Territories

Learn Kingman Reef’s location, U.S. status, and key facts, including its tiny land area and vast federal refuge in the central Pacific.

Learn key facts about Palmyra Atoll, including its location, legal status, and why it is the only incorporated U.S. territory among the insular areas.

Learn where Guam is, its political status, and key facts about the island’s role in the Pacific, including its strategic U.S.-Asia position.

Learn Wake Island’s location, size, and wartime role, plus key facts about this remote U.S.-controlled atoll in the Pacific.

Learn key facts about Navassa Island, its history, location between Haiti and Jamaica, and why its U.S. status and refuge matter.

Explore Midway Atoll’s geography, wartime history, and unique wildlife across its remote reef and islands in the central Pacific.

Explore Baker Island facts, its Pacific location, and history. Learn why this uninhabited island protects vast reef, seabed, and open-water habitat.

Learn where Jarvis Island is, why access is limited, and how this remote U.S. possession is managed as a mostly marine federal refuge.

Explore Johnston Atoll’s remote location, volcanic origins, military history, and current status in the central Pacific.

Explore American Samoa’s geography, reef habitat, and U.S. territorial status, plus key facts on its culture, location, and significance.