Dependent areas are territories governed by a sovereign state but they are not part of the motherland or mainland and they often have a certain degree of autonomy represented by a local government, but they do not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a state.
For various reasons many dependencies have democratically elected to maintain their territorial status, and rejected independence.
Dependencies of Australia
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Norfolk Island
Dependencies of Denmark
- Faroe Islands
- Greenland
Dependencies of Netherlands
- Aruba
- Netherlands Antilles
Dependencies of France
- Bassas da India
- Clipperton Island
- Europa Island
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Glorioso Islands
- Guadeloupe
- Juan de Nova Island
- Martinique
- Mayotte
- New Caledonia
- Réunion
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Tromelin Island
- Wallis and Futuna
Dependencies of New Zealand
- Cook Islands
- Niue
- Tokelau
Dependencies of Norwegian
- Bouvet Island
- Jan Mayen
- Svalbard
Dependencies of UK
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Isle of Man
- Montserrat
- Pitcairn Islands
- Saint Helena
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Dependencies of U.S.A
- American Samoa
- Baker Island
- Guam
- Howland Island
- Jarvis Island
- Johnston Atoll
- Kingman Reef
- Midway Islands
- Navassa Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palmyra Atoll
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
- Wake Island
Last updated on: 25/09/2019
