United States Minor Outlying Islands

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The United States Minor Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1, consists of nine insular United States possessions. Palmyra Atoll is the only incorporated territory of the United States. Currently, none of the islands have any permanent residents. Most recently, the census of population of 1980 gives population figures for three of the islands: Johnston Atoll (327), Midway Atoll (453), and Wake Island (302). The following censuses of 1990 and 2000 only note that there was no indigenous population, which was also true for all previous censuses except that of 1940. The Baker, Howland and Jarvis Colonization Scheme attempted to settle Americans on those three islands beginning in 1935, but all three islands were evacuated in 1942 as a result of World War II.

The islands are grouped together entirely as a statistical convenience. They are not administered collectively, nor do they share a single cultural or political history beyond being currently uninhabited islands under the sovereignty of the United States.

They are collectively represented by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code UM. The individual islands have ISO 3166-2 numerical codes, see ISO 3166-2:UM. The Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) ".um" has historically been assigned to the islands; however, the .um ccTLD was retired in January of 2007. ^[1]

The term "United States Minor Outlying Islands" was introduced in 1986. From 1974 until 1986, five of the islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef) were grouped under the term US Miscellaneous Pacific Islands, with ISO 3166 code PU (the code of Midway Atoll was MI, and the code of Johnston Atoll JT).

Contents 1 Airports 2 Ports 3 Islands Table 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Airports

ICAO (IATA) codes:

• PJON (JON) – Johnston Island Airport - Johnston Island
• PMDY (MDY) – Henderson Field (Naval Air Facility) – Sand Island
• PWAK (AWK) – Wake Island Airfield - Wake Island
• PLPA – Palmyra Airport – Palmyra Atoll - Cooper Island
• PBAR – Baker Island Airport
• PLUR – Jarvis Airport – Jarvis Island
• Kamakaiwi Field - Howland Island (1937 to about 1945)^[2]
• Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 [1]

[edit] Ports

Three of the islands are listed with ports in the World Port Index[2], with World Port Number:

• 56325 JOHNSTON ATOLL - Johnston Atoll
• 56328 MIDWAY ISLAND - Midway Atoll
• 56330 WAKE ISLAND - Wake Island
• not listed WEST LAGOON - Palmyra Atoll

Baker Island, Howland Island and Jarvis Island have a small boat landing place only each. Kingman Reef and Navassa Island have offshore anchorage only.

[edit] Islands Table

Atoll/Island	Island Area km²	Lagoon km²	Coordinates	NWR established	date of acquisition
Northern Pacific Ocean, scattered isolated islands
Wake Island1	7.4	6	19°18′N, 166°38′E	N/A	1899-01-17
Johnston Atoll2	2.52	130	16°45′N, 169°31′W	N/A	1859-09-06
Northern Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Midway Atoll	5.18	40	28°13′N, 177°22′W	1998	1867-08-28
Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Line Islands
Kingman Reef	0.01	76	6°24′N, 162°24′W	2001-01-18	1860-02-08
Palmyra Atoll2	6.56	15	5°53′N, 162°05′W	2001-01-18	1912-02-21
Central Pacific Ocean, Central Line Islands
Jarvis Island	4.45	-	0°22′S, 160°01′W	1974	1856-10-28
Central Pacific Ocean, Northern Phoenix Islands
Baker Island	1.24	-	0°12′N, 176°29′W	1974	1856-10-28
Howland Island	1.62	-	0°48′N, 176°37′W	1974	1856-10-28
Caribbean Sea
Navassa Island3	5.2	-	18°24′N, 75°01′W	1999-09-30	1858-10-31
Bajo Nuevo Bank4	0.02	155	15°53′N, 78°38′W	N/A	1869-11-22
Serranilla Bank4	0.02	1200	15°50′N, 79°50′W	N/A	1879-09-08 1880-09-13
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	34.2	267
1claimed by the Marshall Islands
2previously claimed by Hawaii when independent. Palmyra was officially part of Hawaii until 1959.
3claimed by Haiti
4These islands are disputed with Colombia, Jamaica, and possibly Honduras.    Their areas are not included in the totals.    Only one U.S. Government online resource [3] list these islands in the context of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, all others do not.

[edit] See also

• ISO 3166-2:UM
• List of airports by ICAO code: P
• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
• United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands
• United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• WorldStatesmen- U.S.
• Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
• CIA World Factbook: United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
• Historical Population figures
• dates of acquisition

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