Serranilla Bank -- Remote U.S. Territories

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Date Posted: 06:31:19 10/07/99 Thu
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Serranilla Bank

Here's the actual text from the U.S. Department of the Interior web site. These are not so clearly U.S. territories.

OTHER ISLANDS STILL UNDER DISPUTED
UNITED STATES' SOVEREIGNTY

The United States' claim to Serranilla Bank:

About two hundred ten miles north north-east of Nicaragua lies the Serranilla Bank. Some consider that the United States acquired the bank under the Guano Islands Act of August 18, 1856 (Title 48, U.S. Code, sections 1411-19). Several very small cays emerge above the water to form the bank's islands.

Colombia has not directly claimed Serranilla Bank but is on record as considering the bank a part of the Providence Archipelago in the intendancy of San Andres y Providencia. Honduras may have asserted its own claim over Serranilla as well.

The United States' claim to Bajo Nuevo Bank:

Called also the Petrel Islands, Bajo Nuevo Bank is situated in the Caribbean. U.S. claims to this bank derive from the Guano Islands Act too. Bajo Nuevo is claimed by Jamaica.

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Re: Serranilla Bank -- Anonymous, 11:03:46 10/02/00 Mon

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>Here's the actual text from the U.S. Department of the >Interior web site. These are not so clearly U.S. >territories. > > >OTHER ISLANDS STILL UNDER DISPUTED >UNITED STATES' SOVEREIGNTY > > >The United States' claim to Serranilla Bank: > >About two hundred ten miles north north-east of >Nicaragua lies the Serranilla Bank. Some consider that >the United States acquired the bank under the Guano >Islands Act of August 18, 1856 (Title 48, U.S. Code, >sections 1411-19). Several very small cays emerge >above the water to form the bank's islands. > >Colombia has not directly claimed Serranilla Bank but >is on record as considering the bank a part of the >Providence Archipelago in the intendancy of San Andres >y Providencia. Honduras may have asserted its own >claim over Serranilla as well. > > >The United States' claim to Bajo Nuevo Bank: > >Called also the Petrel Islands, Bajo Nuevo Bank is >situated in the Caribbean. U.S. claims to this bank >derive from the Guano Islands Act too. Bajo Nuevo is >claimed by Jamaica.

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