France	overseas region
Saba and  Sint Eustatius	Kingdom of the Netherlands	special municipalities of Netherlands from October 10, 2010, islands retain their status as overseas countries and territories (OCTs) of the European Union during this transitional period.
Tristan da Cunha	Saint Helena
Trindade and Martim Vaz	Brazil
Tromelin Island	French Southern and Antarctic Lands

TABLE II.Outlying territorial autonomies.

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State	Outlying Territory Note
Azores	Portugal
Canary Islands	Spain
Madeira	Portugal
Nakhchivan	Azerbaijan
Oecussi-Ambeno	East Timor

TABLE III.Outlying uninhabited dependent territories.

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

TABLE IV.Outlying dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty.

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State	Outlying Territory Note
American Samoa	United States
Anguilla	United Kingdom
Aruba	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bermuda	United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	United Kingdom
Cook Islands	New Zealand
Curaçao	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)	Chile	new status from 6 June 2007
Falkland Islands	United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	Denmark
French Polynesia	France
Greenland	Denmark
Gibraltar	United Kingdom
Guam	United States
Mayotte	France	territorial autonomy till 2011
Montserrat	United Kingdom
New Caledonia	France
Niue	New Zealand
Norfolk Island	Australia
Northern Mariana Islands	United States
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	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Svalbard	Norway	Svalbard has not got EEZ, its sea waters under special regime by Svalbard treaty.
Tokelau	New Zealand
Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom
Virgin Islands, U.S.	United States
Wallis and Futuna	France

Notes

• 1. Enclaves are not included.
• 2. Disputed outlying territories in the Spratly Islands are not included.

See also

• List of sovereign states
• List of dependent territories
• List of territorial autonomies

External links

• Maritime boundaries
• Countries’ EEZ
• Wiktionary-outlying
• A European outlying territory
• Map of Spratly Islands
• Non-Contiguous Territorial Units [1]