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  2. Terra nullius - Wikipedia

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    The unclaimed areas of Antarctica, including all of Marie Byrd Land. Terra nullius (/ ˈ t ɛr ə ˈ n ʌ l ɪ ə s /, [1] plural terrae nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land". [2] Since the nineteenth century it has occasionally been used in international law as a principle to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a ...

  3. Territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Free Territory of Trieste (1947–1954): the U.S. co-administered a portion of the territory (between the Kingdom of Italy and the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia) with the United Kingdom. Operation Power Pack, Dominican Republic (1965–66) Grenada invasion and occupation (1983) Panama invasion and occupation (1989–1990)

  4. List of Guano Island claims - Wikipedia

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    Occupied by an American since 1856. Bonded under the Guano Islands Act in 1860. Acknowledged as U.S. territory by Britain in 1910. In 1925 was incorporated into the territory of American Samoa. U.S. claim recognized by New Zealand in Treaty of Tokehega, but later disputed by Tokelau. [5] Swan Islands: Caribbean Islas Santanilla

  5. Insular area - Wikipedia

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    In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia.This includes fourteen U.S. territories administered under U.S. sovereignty, as well as three sovereign states each with a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

  6. List of territorial disputes - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations keeps the Western Sahara in its list of non-self-governing territories and considers the sovereignty issue as unresolved pending a final solution. To that end, the UN sent a mission in the territory to oversee a referendum on self-determination in 1991, but it never happened.

  7. Greenland is a no, but what territories has the U.S. purchased?

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    The U.S. purchased Alaska, a territory from Russia, in 1867 for 586,412 square miles of territory for $12 per square mile, less than two cents an acre, for a total of $7.2 million. Alaska didn’t ...

  8. Wondering if your name is on this list? Unclaimed money in ...

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    On average, 1 in 10 people have unclaimed property with the average claim in 2021 being around $734, according to the Unclaimed Property Division.

  9. United States territorial acquisitions table - Wikipedia

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    Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)