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An '''outlying territory''' or '''separate area''' is a state [[Territory (administrative division)|territory]] geographically separated from  its parent territory and lies beyond [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] of its [[Mainland|parent territory]].

The tables below are lists of outlying territories which are marked by distinct, non-[[Geographic contiguity|contiguous]] [[maritime boundary|maritime boundaries]] or land boundaries:

==Outlying geographical regions==
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{| width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="320px"| Outlying Territory
!width="250px"| Parent Territory- State/Dependency
! Outlying Territory Note
|-
| {{flag|Alaska}}<br/>
| {{flag|United States}}
| exclave
|-
| {{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[Île Amsterdam|Amsterdam]] and [[Île Saint-Paul|St.Paul]] Islands <br/>
| {{flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br/> 
| {{flag|India}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Azores}} <br/> 
| {{flag|Portugal}}
| autonomous area
|-
| {{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} [[Annobón]] <br/>
| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|
|-
| {{flagicon|Saint Helena}} [[Ascension Island]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[Europa Island|Europa]] and [[Juan de Nova Island|Juan de Nova]] Islands <br/>
| {{flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}
| including [[Bassas da India]]
|-
| {{flag|Bornholm}} <br/> 
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[Crozet Islands]]<br/>
| {{flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Desventuradas Islands]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Chile}}
|  
|-
| {{flagicon image|Bandera Provincia Galápagos.svg}} [[Galápagos Islands]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Ecuador}} 
| special regime
|-
| {{flag|Gaza Strip}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Palestine}}
|
|-
| {{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[Glorioso Islands]]<br/>
| {{flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon image|Proposed flag of Oecusse.svg}} [[Oecusse]]<br/> 
| {{flag|East Timor}}
| autonomous area
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg}} [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]<br/>
| {{flag|Russia}}
| exclave
|-
| {{flagicon|Kiribati}} [[Line Islands]] (Eastern Kiribati)<br/> 
| {{flag|Kiribati}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Macquarie Island]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Australia}}
|    
|-
| {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Musandam Governorate|Musandam]]<br/>
| {{flag|Oman}}
| governorate, exclave
|-
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|Kiribati}} [[Phoenix Islands]] (Central Kiribati) <br/> 
| {{flag|Kiribati}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Prince Edward Islands]]<br/> 
| {{flag|South Africa}}
|  
|-
| {{flag|Tristan da Cunha}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Trindade and Martim Vaz]] <br/>
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[Tromelin Island]] <br/> 
| {{flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}
| 
|}

==Outlying territories outside the continent==

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{| width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="320px"| Outlying Territory
!width="250px"| Parent Territory- State
! Outlying Territory Note
|-
| {{flag|Bonaire}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| special municipality of the Netherlands from October 10, 2010; island retains its status as overseas territory of the European Union during transitional period.
|-
| {{flag|Canary Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Spain}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Easter Island|name=Easter Island (Rapa Nui)}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Chile}}
| new status from 6 June 2007

|-
| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[East Malaysia]] <br/> 
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
|
|-
| {{flag|French Guiana}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| overseas region
|-
| {{flag|Guadeloupe}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| overseas region
|-
| {{flag|Hawaii}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Madeira}}<br/>
| {{flag|Portugal}}
| autonomous area
|-
| {{flag|Martinique}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| overseas region
|-
| {{flag|Mayotte|local}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| overseas region
|-
| {{flag|Melilla}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Spain}}
| local autonomy
|-
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Minami Torishima]] <br/> 
| {{flag|Japan}}
|
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Palmyra Atoll]]<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Réunion}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| overseas region
|-
| {{flag|Saba}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| rowspan="2" | special municipalities of the Netherlands from October 10, 2010; islands retain their status as overseas territories of the European Union during this transitional period.
|-
| {{flag|Sint Eustatius}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
|}

==Outlying uninhabited dependent territories==
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{| width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="320px"| Outlying Territory
!width="250px"| Parent Territory- State
! Outlying Territory Note
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Baker Island|Baker]] and [[Howland Island|Howland]] Islands <br/>
| {{flag|United States}}
| dependent territories
|-
| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Bouvet Island]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Norway}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Christmas Island}} <br/> 
| {{flag|Australia}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}} <br/> 
| {{flag|Australia}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Clipperton Island]]<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Heard and McDonald Islands]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Australia}}
|
|-
| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Jan Mayen]]<br/>
| {{flag|Norway}}  
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jarvis Island]] <br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnston Atoll]] <br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|French Southern Territories}} [[TAAF]], [[Kerguelen Islands]]<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Navassa Island]] <br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kingman Reef]]<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|South Georgia and  the South Sandwich Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wake Island]]<br/>  
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|}

==Outlying dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty==

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{| width="100%" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="320px"| Outlying Territory
!width="250px"| Parent Territory- State
! Outlying Territory Note
|-
| {{flag|American Samoa}} <br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Anguilla}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Aruba}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Kingdom of the Netherlands}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Bermuda}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Cayman Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Cook Islands}}<br/>   
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Curaçao}}<br/>   
| {{flag|Kingdom of the Netherlands}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Falkland Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Faroe Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|French Polynesia}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Greenland}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Denmark}}
|  
|-
| {{flag|Gibraltar}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Guam}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Montserrat}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|New Caledonia}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Niue}}<br/>
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Norfolk Island}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Australia}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Pitcairn Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Saint Barthélemy|local}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha}}, ([[Saint Helena]])<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|  
|-
| {{flag|Saint Martin}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}}<br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Sint Maarten}}<br/> 
| {{flag|Kingdom of the Netherlands}}
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Svalbard]]<br/> 
| {{flag|Norway}}
|Svalbard has not got EEZ, its sea waters under special regime by Svalbard treaty.
|-
| {{flag|Tokelau}}<br/> 
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|United States Virgin Islands|name=Virgin Islands, U.S.}}<br/> 
| {{flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| {{flag|Wallis and Futuna|local}} <br/> 
| {{flag|France}}
| 
|}

== Notes ==

* ''1. Enclaves are not included''.
* ''2. Disputed outlying territories in the [[Spratly Islands]] are not included''.

== See also ==

* [[List of sovereign states]]
* [[List of dependent territories]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/marbound/query.php Maritime boundaries]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061229231026/http://seaaroundus.org/eez/eez.aspx  Countries’ EEZ]
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outlying Wiktionary-outlying]
* [https://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/saopaulo/archbold-ccnso-sp-05dec06.pdf A European outlying territory]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207144014/http://community.middlebury.edu/~scs/macand/index.htm Map of Spratly Islands]

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