Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

• Akrotiri: sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom. United Kingdom sovereign base area on the island of Cyprus.
• Territory of American Samoa ( American Samoa ): sovereignty belongs to United States
• Anguilla: sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• Antarctica ( Antarctica ): sovereignty belongs to None (Antarctica consists of the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude. This area includes claims by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the legal status of which remains in suspense under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The United States recognizes no claims to Antarctica).
• Aruba ( Aruba ): sovereignty belongs to Netherlands.
• Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands( Ashmore and Cartier Islands ): sovereignty belongs to Australia.
• Baker Island ( Baker Island ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Bermuda ( Bermuda ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• Bouvet Island ( Bouvet Island ): sovereignty belongs to Norway.
• British Indian Ocean Territory: sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom. Chagos Archipelago (including Diego Garcia).
• Cayman Islands ( Cayman Islands ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• Territory of Christmas Island ( Christmas Island ): sovereignty belongs to Australia.
• Clipperton Island ( Clipperton Island ): sovereignty belongs to France.
• Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Cocos (Keeling) Islands): sovereignty belongs to Australia.
• Cook Islands ( Cook Islands ): sovereignty belongs to New Zealand.
• Coral Sea Islands Territory (Coral Sea Islands ): sovereignty belongs to Australia.
• Land Curaçao ( Curaçao ): sovereignty belongs to Netherlands. The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on October 10, 2010. Curaçao and Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin) became autonomous territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius now fall under the direct administration of the Netherlands.
• Dhekelia: sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom. United Kingdom sovereign base area on the island of Cyprus.
• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom. U.K. Overseas Territory (also claimed by Argentina).
• Faroe Islands ( Faroe Islands ): sovereignty belongs to Denmark.
• French Guiana: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion are first-order administrative divisions of overseas France, and are therefore not dependencies or areas of special sovereignty. They are included in this list only for the convenience of the user. The Department of Guadeloupe includes the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, La Desirade, and Iles des Saintes.
• French Polynesia ( French Polynesia ): sovereignty belongs to France.
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands: sovereignty belongs to France. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet, and Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean; the “Iles Eparses” (Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island) in the Mozambique Channel and western Indian Ocean; and the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, “Terre Adélie.” The United States does not recognize the French claim to “Terre Adélie”.
• Gibraltar ( Gibraltar ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• Greenland ( Greenland ): sovereignty belongs to Denmark.
• Guadeloupe:French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion are first-order administrative divisions of overseas France, and are therefore not dependencies or areas of special sovereignty. They are included in this list only for the convenience of the user. The Department of Guadeloupe includes the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, La Desirade, and Iles des Saintes.
• Territory of Guam ( Guam ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Bailiwick of Guernsey ( Guernsey ): sovereignty belongs to British Crown Dependency. The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the islands of Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and nearby smaller islands.
• Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands ( Heard Island and McDonald Islands ): sovereignty belongs to Australia.
• Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( Hong Kong ): sovereignty belongs to China. Under a Sino-British declaration of September 1984, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese control on July 1, 1997. It is now a semi-autonomous entity that exists pursuant to international agreement and maintains its own government apart from the People’s Republic of China.
• Howland Island ( Howland Island ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Isle of Man ( Isle of Man ): sovereignty belongs to British Crown Dependency.
• Jan Mayen ( Jan Mayen ): sovereignty belongs to Norway.
• Jarvis Island ( Jarvis Island ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Bailiwick of Jersey ( Jersey ): sovereignty belongs to British Crown Dependency.
• Johnston Atoll ( Johnston Atoll ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Kingman Reef ( Kingman Reef ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Macau Special Administrative Region ( Macau ): sovereignty belongs to China. Under the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau signed in 1987, Macau reverted to Chinese control on December 20, 1999. It is now a semi-autonomous entity that exists pursuant to international agreement and maintains its own government apart from the People’s Republic of China.
• Martinique: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion are first-order administrative divisions of overseas France, and are therefore not dependencies or areas of special sovereignty. They are included in this list only for the convenience of the user. The Department of Guadeloupe includes the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, La Desirade, and Iles des Saintes.
• Mayotte :French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion are first-order administrative divisions of overseas France, and are therefore not dependencies or areas of special sovereignty. They are included in this list only for the convenience of the user. The Department of Guadeloupe includes the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, La Desirade, and Iles des Saintes.
• Midway Islands ( Midway Islands ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Montserrat ( Montserrat ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• Navassa Island ( Navassa Island ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• New Caledonia ( New Caledonia ): sovereignty belongs to France.
• Niue ( Niue ): sovereignty belongs to New Zealand.
• Territory of Norfolk Island (Norfolk Island ): sovereignty belongs to Australia.
•  Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands( Northern Mariana Islands): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Palmyra Atoll ( Palmyra Atoll ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Paracel Islands : sovereignty is undetermined. South China Sea islands occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam.
• Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands ( Pitcairn Islands ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( Puerto Rico ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Reunion: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion are first-order administrative divisions of overseas France, and are therefore not dependencies or areas of special sovereignty. They are included in this list only for the convenience of the user. The Department of Guadeloupe includes the nearby islands of Marie-Galante, La Desirade, and Iles des Saintes.
• Saint Barthelemy ( Saint Barthelemy ): sovereignty belongs to France.
• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha ( Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom. The territory of Saint Helena includes the island group of Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island.
• Saint Martin ( Saint Martin ): sovereignty belongs to France. The island of Saint Martin is divided: the northern three-fifths form the French collectivity of Saint-Martin, while the southern two-fifths (Sint Maarten) is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
• Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( Saint Pierre and Miquelon ): sovereignty belongs to France.
• Sint Maarten ( Sint Maarten ): sovereignty belongs to Netherlands.
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Spratly Islands : sovereignty is undetermined. South China Sea islands claimed in entirety by China and Vietnam and in part by Brunei, the Philippines and Malaysia; each of these states occupies some part of the islands.
• Svalbard ( Svalbard ): sovereignty belongs to Norway.
• Tokelau ( Tokelau ): sovereignty belongs to New Zealand.
• Turks and Caicos Islands: sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• British Virgin Islands ( Virgin Islands, British ): sovereignty belongs to United Kingdom.
• United States Virgin Islands ( Virgin Islands, U.S. ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Wake Island ( Wake Island ): sovereignty belongs to United States.
• Wallis and Futuna ( Wallis and Futuna ): sovereignty belongs to France.
• Western Sahara: sovereignty has to be determined.