Outlying territory

An outlying territory or separate area is a state territory geographically separated from its parent territory and lies beyond Exclusive Economic Zone of its parent territory.

The tables below are lists of outlying territories which are marked by distinct, non-contiguous maritime boundaries or land boundaries:

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State/Dependency	Outlying Territory Note
Alaska	United States	exclave
Amsterdam and St.Paul Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India
Azores	Portugal	autonomous area
Annobón	Equatorial Guinea
Ascension Island	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Europa and Juan de Nova Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	including Bassas da India
Bornholm	Denmark
Crozet Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Desventuradas Islands	Chile
Galápagos Islands	Ecuador	special regime
Gaza Strip	Palestine
Glorioso Islands	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Oecusse	East Timor	autonomous area
Kaliningrad Oblast	Russia	exclave
Line Islands (Eastern Kiribati)	Kiribati
Macquarie Island	Australia
Musandam	Oman	governorate, exclave
Nakhchivan	Azerbaijan
Phoenix Islands (Central Kiribati)	Kiribati
Prince Edward Islands	South Africa
Tristan da Cunha	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Trindade and Martim Vaz	Brazil
Tromelin Island	French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State	Outlying Territory Note
Bonaire	Netherlands	special municipality of the Netherlands from October 10, 2010; island retains its status as overseas territory of the European Union during transitional period.
Canary Islands	Spain	Autonomous Community
Ceuta	Spain	Autonomous C
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)	Chile	new status from 6 June 2007
East Malaysia	Malaysia
French Guiana	France	overseas region
Guadeloupe	France	overseas region
Hawaii	United States
Madeira	Portugal	autonomous area
Martinique	France	overseas region
Mayotte	France	overseas region
Melilla	Spain	Autonomous City
Minami Torishima	Japan
Palmyra Atoll	United States
Réunion	France	overseas region
Saba	Netherlands	special municipalities of the Netherlands from October 10, 2010; islands retain their status as overseas territories of the European Union during this transitional period.
Sint Eustatius	Netherlands

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State	Outlying Territory Note
Baker and Howland Islands	United States	dependent territories
Bouvet Island	Norway
British Indian Ocean Territory	United Kingdom
Christmas Island	Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia
Clipperton Island	France
Heard and McDonald Islands	Australia
Jan Mayen	Norway
Jarvis Island	United States
Johnston Atoll	United States
TAAF, Kerguelen Islands	France
Navassa Island	United States
Kingman Reef	United States
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	United Kingdom
Wake Island	United States

Outlying Territory	Parent Territory- State	Outlying Territory Note
American Samoa	United States
Anguilla	United Kingdom
Aruba	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bermuda	United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	United Kingdom
Cook Islands	New Zealand
Curaçao	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Falkland Islands	United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	Denmark
French Polynesia	France
Greenland	Denmark
Gibraltar	United Kingdom
Guam	United States
Montserrat	United Kingdom
New Caledonia	France
Niue	New Zealand
Norfolk Island	Australia
Northern Mariana Islands	United States
Pitcairn Islands	United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	United States
Saint Barthélemy	France
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, (Saint Helena)	United Kingdom
Saint Martin	France
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	France
Sint Maarten	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Svalbard	Norway	Svalbard has not got EEZ, its sea waters under special regime by Svalbard treaty.
Tokelau	New Zealand
Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom
Virgin Islands, U.S.	United States
Wallis and Futuna	France

Outlying geographical regions