Editing Dependent territory (section)

==Lists of dependent territories==
This list includes all territories that have not been legally incorporated into their governing state, including several territories that are not on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories|list of non-self-governing territories]] of the [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly of the United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories (1945-1999) |url=https://www.un.org/en/decolonization/nonselfgov.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112191222/https://www.un.org/en/decolonization/nonselfgov.shtml |archive-date=12 Jan 2017 |access-date=20 Jan 2023 |website=United Nations}}</ref> All claims in [[Antarctica]] are listed in ''italics''.

===New Zealand===
{{Main|Realm of New Zealand}}

[[New Zealand]] has two [[political status of the Cook Islands and Niue|self-governing associated states]], one dependent territory, and a territorial claim in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salesa |first1=Damon Ieremia |title=Island time : New Zealand's Pacific futures |date=2017 |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |location=Wellington, New Zealand |isbn=9781988533506 |pages=6–7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtdBDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2024}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Associated state !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|Cook Islands}} || Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand since 1965. Cook Islands' status is considered to be equivalent to independence for international law purposes, and the country exercises full sovereignty over its internal and external affairs.<ref name="justice.govt.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/publications-archived/2000/pacific-peoples-constitution-report-september-2000/documents/Bibliography.doc|title=Find a publication &#124; New Zealand Ministry of Justice|access-date=2013-11-14|archive-date=2016-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429042126/http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/publications-archived/2000/pacific-peoples-constitution-report-september-2000/documents/Bibliography.doc|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under the terms of the free association agreement, however, New Zealand retains some responsibility for the foreign relations and defence of the Cook Islands. These responsibilities confer no rights of control and are exercised only at the request of the Cook Islands Government. The government of New Zealand does not consider it appropriate for the Cook Islands to have a separate seat at the United Nations, due to its continued use of the right of Cook Islanders to have [[New Zealand nationality law|New Zealand citizenship]].<ref name="Cook Islands UN">{{cite web|url=http://hpr2.org/post/pacific-news-minute-cook-islands-bid-un-membership-hold|title=Pacific News Minute: Cook Islands Bid for UN Membership On Hold|first=Neal|last=Conan|publisher=Hawai'i Public Radio|date=11 August 2015|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-date=9 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209114008/http://www.hpr2.org/post/pacific-news-minute-cook-islands-bid-un-membership-hold|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| [[ISO 3166-2:CK|CK]]
|-
| {{flag|Niue}} || Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand since 1974. Niue's status is considered to be equivalent to independence for international law purposes, and the country exercises full sovereignty over its internal and external affairs.<ref name="justice.govt.nz"/> Under the terms of the free association agreement, however, New Zealand retains some responsibility for the foreign relations and defence of Niue. These responsibilities confer no rights of control and are exercised only at the request of the Government of Niue. The government of New Zealand does not consider it appropriate for the Niue to have a separate seat at the United Nations, due to its continued use of the right of Niueans to have [[New Zealand nationality law|New Zealand citizenship]].<ref name="Cook Islands UN"/> || [[ISO 3166-2:NU|NU]]
|-
! Dependent territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|Tokelau}} || Territory of New Zealand. A UN-sponsored referendum on self-governance in [[2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum|February 2006]] did not produce the two-thirds [[supermajority]] necessary for changing the current political status. Another one was in [[2007 Tokelauan self-determination referendum|October 2007]], which failed to reach the two-thirds margin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Connell |first1=John |editor1-last=Baldacchino |editor1-first=Godfrey |editor2-last=Milne |editor2-first=David |title=The case for non-sovereignty : lessons from sub-national island jurisdictions |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415455503 |pages=157–168 |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21071 |chapter=‘We are not ready’ : colonialism or autonomy in Tokelau}}</ref> Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:TK|TK]]
|-
! Dependent territory<br />(uninhabited, claimed) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| ''{{flag|Ross Dependency}}'' || This is New Zealand's [[territorial claims in Antarctica|Antarctic claim]]. Unlike Tokelau and the associated states (Cook Islands and Niue), the Ross Dependency is, according to the New Zealand government, constitutionally part of New Zealand.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100522033422/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Antarctica/1-New-Zealand-and-Antarctica/index.php New Zealand and Antarctica]. NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2010</ref> || No unique ISO 3166 country codes
|}

===Norway===
{{Main|Dependencies of Norway}}

[[Norway]] has one dependent territory and two Antarctic claims. Norway also possesses the inhabited islands of [[Svalbard]] where Norwegian sovereignty is limited ([[#Norway 2|see below]]).

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Dependent territory<br />(uninhabited) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|Bouvet Island}} || Dependency administered from [[Oslo]] by the Polar Affairs Department of the [[Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police|Ministry of Justice and the Police]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:BV|BV]]
|-
! Dependent territory<br />(uninhabited, claimed) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| ''{{flag|Peter I Island}}'' || rowspan=2 | Dependencies (subject to the [[Antarctic Treaty System]]) administered from [[Oslo]] by the Polar Affairs Department of the [[Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway)|Ministry of Justice and the Police]]. || rowspan="2" | No unique ISO 3166 country codes
|-
| ''{{flag|Queen Maud Land}}''
|}

===United Kingdom===
{{Main|British Overseas Territories|Crown Dependencies}}

The [[United Kingdom]] has three "[[Crown Dependencies]]", thirteen "Overseas Territories" (ten autonomous, two used primarily as military bases, and one uninhabited), and one Antarctic claim.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Crown Dependency !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|Bailiwick of Guernsey|name=Guernsey}} || rowspan="3"| Responsibility for defence, international representation, and [[good government]] rests with the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guernsey at the CIA's page|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guernsey/|publisher=CIA|access-date=2010-07-15|author=CIA|date=2010-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jersey at the CIA's page|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jersey/|publisher=CIA|access-date=2010-07-15|author=CIA|date=2010-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Isle of Man at the CIA's page|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/isle-of-man/|publisher=CIA|access-date=2010-07-15|author=CIA|date=2010-07-15}}</ref>
|| [[ISO 3166-2:GG|GG]]
|-
| {{flag|Isle of Man}} || [[ISO 3166-2:IM|IM]]
|-
| {{flag|Jersey}} || [[ISO 3166-2:JE|JE]]
|-
! Overseas Territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|Anguilla}} || [[Anguilla House of Assembly|House of Assembly of Anguilla]] handles domestic affairs. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:AI|AI]]
|-
| {{flag|Bermuda}} || [[Parliament of Bermuda]] handles domestic affairs and the territory is defined by the U.K. as self-governing. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:BM|BM]]
|-
| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} || [[House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands]] handles domestic affairs. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]] || [[ISO 3166-2:VG|VG]]
|-
| {{flag|Cayman Islands}} || [[Parliament of the Cayman Islands]] handles domestic affairs. Almost complete internal self-government. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:KY|KY]]
|-
| {{flag|Falkland Islands}} || [[Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands]] handles domestic affairs. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:FK|FK]]
|-
| {{flag|Gibraltar}} || [[Gibraltar Parliament]] handles domestic affairs. Almost complete internal self-government. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:GI|GI]]
|-
| {{flag|Montserrat}} || [[Legislative Council of Montserrat]] handles domestic affairs. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:MS|MS]]
|-
| {{flag|Pitcairn Islands}} || [[Island Council (Pitcairn)|Island Council of the Pitcairn Islands]] handles some domestic affairs, however decisions are subject to approval by the [[Governor of the Pitcairn Islands]], reporting to the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:PN|PN]]
|-
| {{flag|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}} || [[Legislative Council of Saint Helena]], [[Ascension Island Council]] and [[Tristan da Cunha Island Council]] handle domestic affairs. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:SH|SH]]
|-
| {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} || [[Turks and Caicos Islands House of Assembly|House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands]] handles some domestic affairs. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:TC|TC]]
|-
! Overseas Territory<br />(Sovereign Base Areas) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|Akrotiri and Dhekelia}} || Two sovereign base areas administered as a single British overseas territory by the Commander of [[British Forces Cyprus]], reporting to the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]. Permanent Cypriot population, as well as British military personnel and their families. || No unique ISO 3166 country codes
|-
! Overseas Territory<br />(uninhabited) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}} || Administered by the [[Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory]], reporting to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]]. The [[Chagossians|Indigenous Chagossian population]] was removed between 1967 and 1973. Presently the territory is restricted to military personnel, principally at the joint U.K.-U.S. naval base on the atoll of [[Diego Garcia]]. Per a 2025 agreement, the territory is set to be ceded to [[Mauritius]] in the near future.<ref name="b497">{{cite web | last=Loft | first=Philip | title=2025 treaty on the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Archipelago | website=House of Commons Library | date=2025-05-31 | url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10273/ | access-date=2025-05-31}}</ref>|| [[ISO 3166-2:IO|IO]]
|-
| {{flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}} || Administered by the [[Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] (who is also the [[Governor of the Falkland Islands]]), reporting to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:GS|GS]]
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! Overseas Territory<br />(uninhabited, claimed) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| ''{{flag|British Antarctic Territory}}'' || Administered by the [[Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory]], reporting to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]]. The UK's [[territorial claims in Antarctica|Antarctic claim]]. || No unique ISO 3166 country codes
|}

==={{Anchor|United States}} United States===
{{Main|Territories of the United States}}
{{Further|Insular area|United States Minor Outlying Islands}}

The [[United States]] has 13 "[[Territories of the United States#Incorporated versus unincorporated territories|unincorporated]]" dependent territories under its administration and two claimed territories outside its control.<ref name="GAO">{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |title=U.S. Insular Areas Application of the U.S. Constitution |publisher=United States General Accounting Office |date=November 1997 |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229153648/https://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The uninhabited [[Palmyra Atoll]] is administered similarly to some of these territories, and is usually included on lists of U.S. overseas territories, but it is excluded from this list because it is classified in U.S. law as an incorporated territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes |title=Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations |date=12 June 2015 |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> The [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] does not apply in full to the insular areas.<ref name="GAO hrd 91-18">{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-91-18.pdf |title=U.S. Insular Areas Applicability of Relevant Provisions of the U.S. Constitution  |publisher=United States General Accounting Office |location=Washington, D.C. |page=4|date=June 20, 1991 |access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Unincorporated organized territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|Guam}} || [[Territories of the United States#Incorporated versus unincorporated territories|Unincorporated]] [[Territories of the United States#Organized vs. unorganized territories|organized territory]] of the U.S.; policy relations conducted through the [[Office of Insular Affairs]] of the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]] || [[ISO 3166-2:GU|GU]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-GU]]
|-
| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} || Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. with [[Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)|Commonwealth]] status; federal funding administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior || [[ISO 3166-2:MP|MP]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-MP]]
|-
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. with Commonwealth status; policy relations conducted through the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] || [[ISO 3166-2:PR|PR]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-PR]]
|-
| {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} || Unincorporated organized territory of the U.S. Policy relations conducted by the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior. Appears on the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] || [[ISO 3166-2:VI|VI]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-VI]]
|-
! Unincorporated unorganized territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{flag|American Samoa}} || Unincorporated unorganized territory administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of the Interior. Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]] || [[ISO 3166-2:AS|AS]] ''or''
[[ISO 3166-2:US|US-AS]]
|-
! Unincorporated unorganized territory<br />(uninhabited){{refn|group=note|[[Midway Atoll]] and [[Wake Island]] have a few people, but these territories are not permanently inhabited.}} !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|Baker Island}} || rowspan="6" | Unincorporated unorganized territories of the U.S. administered by the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|Fish and Wildlife Service]] of the Department of the Interior || [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-81]]
|-
| {{flag|Howland Island}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-84]]
|-
| {{flag|Jarvis Island}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-86]]
|-
| {{flag|Johnston Atoll}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-67]]
|-
| {{flag|Kingman Reef}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-89]]
|-
| {{flag|Midway Atoll}}
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-71]]
|-
| {{flag|Navassa Island}} || Unincorporated unorganized territory of the U.S. administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior from the [[Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge]] in [[Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico|Cabo Rojo]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-76]]
|-
| {{flag|Wake Island|local}} || Unincorporated unorganized territory of the U.S. administered by the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] under an agreement with the Department of the Interior
| [[ISO 3166-2:UM|UM-79]]
|-
! Unincorporated unorganized territory<br />(uninhabited, claimed) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
|-
| {{noflag|''[[Bajo Nuevo Bank]]''}}
| Administered by [[Colombia]]. Claimed by the United States (under the Guano Islands Act) and [[Jamaica]]. A claim by [[Nicaragua]] was resolved in 2012 in favor of Colombia by the [[International Court of Justice]], although the U.S. was not a party to that case and does not recognize the court's compulsory jurisdiction.<ref name=ICJ/>
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|-
| {{noflag|''[[Serranilla Bank]]''}}
| Administered by [[Colombia]]; site of a naval garrison. Claimed by the United States (since 1879 under the Guano Islands Act) and [[Jamaica]]. A claim by [[Nicaragua]] was resolved in 2012 in favor of Colombia by the International Court of Justice, although the United States was not a party to that case and does not recognize the court's compulsory jurisdiction.<ref name=ICJ>{{cite web | url=https://www.icj-cij.org/case/124 | title=Territorial and maritime dispute (Nicaragua vs Colombia) | year=2012 | access-date=May 27, 2023 | author=[[International Court of Justice]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501224316/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/124/17162.pdf | archive-date=May 1, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> A claim by [[Honduras]] was settled in a 1986 treaty over maritime boundaries with Colombia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/COL-HND1986MD.PDF |title=Maritime Delimitation Treaty between Colombia and Honduras |date=August 2, 1986 |website=U.N. Delimitation Treaties InfoBase |access-date=May 27, 2023 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523123750/https://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/COL-HND1986MD.PDF |url-status=live }}</ref>
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