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The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternately referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) [1] [2] are the fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.
Crown colony, an obsolete term for the Overseas Territories, and historically many others with a similar status. Commonwealth of Nations, former parts of the British Empire which are now fully independent countries, many now republics. Commonwealth realms, those of the above countries which retain the same monarch as the United Kingdom.
The Red Ensign Group is a collaboration of United Kingdom shipping registries including British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies. It takes its name from the Red Ensign ("Red Duster") flag flown by British civil merchant ships. Its stated purpose is to combine resources to maintain safety and quality across the British fleet.
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia is the only British Overseas Territory with a permanent civilian population, that is not a member of UKOTA. The other non-member British Overseas Territories are those whose population is entirely transitory, being either military or scientific personnel, or have been forcibly removed namely the British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, and South ...
The Crown Dependencies [c] are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
The United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone is the fifth largest in the world at 6,805,586 km 2 (2,627,651 sq mi). [2] It comprises the exclusive economic zones surrounding the United Kingdom, [3] the Crown Dependencies, and the British Overseas Territories. The figure does not include the EEZ of the British Antarctic Territory.
There are fourteen British Overseas Territories, and three Crown dependencies which are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom but not part of the United Kingdom itself. Some of these territories have gained membership of international intergovernmental organisations and sports federations.