rvice of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National
Wildlife Refuge system
Montserrat:
overseas territory of the UK
Navassa Island:
unincorporated territory of the US; administered
from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department
of the Interior; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased
operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall
lighthouse located on the southern side of the island; there has
also been a private claim advanced against the island
Netherlands Antilles:
part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full
autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government
responsible for defense and foreign affairs
New Caledonia:
overseas territory of France since 1956
Niue:
self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Niue
fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains
responsibility for external affairs
Norfolk Island:
territory of Australia; Canberra administers
Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the
Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories
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
Palmyra Atoll:
incorporated territory of the US; privately owned,
but administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife
Service of the US Department of the Interior
Pitcairn Islands:
overseas territory of the UK
Puerto Rico:
commonwealth associated with the US
Reunion:
overseas department of France
Saint Helena:
overseas territory of the UK
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
self-governing territorial 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 UK civil commissioner Donald A. LAMONT, representing
Queen ELIZABETH II; Grytviken, formerly a whaling station on South
Georgia, is the garrison town
Svalbard:
territory of Norway; administered by the Ministry of
Industry, Oslo, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty
was given to Norway
Tokelau:
territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a
constitution, developing institutions and patterns of
self-government a
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