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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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