APPENDIX #11 TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TERRITORY OF AMERICAN SAMOA Dependency Unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States. Status: Dates: Location: Dependency Dates: Location: Administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. 1899 treaty in which Germany and the United States divided the Samoan archipelago. The United States formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago the following year. Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand BAKER ISLAND Unincorporated territory of the United States. Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the 1857 - United States possession. Late 1800s guano deposits were mined by United 1935 attempt at colonization. Present Day National Wildlife Refuge. Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia TERRITORY OF GUAM GUAM Dependency Organized, unincorporated territory of the United States Status: Dates: Location: Dependency Dates: Location: Dependency with policy relations between Guam and the United 1898 - ceded to the United States by Spain. 1944 - retaken by the United States. Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia. HOWLAND Island Unincorporated territory of the United States. Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Early 1800s - Discovered by the United States. 1860-1890 -guano deposits were mined by United States Present day - National Wildlife Refuge. Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia. JARVIS ISLAND Unincorporated territory of the United States. Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Dates: Location: Dependency Dates: Location: 1821 - discovered by Great Britain. 1858 - annexed by the United States. 1879 - abandoned by the United States after removal of guano. 1935 - annexed by Great Britain. 1935 United States occupied and claimed the island. After World War II - abandoned by the United States. Present Day - National Wildlife Refuge. Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. JOHNSTON ATOLL Unincorporated territory of the United States. Administered by Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. 1858 - annexed by the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii. 1860s 1880s - United States mined guano. 1934 United States Navy maintained island. 1950s 1960s used for high altitude nuclear tests. Cleanup and closure of the facility is progressing, with Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 NM (1328 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands. KINGMAN REEF Dependency Unincorporated territory of the United States. January 18, 2001 established Kingman Reef National Dates: Location: 1922 - annexed by the United States. served as a way station for flying boats on Hawaii-to-American Samoa flights. 2001 - the waters surrounding the reef were designated a National Wildlife Refuge. Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa. MIDWAY ISLANDS Dependency Unincorporated territory of the United States. Status: Dates: Location: Administered by the US Navy, under Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific Division; this facility has been operationally closed since September 10, 1993; on October 31, 1996, through a presidential executive order, the jurisdiction and control of the atoll was transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. 1935-1947 - Refuling stop for trans-Pacific flights. Present Day - National Wildlife Refuge. From 1996 - 2001 - the refuge was open to the public. It is now temporarily closed Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo. NAVASSA ISLAND Dependency Unincorporated territory of the United States. Status: Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, In September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and |