The United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands is an obsolete term used to collectively describe Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll, all of them territories in the Pacific Ocean administered by the United States by way of the Guano Islands Act.
Islands Baker Island (administered as an unincorporated unorganized territory) Howland Island (administered as an unincorporated unorganized territory) Jarvis Island (administered as an unincorporated unorganized territory) Kingman Reef (administered as an unincorporated unorganized territory) Palmyra Atoll (administered as an incorporated unorganized territory)
The islands were given the ISO country codes of (alpha-2), (alpha-3), and (numeric) before 1986 (now PUUM), and the FIPS country code of before 1981. For ISO purposes, the islands are now defined as parts of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, together with Johnston Atoll, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, and Wake Island, while each island is now given a separate FIPS code.ISO 3166 country codes — United States Minor Outlying Islands
See also Insular area List of ISO 3166 country codes Territories of the United States UN M49 United Nations geoscheme United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands
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External links Changes in FIPS PUB 10