United States Minor Outlying Islands
statistical designation of small islands of the United States
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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 (11,665 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[4], Caribbean Sea[5]
- Continent: Insular Oceania[6], North America[7]
- Instance of: statistical territorial entity[8], insular area of the United States[9]
- Official language: English[10]
- Currency: United States dollar[11]
- Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner[12]
- Named after: United States[13], island[14]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Baker Island[15], Howland Island[16], Jarvis Island[17], Johnston Atoll[18], Kingman Reef[19], Midway Atoll[20], Palmyra Atoll[21], Wake Island[22], Navassa Island[23], Serranilla Bank[24], Bajo Nuevo Bank[25]
- Commons category: United States Minor Outlying Islands[26]
- Foundational text: ISO 3166-1[27]
- Unicode character: 🇺🇲[28]
- Inception: 1986[29]
- Highest point: Dunning Hill[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:United States Minor Outlying Islands[31]
- Population: 300[32], 316[33], 193[34], 1082[35], 4874[36], 3609[37], 821[38], 190[39]
- Topic has template: Template:Protected areas of the United States Minor Outlying Islands[40]
- Official name: United States Minor Outlying Islands[41]
- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean[42], Caribbean Sea[43]
- Driving side: right[44]
- Area: 34.2 km²[45]
- History of topic: Histoire des îles mineures éloignées des États-Unis[46]
- Geography of topic: geography of the United States Minor Outlying Islands[47]
- OpenStreetMap zoom level: 0[48]
Why It Matters
United States Minor Outlying Islands has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]