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Note that Bermuda is a member nation of the Caribbean Community, though the island nation lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, not in the Caribbean. Other than 13 Caribbean island countries, four continental mainland countries, namely Honduras, Belize, Guyana, and Suriname, have also been included in the following table (by United Nations geoscheme).
Cayman Islands CYM English: Cayman Islands: George Town: 68,136 262 km 2 (101 sq mi) Cayman Islands dollar: Montserrat [n 1] MSR English: Montserrat: Plymouth (de jure — abandoned) Brades (de facto — seat of government) 4,417 102 km 2 (39 sq mi) East Caribbean dollar: N/A: Navassa Island [n 4] UM-76 English: Navassa Island: Lulu Town (de ...
The spread of Norwegian whaling industry to Antarctica in the early 20th century motivated Norway, right after its independence from the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway in 1905, to pursue territorial expansion not only in the Arctic claiming Jan Mayen and Sverdrup Islands, but also in Antarctica. Norway claimed Bouvet Island and looked ...
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) is a sub-Antarctic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. [1] Queen Maud Land is the sector of Antarctica between the 20th meridian west and the 45th meridian east . [ 2 ] Peter I Island is a volcanic island located 450 kilometres (280 mi) off the coast of Ellsworth Land of continental Antarctica. [ 3 ]
South America has only one independent sovereign island nation with Trinidad and Tobago; though considered a Caribbean island country, it is located on the northern portion of the South American continental shelf just 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) off Venezuela, but 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) from Grenada, the nearest of the Antilles.
3 Caribbean. 4 South America. 5 See also. ... Following are links to lists of islands of the Americas which relates to all islands associated with South America and ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...