United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands facts for kids
The United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands is an obsolete collective term for the territories currently or formerly controlled by the United States in the Caribbean Sea. Most of the islands were acquired through claims made via the Guano Islands Act:
- Bajo Nuevo Bank (occupied by Colombia, claimed by the U.S., Jamaica and Nicaragua)
- Corn Islands (returned to Nicaragua on April 25, 1971)
- Navassa Island (U.S. unincorporated territory, claimed by Haiti)
- Quita Sueño Bank (claim abandoned on September 17, 1981, occupied by Colombia)
- Roncador Bank (ceded to Colombia on September 17, 1981)
- Serrana Bank (ceded to Colombia on September 17, 1981)
- Serranilla Bank (occupied by Colombia, claimed by the U.S., Nicaragua, Honduras and, until 1994, Jamaica)
- Swan Islands (ceded to Honduras on September 1, 1972)
The islands were given the FIPS country code of BQ before 1974. With the transfer of sovereignty of most of the islands, the FIPS country code of BQ now represents only Navassa Island, still controlled by the U.S.
See also
In Spanish: Área insular de Estados Unidos para niños
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