| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Akrotiri |
overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus |
| American Samoa |
unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior |
| Anguilla |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Aruba |
member country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| Bermuda |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Bouvet Island |
territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London |
| British Virgin Islands |
overseas territory of the UK; internal self-governing |
| Cayman Islands |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Christmas Island |
non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| Clipperton Island |
possession of France; administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| Cook Islands |
self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense, in consultation with the Cook Islands |
| Coral Sea Islands |
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of the Transport and Regional Services |
| Dhekelia |
overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina |
| Faroe Islands |
part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1948 |
| French Polynesia |
overseas lands of France; overseas territory of France from 1946-2004 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
overseas territory of France since 1955; administered from Paris by Administrateur Superieur Michel CHAMPON (since 20 December 2004), assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves HERMOSO (since NA) |
| Gibraltar |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Greenland |
part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979 |
| Guam |
organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior |
| Guernsey |
British crown dependency |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| Hong Kong |
special administrative region of China |
| Jan Mayen |
territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service |
| Jersey |
British crown dependency |
| Macau |
special administrative region of China |
| Man, Isle of |
British crown dependency |
| Mayotte |
departmental collectivity of France |
| Montserrat |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Navassa Island |
unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island |
| Netherlands Antilles |
an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs |
| New Caledonia |
territorial collectivity of France since 1998 |
| Niue |
self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue |
| Norfolk Island |
self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs |
| Pitcairn Islands |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Puerto Rico |
unincorporated, organized territory of the US with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President |
| Saint Helena |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II |
| Svalbard |
territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway |
| Tokelau |
self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self governance in February 2006 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
overseas territory of the UK |
| Virgin Islands |
organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior |
| Wake Island |
unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities in the atoll are currently conducted by the US Air Force |
| Wallis and Futuna |
overseas territory of France |
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