Insular area
dependent territory of the United States that is neither a federated state, nor the District of Columbia
Insular area is the name for one of the territories of the United States which are not a state of the union. People that live in these areas usually have no right to vote in US elections. Sometimes, they take part in preliminary elections.
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There are three areas in the Pacific Ocean:
The following areas are in the Caribbean:
Uninhabited islands
changeThe term is also used for many uninhabited islands, which the US claims as its territory. Most of these are in the Pacific:
- Palmyra Atoll
- Baker Island
- Howland Island
- Jarvis Island
- Johnston Atoll
- Kingman Reef
- Midway Atoll
- Wake Island (disputed with Marshall Islands)
Only a few are in the Caribbean:
- Navassa Island (disputed with Haiti)
- Serranilla Bank (disputed with Colombia, Jamaica and Nicaragua)
- Bajo Nuevo Bank or Petrel Islands (disputed with Colombia, Honduras and Jamaica)