Dependencies & Special Territories

Bermuda

Britain's oldest overseas territory, and a capital of global reinsurance

Ceuta

A Spanish city on the African shore of the Strait of Gibraltar, claimed by Morocco

Curaçao

A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands off the coast of Venezuela

Faroe Islands

A self-governing North Atlantic nation inside the Danish Realm, and outside the EU

French Guiana

The European Union's rainforest frontier in South America, and Europe's gateway to orbit

French Polynesia

Tahiti and 117 other islands, a French collectivity on the UN decolonization list

Gibraltar

A British limestone rock at the mouth of the Mediterranean, claimed by Spain and newly open to it

Isle of Man

A self-governing Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, outside both the UK and the EU

Macau

Europe's first foothold in China and its last to leave, now a casino city on the Pearl River

Melilla

A Spanish city on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, where Europe meets Africa at a fence

New Caledonia

A French Pacific archipelago whose status is still being negotiated

Puerto Rico

An island of US citizens who cannot vote for president, still debating what it should be

Réunion

A volcanic French department and EU outermost region in the Indian Ocean

Svalbard

A Norwegian Arctic archipelago where a 1920 treaty lets the world come and work

The Åland Islands

A Swedish-speaking, demilitarized Finnish autonomy settled by the League of Nations