# United States Minor Outlying Islands The *United States Minor Outlying Islands* is the designation of several islands or groups of islands that belong to the United States but are not considered part of it. All islands except for Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank are represented by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code *UM*. ## Baker and Howland Island *Baker Island* is an atoll located in equatorial Pacific Ocean 3,090 km southwest of Honolulu, approximately halfway between Hawaii and [[Australia]]. *Howland Island* is a coral island in equatorial Pacific Ocean 3,100 km southwest of Honolulu, approximately halfway between Hawaii and Australia. It is located nearly 70 km north of Baker Island. ![[BakerHowlandIslandLocation.svg|500]] ## Jarvis Island A coral island in the South Pacific Ocean located about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. ![[JarvisIslandLocation.svg|500]] ## Johnston Atoll An atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 1,390 km southwest of Hawaii. ![[JohnstonAtollLocation.svg|500]] ## Kingman Reef A reef that forms an atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 1,720 km south of Honolulu, approximately halfway between Hawaii and [[American Samoa]]. ![[KingmanReefLocation.svg|500]] ## Midway Atoll An atoll of three islands in the North Pacific Ocean located approximately halfway between North American and Asia, about 2,110 km northwest of Honolulu. It is the only island of the Hawaiian archipelago not belonging to the state of Hawaii. ![[MidwayAtollLocation.svg|500]] ## Navassa Island An island in the Caribbean Sea located between Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti. It is currently administered by the United States but is claimed by Haiti. ![[NavassaIslandLocation.svg|500]] ## Palmyra Atoll An atoll in the Pacific Ocean located about one-third the way from Hawaii to American Samoa. ![[PalmyraAtollLocation.svg|500]] ## Wake Island An atoll in the Pacific Ocean 2,416 km east of [[Guam]] and 1,445 km north of Majuro, Marshall Islands. It is currently administered by the United States but is claimed by the Marshall Islands. ![[WakeIslandLocation.svg|500]] ## Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla Bank *Bajo Nuevo Bank* is a reef and some islets in the Caribbean Sea located 250 km southwest of Jamaica. It is currently administered by Colombia but is claimed by Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. *Serranilla Bank* is a reef and some islets in the Caribbean Sea located 280 km southwest of Jamaica and about 110 km west of Bajo Nuevo Bank. It is currently administered by *Colombia* but is claimed by Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. ![[BajoNuevoSerranillaBankLocation.svg|500]]