Overseas Territories of the World with a Map

A territory is an area that is too small or insignificant to be considered for provincehood, usually an island. There are many of these in the world, primarily owned by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. How many of them can you name?

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Country	Overseas Territory(s)
AUS	Ashmore and Cartier Islands
AUS	Christmas Island
AUS	Cocos Islands
AUS	Coral Sea Islands
AUS	Norfolk Island
AUS	Heard and McDonald Islands
CN	Hong Kong
CN	Macau
DK	Faroe Islands
DK	Greenland
FR	Bassas da India
FR	Clipperton Island
FR	Europa Island
FR	French Polynesia
FR	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
FR	Glorioso Islands
FR	Juan de Nova Island
FR	New Caledonia
FR	Saint Barthelemy
FR	Saint Martin
FR	Saint Pierre and Miquelon
FR	Tromelin Island
FR	Wallis and Futuna
NL	Aruba
NL	Curacao
NL	Sint Maarten
NL	Netherlands Antilles
NZ	Cook Islands
NZ	Tokelau
NZ	Niue
NO	Bouvet Island
NO	Jan Mayen
NO	Svalbard
UK	Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Country	Overseas Territory(s)
UK	Anguilla
UK	Bermuda
UK	British Indian Ocean Territory
UK	British Virgin Islands
UK	Cayman Islands
UK	Falkland Islands
UK	Gibraltar
UK	Guernsey
UK	Isle of Man
UK	Jersey
UK	Montserrat
UK	Saint Helena
UK	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK	Turks and Caicos Islands
UK	Pitcairn Islands
USA	American Samoa
USA	Baker Island
USA	Guam
USA	Howland Island
USA	Jarvis Island
USA	Johnston Atoll
USA	Kingman Reef
USA	Midway Islands
USA	Navassa Island
USA	Northern Mariana Islands
USA	Palmyra Atoll
USA	Puerto Rico
USA	U.S Virgin Islands
USA	Wake Island
Disputed between CN, TW, MY, PH, VN, and BN	Paracel Islands
Disputed between CN, TW, MY, PH, VN, and BN	Spratly Islands
Disputed between Israel and Palestine	West Bank
Disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front	Western Sahara
Disputed between AR, AU, CL, FR, NZ, NO, and UK	Antarctica

Level 65

Jun 19, 2021

Update Log:

?/?/20-Added an SVG map with dots for better experience.

4/03/21-Added Netherland, China, and various missing overseas territories. Hopefully will be able to remove the dots and highlight French Guiana, Greenland, Falklands, and Puerto Rico, Western Sahara, West Bank and add Antarctica.

4/04/21-Disputed territories will now be gray.

6/10/21-It's been a while! Updated Navassa island to be disputed (USA and Haiti), removed Reunion, Guadeloupe and Martinique, added some more type-ins, and added information for disputed territories. Also removed Antarctica as a viable answer because it doesn't show up on the map.

6/19/21- Added a whole load of type-ins, most notably adding the ability to not have to type in the full name (Ex: 'Jarvis Atoll' now accepts 'Jarvis'), fixed broken dots, and removed grey dots (weren't changing color to green when answered). Removed French administrative subdivisions, and re-added missing overseas territories.

Level 77

Jan 10, 2021

Dhekelia is usually Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the source you use has them seperate although in that case you missed out Akrotiri. But usually they are listed together as one territory.

Level 65

Jan 10, 2021

Hey toowise, thanks for the tip! I'll make sure to fix it right away.

Level 76

Jan 10, 2021

Good quiz and challenging. I tried "South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands" which didn't work; I was a trifle miffed when I noted that the reason was that I had omitted the word "the"!

Level 65

Jan 10, 2021

I tried making it a clickable map, but then I realized that not every territory is listed on the map, so I made a text quiz instead. Also, I know how it is when I miss the spelling by one word or a letter, and it's really frustrating! I know how you feel :D. Thanks for the positive feedback!

Level 64

Jan 11, 2021

Good quiz, the only thing I would change is the title itself. "Countries by Oversea Territories" would perhaps be more relevant. I am now officially invested in your quizzes, therefore I am your first subscriber.

Level 65

Jan 11, 2021

Thank you for your support! "Countries by Oversea Territories" does sound a lot cleaner, I will make sure to fix it :D

Level 39

Jan 11, 2021

Please check the spelling of "Antarctic" and "Antarctica."

Level 65

Jan 11, 2021

Sorry about that, I have fixed the mistake. I never knew that 'Antarctica' had a sneaky 'c!' Thanks for letting me know!

Level 54

Jan 15, 2021

French Guiana, Mayotte, Martinique, Reunion and Guadeloupe are all considered integral parts of France and have the same status as any other region of France. Otherwise good quiz.

Level 65

Jan 15, 2021

I know that they are considered a part of France, but they aren't connected to the French mainland so I added them.

Level 64

Feb 1, 2021

Due to formalities, I would change the title once more. Switch territories to regions, it would make more sense if you are including French Guiana. Then modify instructions to fit the criteria.

Level 65

Feb 1, 2021

Thanks for checking out my quizzes, and I’ll make sure to fix it!

Level 64

Feb 1, 2021

It would be hard unless you used a spreadsheet to change this now, so next time try to increase the opacity so the circles arent so small.

Level 65

Feb 1, 2021

How would using a spreadsheet make inputting coordinates easier? Because then you would have to input the coords into the spreadsheet then re-paste them into the dot placer.

Level 64

Feb 3, 2021

Using a spreadsheet allows you to save the dot placing information. Just copy and paste your dot info from the dot placing page and put it on a spreadsheet. Because you press tab, it goes into the cells perfectly. Then just press ctrl+a on the spreadsheet and copy that back on the dot placer if you ever want to edit the SVG.

Level 65

Feb 3, 2021

Ohh alright.

Level 68

Apr 2, 2021

Good quiz, but you're missing the Netherlands Antilles, Curacao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Palmyra Atoll, Saint Barthelemy, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Level 65

Apr 3, 2021

The list I used didn’t include some of those, but I’ll add them when I can, as I’m currently away from home. I remember purposely not including Netherlands territories for some reason, but now that this quiz actually has takes I’ll add them.

Level 63

Jun 1, 2021

Looks like you're still missing the Northern Mariana Islands.

Level 52

Apr 4, 2021

If you're going to have French Guiana and the other regions of France, you'll also have to include Hawaii.

Level 65

Apr 4, 2021

Hawaii and Alaska are states, but french Guiana isn't really a state. It's more of a overseas department. Hawaii is more of a non-continental state. I'll add a caveat explaining.

Level 52

Apr 5, 2021

So you're going to include French Guiana and friends because it doesn't feel like a direct part?

Level 55

Apr 9, 2021

@Potatoe - yes it is. French Guiana is to France as Hawaii is to the United States.

Level 64

Apr 9, 2021

Sorry Potatoe, but they're right.

Level 65

Apr 9, 2021

;-;

guess I'll fix it tomorrow....

is it just French Guiana, or Reunion and others too?

Level 55

Apr 13, 2021

Only french guiana, i think

Level 65

Apr 13, 2021

Ah, alright

Level 63

Jun 1, 2021

No, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France

French administrative subdivisions are a bit of a mess, but French Guiana has the same status as Réunion, Mayotte, Guadeloupe and Martinique. All of these are departments with equal status to the departments within continental France, and should NOT be on this quiz.

Level 65

Jun 1, 2021

Damn.... this quiz has so many holes. I'll fix this when I can...

Level 63

May 22, 2021

Would I not be correct to say that Navassa island is disputed (Haiti and USA)?

Level 65

May 24, 2021

You are correct actually! The source I used listed the USA as owner of the island. I will fix the SVG when I can.

Level 71

Jun 10, 2021

Nice quiz! But I'm a bit confused on why Hong Kong and Macau are considered overseas territories?

Also, I think you could be a bit more generous with type-ins. For example, I think you should accept just "St Pierre" for St Pierre and Miquelon, and anything with "Indian Ocean" for BIOT (so that people don't have to type out "territories").

Level 65

Jun 10, 2021

Yessir! This was my first quiz that I fell in love with so I'll try and make it the best. I'll set aside today to work on all my quizzes for you guys.

Thanks for the suggestion aswell ;D

Level 65

Jun 10, 2021

Ah, also Hong Kong and Macau are territories, not incorporated cities as of now.

@JWatson24

Hong Kong's Wikipedia Page

Level 67

Jun 16, 2021

Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Northern Mariana Islands have the dots but aren't included on the quiz, Turks and Caicos, Akrotiri and another island SVG isn't working.

Level 65

Jun 17, 2021

First off... you have my name ;0. Matheus is a pretty rare name to have, ive only had one friend with the name aswell. I'll try and fix the dots, ive been changing the SVG a bunch so thats probably why its not working.

Level 43

Jun 22, 2021

In Brazil, Matheus is super common lol

It’s just not my name

Level 65

Jun 22, 2021

In America, its not too common, unfortunately ;/

Everyone always pronounces my name incorrectly...

Level 67

Mar 21, 2022

Aren't all the french islands around Madagascar (excluding Reunion and Mayotte) administrated together as the Scattered Islands?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean

Furthermore, these islands are a subdivision of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands

Might be worth including under French Southern and Antarctic Lands?

Level 65

Mar 21, 2022

There are many ways to change this quiz, but my source lists those various islands as 'possetions of france administered from Reunion'

Forgot to include that those islands are disputed by Madagascar but nobodys perfect ;)

Level 67

Jun 26, 2022

ok no worries.

Btw im pretty sure the Netherlands Antilles hasnt existed for a decade

Level 66

Jun 30, 2022

Pls accept Bonaire

Level 33

Nov 19, 2022

Great quiz! The only thing I would change is adding Saba and St Eustacius. These are overseas territories of the Netherlands I believe.

Level 23

Jun 26, 2023

Love your quiz. Territories always drive me crazy. Very original. Thanks.

Just an observation.

Just like UK has Gibraltar,

Spain has two cities within Morocco's territory.

Ceuta and Melilla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco–Spain_border

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