United States Minor Outlying Islands - Islands

Islands

Atoll/Island Island Area
km²
Lagoon
km²
Coordinates NWR
Established
Date of
Acquisition

Northern Pacific Ocean, scattered isolated islands

Wake IslandA 7.4 6 19°18′N 166°38′E / 19.3°N 166.633°E / 19.3; 166.633 (Wake Island) 2009 January 6 1899 January 17
Johnston AtollB 2.52 130 16°45′N 169°31′W / 16.75°N 169.517°W / 16.75; -169.517 (Johnston Atoll) 1926 July 29 1859 September 6

Northern Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Midway Atoll 5.18 40 28°13′N 177°22′W / 28.217°N 177.367°W / 28.217; -177.367 (Midway Atoll) 1996 November 1 1867 August 28

Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Line Islands

Kingman Reef 0.01 76 6°24′N 162°24′W / 6.4°N 162.4°W / 6.4; -162.4 (Kingman Reef) 2001 January 18 1860 February 8
Palmyra AtollB 6.56 15 5°53′N 162°05′W / 5.883°N 162.083°W / 5.883; -162.083 (Palmyra Atoll) 2001 January 18 1912 February 21

Central Pacific Ocean, Central Line Islands

Jarvis Island 4.45 - 0°22′S 160°01′W / 0.367°S 160.017°W / -0.367; -160.017 (Jarvis Island) 1974 June 27 1856 October 28

Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Phoenix Islands

Baker Island 1.24 - 0°12′N 176°29′W / 0.2°N 176.483°W / 0.2; -176.483 (Baker Island) 1974 June 27 1856 October 28
Howland Island 1.62 - 0°48′N 176°37′W / 0.8°N 176.617°W / 0.8; -176.617 (Howland Island) 1974 June 27 1856 October 28

Caribbean Sea

Navassa IslandC 5.2 - 18°24′N 75°01′W / 18.4°N 75.017°W / 18.4; -75.017 (Navassa Island) 1999 December 3 1858 October 31
Bajo Nuevo BankD 0.02 155 15°53′N 78°38′W / 15.883°N 78.633°W / 15.883; -78.633 (Bajo Nuevo Bank) N/A 1869 November 22
Serranilla BankD 0.02 1200 15°50′N 79°50′W / 15.833°N 79.833°W / 15.833; -79.833 (Serranilla Bank) N/A 1879 September 8
1880 September 13
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 34.2 267
A Claimed by the Marshall Islands
B Previously claimed by Hawaii when independent. Palmyra was officially part of Hawaii until 1959.
C Claimed by Haiti
D These islands are disputed with Colombia, Jamaica and Nicaragua, and are not included in the ISO list of territories; their areas are not included in the totals.

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