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| | List of dependent territories - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | French Southern and Antarctic Lands: overseas territory since 1955 administered from Paris by Administrateur Superieur François Garde (since 24 May 2000), assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves Hermoso; includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet, and Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Terre Adélie." (no permanent population) |
 | | Puerto Rico: commonwealth associated with the U.S. Virgin Islands: organized, unincorporated territory with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the U.S. under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior (a non-self-governing territory as listed by the UN) |
 | | Wake Island: unincorporated territory administered from Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are conducted by the U.S. Army under a caretaker permit from the U.S. Air Force, the ownership of the territory is disputed with the Marshall Islands. |
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