unincorporated
... Governor John DeJONGH (since 1 January 2007) cabinet: NA elections: under the US Constitution, residents of unincorporated territories, such as the Virgin Islands, do not vote in elections for US president and ...
www.exxun.com/VirginIslands/d_gv.html
unincorporated
unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities in the atoll are currently conducted by the US Air Force
www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/d_gv.html
uninhabitable
... coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period; mostly uninhabitable
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
uninhabitable
... at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitable Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/c_pp.html
uninhabitable
... public sector construction activity. The UK has launched a three-year $122.8 million aid program to help reconstruct the economy. Half of the island is expected to remain uninhabitable for another decade
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/e_ec.html
uninhabited
These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National ...
www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/a_fg.html
uninhabited
The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/a_fg.html
uninhabited
This uninhabited volcanic island is almost entirely covered by glaciers and is difficult to approach. It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No ...
www.exxun.com/BouvetIsland/a_fg.html
uninhabited
uninhabited
www.exxun.com/BouvetIsland/c_pp.html
uninhabited
... Diego Garcia, contains a joint UK-US naval support facility. All of the remaining islands are uninhabited. Former agricultural workers, earlier residents in the islands, were relocated primarily to Mauritius but also ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/a_fg.html
uninhabited
... sq km land: 153 sq km water: 0 sq km note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/b_mp.html
uninhabited
The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/a_fg.html
uninhabited
... by Vietnam and Taiwan; China and Taiwan continue to reject both Japan's claims to the uninhabited islands of Senkaku-shoto (Diaoyu Tai) and Japan's unilaterally declared equidistance line in the ...
www.exxun.com/China/i_ti.html
uninhabited
uninhabited
www.exxun.com/ClippertonIsland/c_pp.html
uninhabited
... coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family ...
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/a_fg.html
uninhabited
... of ocean, the Coral Sea Islands were declared a territory of Australia in 1969. They are uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on the Willis Islets. Automated weather stations, beacons, and ...
www.exxun.com/CoralSeaIslands/a_fg.html
uninhabited
archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands
www.exxun.com/FaroeIslands/b_mp.html
uninhabited
... Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by scientists
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/c_pp.html
uninhabited
These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.
www.exxun.com/HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands/a_fg.html
uninhabited
uninhabited
www.exxun.com/HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands/c_pp.html
uninhabited
has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast
www.exxun.com/Honduras/b_mp.html
uninhabited
... portion of the land boundary, but discussions on maritime boundaries are stalemated over sovereignty of the uninhabited coral island of Pulau Batek/Fatu Sinai in the north and alignment with Australian claims ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/i_ti.html
