id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8645 United States Minor Outlying Islands - Wikipedia .html text/html 2889 508 74 United States Minor Outlying Islands Wikipedia United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation defined by the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code. The minor outlying islands and groups of islands consist of eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Atoll) and one in the Caribbean Sea (Navassa Island). From 1974 until 1986, five of the islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef) were grouped under the term United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands, with ISO 3166 code PU. Except for Palmyra Atoll, all of these islands are unincorporated unorganized territories of the United States. Airports in the United States minor outlying islands provide critical emergency landing points across the vast Pacific Ocean for all types of aircraft, allow for important military presence in key strategic zones, and have limited scheduled commercial services. "United States Minor Outlying Islands Territories". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8645.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8645.txt