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COUNTRY |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| American SamoaAmerican Samoa | includes Rose Island and Swains Island |
| AntarcticaAntarctica | fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe |
| Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda | includes Redonda, 1.6 sq km |
| Arctic OceanArctic Ocean | includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies |
| Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAshmore+ | includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island |
| Atlantic OceanAtlantic Ocean | includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies |
| AustraliaAustralia | includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island |
| AzerbaijanAzerbaijan | includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991 |
| BrazilBrazil | includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo |
| British Indian Ocean TerritoryIndian Ocean | includes the entire Chagos Archipelago |
| British Virgin IslandsBrit. Virgin Isl. | comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada |
| ChileChile | includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez |
| Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCocos Islands | includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island |
| ColombiaColombia | includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank |
| Coral Sea IslandsCoral Sea | includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 sq km, with the Willis Islets the most important |
| Costa RicaCosta Rica | includes Isla del Coco |
| DenmarkDenmark | includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland |
| EcuadorEcuador | includes Galapagos Islands |
| EstoniaEstonia | includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Falklands | includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands |
| Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesia | includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae |
| FranceFrance | includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions |
| French Southern and Antarctic LandsFrench Antarctic+ | includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US |
| Glorioso IslandsGlorioso | includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock |
| GuadeloupeGuadeloupe | Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin) |
| GuernseyGuernsey | includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands |
| Indian OceanIndian Ocean | includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Strait of Malacca, and other tributary water bodies |
| ItalyItaly | includes Sardinia and Sicily |
| JapanJapan | includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) |
| KiribatiKiribati | includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands |
| Marshall IslandsMarshall Isl. | includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik |
| MauritiusMauritius | includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues |
| Midway IslandsMidway Islands | includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island |
| Netherlands AntillesN. Antilles | includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) |
| New ZealandNew Zealand | includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands |
| Northern Mariana IslandsN. Mariana | includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian |
| Pacific OceanPacific Ocean | includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Flores Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Savu Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies |
| PortugalPortugal | includes Azores and Madeira Islands |
| Saint HelenaSaint Helena | includes St. Helena Island, Ascension, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha, which consists of Tristan da Cunha Island, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, and the three Nightingale Islands |
| Saint Pierre and MiquelonSt Pierre+ | includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups |
| South AfricaSouth Africa | includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island) |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth Georgia+ | includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands |
| Southern OceanSouthern Ocean | includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies |
| SpainSpain | there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera |
| Spratly IslandsSpratly Islands | includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South China Sea |
| SvalbardSvalbard | includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island) |
| SyriaSyria | includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory |
| TaiwanTaiwan | includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy |
| TanzaniaTanzania | includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar |
| United KingdomUnited Kingdom | includes Rockall and Shetland Islands |
| United StatesUnited States | includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia |
| VanuatuVanuatu | includes more than 80 islands |
| Wallis and FutunaWallis+ | includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets |
| West BankWest Bank | includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967 |
| YemenYemen | includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen) |