In 1936, a colonization program began to settle Americans on Baker, Howland, and Jarvis, but all three islands were evacuated in 1942 as a result of World War II. 展开

• List of birds of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
• List of mammals of the United States Minor Outlying Islands 展开

• WorldStatesmen – U.S.
• Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Archived 30 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• CIA World Factbook: United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 展开

Except for Palmyra Atoll, all of these islands are unincorporated unorganized territories of the United States. Currently, none of the islands have any known permanent residents, although military personnel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel, and … 展开

Airports
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 … 展开

• Guano Islands Act
• Insular Cases
• Insular area
• List of airports by ICAO code: P
• List of territorial disputes 展开