List of Guano Island claims

The United States claimed a number of islands as insular areas under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Only the eight administered as the US Minor Islands and one each annexed by American Samoa and Hawaii remain as possessions of the United States. Any other unresolved claims if they exist are dormant, and have not been contested by the United States in many years with the exception of Navassa.

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Island Region Alternate name Coordinates Current Status Resolution of U.S. claim[1]
Alto Velo Island Caribbean Isla Alto Velo 17°28′42″N 71°38′05″W Dominican Republic Dormant (see Alto Velo Claim)
Atafu Oceania Duke of York Group 8°33′06″S 172°30′03″W Tokelau Treaty of Tokehega
Bajo Nuevo Bank Caribbean Petrel Islands 15°53′N 78°38′W Disputed Remains in place as an unincorporated territory.
De facto administered by Colombia, and also claimed by Jamaica and Nicaragua.
Baker Island Oceania New Nantucket 0°11′41″N 176°28′46″W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory
Birnie Island Oceania 3°35′S 171°33′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Butaritari Oceania Makin Atoll, Touching Island 3°10′04″N 172°49′33″E Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Caroline Island Oceania Millennium Island 9°56′13.13″S 150°12′41.40″W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Carondelet Reef Oceania 5°34′S 173°51′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Clipperton Island Pacific Ocean Passion Island 10°18′N 109°13′W France Original treaty between Mexico and France, Also claimed by Mexico.
Ducie Island Oceania 24°40′09″S 124°47′11″W British Territory Dormant. Administered by Pitcairn Islands.
Enderbury Island Oceania Guano Island 3°08′S 171°05′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Fakaofo Oceania Bowditch Island 9°21′55″S 171°12′54″W Tokelau Treaty of Tokehega
Flint Island Oceania 11°25′48″S 151°49′9″W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
French Frigate Shoals Oceania Kānemilohaʻi 23°44′56″N 166°8′46″W Hawaii Assumed sole competing claim through annexation of Hawaii
(1898); included in State of Hawaii (1959).
Funafuti Oceania 8°31′S 179°13′E Tuvalu Tuvalu-US Treaty of 1983
Howland Island Oceania Worth Island 0°48′07″N 176°38′3″W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory
Isla Aves Caribbean Isla de Aves 15°40′18″N 63°36′59″W Venezuela United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty
Iles du Connétable Atlantic Ocean Constable Islands 4°49′25″N 51°56′11″W France Rescinded. Administered by French Guiana.
Jarvis Island Oceania Bunker Island 0°22′S 160°01′W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory
Johnston Atoll Oceania 16°44′13″N 169°31′26″W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory
Kanton Island Oceania Canton Island 2°50′S 171°40′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Kingman Reef Oceania Danger Rock 6°24′N 162°24′W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory
Kiritimati Oceania Christmas Island 1°52′N 157°24′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Lacepede Islands Oceania Lacapade [sic] Islands 16°51′55″S 122°08′12″E Australia Claim made on 26 June 1876; repudiated by US government in 1877.
Makin (islands) Oceania Little Makin 3°23′00″N 173°00′00″E Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Malden Island Oceania Independence Island 4°01′S 154°56′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Manihiki Oceania Island of Pearls 10°24′S 161°00′W Cook Islands Cook Islands–United States Maritime Boundary Treaty
Manra Island Oceania Sydney Island 4°27′S 171°16′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
McKean Island Oceania Wigram Island 3°35′S 174°02′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Midway Atoll Oceania Middlebrook Islands 28°12′N 177°21′W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory
Minami Torishima Oceania Marcus Island 24°18′N 153°58′E Japan Returned to Japan in 1968 after it had been given to US by Treaty of San Francisco
Navassa Island Caribbean Navaza 18°24′10″N 75°0′45″W US Minor Islands Unincorporated territory. Also claimed by Haiti.
Nikumaroro Oceania Gardner Island 4°40′S 174°31′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Niulakita Oceania Sophia Island 10°45′S 179°30′E Tuvalu Tuvalu-US Treaty of 1983
Nukufetau Oceania 8°00′S 178°30′E Tuvalu Tuvalu-US Treaty of 1983
Nukulaelae Oceania 9°22′52″S 179°51′08″E Tuvalu Tuvalu-US Treaty of 1983
Nukunonu Oceania Duke of Clarence Island 9°10′06″S 171°48′35″W Tokelau Treaty of Tokehega
Orona Oceania Hull Island 4°30′S 172°10′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Palmyra Atoll Oceania 5°53′N 162°5′W US Minor Islands Incorporated territory.[2] U.S. assumed sole competing claim through annexation of Hawaii (1898), but not included in State of Hawaii (1959).
Penrhyn Island Oceania Tongareva 9°00′20″S 157°58′10″W Cook Islands Cook Islands–United States Maritime Boundary Treaty
Pukapuka Oceania San Bernardo Island 10°53′S 165°40′W Cook Islands Cook Islands–United States Maritime Boundary Treaty
Quita Sueño Bank Caribbean Quitasueño 14°19′N 81°10′W Colombia Vasquez-Saccio Treaty of 1981
Rakahanga Oceania Grand Duke Alexander Island 10°02′S 161°05′W Cook Islands Cook Islands–United States Maritime Boundary Treaty
Rawaki Island Oceania Phoenix Island 3°42′40″S 170°42′43″W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Roncador Bank Caribbean 13°34′N 80°05′W Colombia Vasquez-Saccio Treaty of 1981
Rosalind Bank Caribbean Rosa Linda Bank 16°26′N 80°31′W Disputed Multiple nations claim this submerged bank as a part of their EEZs.
The Colombia-US Vasquez-Saccio Treaty of 1981 is silent on the matter.
Administed by Colombia, and claimed by Nicaragua, Honduras, the United States, and Jamaica.
Scorpion Reef Gulf of Mexico Arrecife Alacranes (Isla Pérez, Isla Chica, Isla Pajoras) 22°24′N 89°42′W Mexico Abandoned claim in 1894[3]
Serrana Bank Caribbean 14°20′N 80°20′W Colombia Vasquez-Saccio Treaty of 1981
Serranilla Bank Caribbean 15°50′N 79°50′W Disputed Remains in place as an unincorporated territory. Colombia and Jamaica agreed to a condominium of Serranilla's exclusive economic zone; Nicaragua also lays claim.
Starbuck Island Oceania Volunteer Island 5°37′S 155°56′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Swains Island[4] Oceania Olohega, Olosega, Quirós, Isla de la Gente Hermosa, Jennings Island 11°03′20″S 171°04′40″W American Samoa Treaty of Tokehega
Swan Islands Caribbean Islas Santanilla 17°24′38″N 83°55′19″W Honduras Honduras-US Treaty of 1972
Tabuaeran Oceania Fanning Island 3°51′36″N 159°21′52″W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Teraina Oceania Washington Island 4°41′00″N 160°22′40″W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Triángulo Oeste Gulf of Mexico West Triangle 20°57′N 92°14′W Mexico Abandoned claim in 1895
Vostok Island Oceania Staver Island 10°06′S 152°23′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa
Winslow Reef Oceania 1°36′S 174°57′W Kiribati Treaty of Tarawa

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References
  1. "Formerly Disputed Islands". Office of Insular Affairs. 2007-01-11. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2009-09-09. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "History: Under the American Flag". Office of Insular Affairs. 2006-01-30. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2009-09-09. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Magoon, Charles E. (1900). Report on the Legal Status of the Territory and Inhabitants of the Islands Acquired by the United States During the War with Spain. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 16.
  4. Page 213, in Jimmy M. Skaggs (1994), The Great Guano Rush: Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion. ISBN 978-0-312-10316-3.

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