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The Sovereignty of Islands Claimed Under the Guano Act and of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Midway and Wake (Report). Washington, D.C.: Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor. Rogers, E.S. (September 30, 1932). The Sovereignty of Guano Islands in the Caribbean Sea (Report). Washington, D.C.: Department of State, Office of the Legal ...
The Guano Islands Act (11 Stat. 119, enacted August 18, 1856, codified at 48 U.S.C. ch. 8 §§ 1411-1419) is a United States federal law passed by the Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits in the name of the United States. The islands can be located anywhere, so ...
An 1868 newspaper advertisement for Alta Vela phosphate fertilizer. The initial claim on the island, located some 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Hispaniola, was established on March 19, 1860, by Captain R. Daubley of the brig Delta, who landed on the island, loaded the ship with guano, and departed after noting some 15,000 short tons (14,000 t) of guano deposits.
Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act (18 C, 123 P) Pages in category "Islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Swan Islands (1863–1972): claimed by the U.S. under the Guano Islands Act; sovereignty ceded to Honduras in a 1972 treaty. [29] Serrana Bank and Roncador Bank: claimed by the U.S. under the Guano Islands Act; claims ceded to Colombia. Quita Sueño Bank: claimed by the U.S. under the Guano Islands Act; claim relinquished in treaty with Colombia.
This arrangement only covered Canton and Enderbury islands; the remaining Phoenix Islands were still claimed by the U.S. under the Guano Islands Act, but aside from Hull Island were either abandoned or remained under exclusive British control until 1979. [1] Both the UK and the U.S. claimed sovereignty over the islands from the mid–19th century.
The claim was made under the U.S. Guano Islands Act of 1856, although there is no evidence that guano existed or was ever mined on Kingman Reef. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The British steamship Tarta struck the reef in June 1874, and it was later surveyed by HMS Penguin (1876) in 1897, establishing that Kingman Reef was the same hazard previously charted as ...
The Guano Islands Act, passed in 1856, allowed any American to claim as property of the United States any unclaimed island that contained guano deposits. These lands would be proclaimed territory of the United States and, according to Section 6 of the act, any crimes or offenses committed on or adjacent to these islands "shall be deemed committed on the high seas, on board a merchant ship or ...