United States Minor Outlying Islands

statistical designation of small islands of the United States
Place island_group Q16645
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United States Minor Outlying Islands

Summary

United States Minor Outlying Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United States Minor Outlying Islands is in the country of United States[3].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[4].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands is on the body of water Caribbean Sea[5].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands is on the continent of Insular Oceania[6].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands is on the continent of North America[7].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's instance of is recorded as island group[8].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's instance of is recorded as statistical territorial entity[9].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's instance of is recorded as insular area of the United States[10].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's official language is recorded as English[11].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's currency is recorded as United States dollar[12].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's anthem is recorded as The Star-Spangled Banner[13].
  • United States is named after United States Minor Outlying Islands[14].
  • island is named after United States Minor Outlying Islands[15].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Baker Island[16].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Howland Island[17].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Jarvis Island[18].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Johnston Atoll[19].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kingman Reef[20].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Midway Atoll[21].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Palmyra Atoll[22].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Wake Island[23].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Navassa Island[24].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Serranilla Bank[25].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bajo Nuevo Bank[26].
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands's Commons category is recorded as United States Minor Outlying Islands[27].

Body

Geography

United States Minor Outlying Islands is in the country of United States[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean[4], an ocean[28] and Caribbean Sea[5], a sea[29], in Mexico[30]. Continents include Insular Oceania[6] and North America[7].

Physical Characteristics

United States Minor Outlying Islands covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.2'}[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+300'}[32], {'amount': '+316'}[33], {'amount': '+193'}[34], {'amount': '+1082'}[35], {'amount': '+4874'}[36], and {'amount': '+3609'}[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island group[8], statistical territorial entity[9], and insular area of the United States[10].

History and Context

1986 marks the founding of United States Minor Outlying Islands[38]. Things named after include United States[14], a sovereign state[39], in United States[40], founded in 1776[41] and island[15], a type of environment[42].

Why It Matters

United States Minor Outlying Islands ranks in the top 2% of island_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,171 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [4] . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . wikidata.org.
  32. [37] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest point Dunning Hill
    Instance of island group, statistical territorial entity, insular area of the United States
    Named after United States, island
    Coordinates of easternmost point {'lat': 19.270333333333, 'lon': 166.65730555556}
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294328206|United States Minor Outlying Islands (#294328206)]] in [[:t"
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