word | | Dependency status |
Australia
 map | Coral Sea Islands | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government |
Australia
map | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |
Australia
map | Norfolk Island | self-governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government |
| authority | Jan Mayen | territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service |
| autonomy | Aruba | constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs |
| autonomy | Curacao | constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 2010; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs |
| autonomy | French Polynesia | overseas lands of France; overseas territory of France from 1946-2003; overseas collectivity of France since 2003, though it is often referred to as an overseas country due to its degree of autonomy |
| autonomy | Sint Maarten | constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 2010; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs |
| awarded | Svalbard | territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway |
| Boqueron | Navassa Island | ... and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island ... |
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