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The United States Minor Outlying Islands, defined by ISO 3166-1 , consists of the following insular United States possessions:
All of these islands are in the Pacific Ocean except Navassa Island, which is in the Caribbean Sea . Currently, none of them have permanent inhabitants. Palmyra Atoll is the only Incorporated Territory of the above. The other islands are unincorporated. They are collectively represented by the two-letter code UM. They are grouped together entirely as a statistical convenience. They are not administered collectively, nor do they share a single cultural or political history beyond being currently uninhabited islands under the sovereignty of the United States. Their common Internet Country Code Top-level Domain ( CcTLD ) is .um . SOURCES AND REFERENCES (incomplete) |
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