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Pages in category "Uninhabited islands of the United States" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Besides the in Arctic and Subarctic (see above), few areas of any size in North America can be said to be uninhabited. Most of these are strict nature reserves or wilderness area protected by law. Among the largest of these are Improvement District No. 25, Alberta (4,601.52 square kilometres (1,776.66 sq mi) and Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park ...
Uninhabited Caribbean islands of the United States (2 C, 3 P) F. Uninhabited islands of Florida (2 C, 5 P) M. Uninhabited islands of Massachusetts (24 P)
As of 2023, only the eight islands administered as the US Minor Islands and the ones now part of Hawaii and American Samoa remain under the jurisdiction of the United States. Any other unresolved claims, if they exist, are dormant, and have not been contested by the United States in many years with the exception of Navassa .
52.2 American Samoa. 52.3 Guam. 52.4 Northern Mariana Islands. ... This is a partial list of notable islands of the United States, including its insular areas, ...
Brown boobies atop pier posts at Johnston Atoll, September 2005. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and two ...
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Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotypes for the idea of "paradise". Some uninhabited islands are protected as nature reserves, and some are privately owned. Devon Island in Canada's far north is the largest uninhabited island in the world. [1] [2]