Swains Island

E25112
atoll island overseas territory subdivision

Swains Island is a remote, privately owned atoll in the Tokelau region of the Pacific Ocean that is politically administered as part of American Samoa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Swains Island canonical 13
Swains Island administration 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atoll ⓘ
island ⓘ
overseas territory subdivision ⓘ
administeredBy American Samoa ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf American Samoa ⓘ
annexationBasis Guano Islands Act ⓘ
annexedBy United States of America ⓘ
annexedOn 1856 ⓘ
area about 1.865 square kilometers ⓘ
belongsToIslandGroup American Samoa ⓘ
surface form: American Samoa Islands

Tokelau ⓘ
surface form: Tokelau Islands (disputed)
capitalOfAdministrativeUnit none ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economicHistory copra plantation ⓘ
elevation low-lying ⓘ
ethnicAssociations Samoans ⓘ
surface form: Samoan people

Tokelauan New Zealanders ⓘ
surface form: Tokelauan people
governedAs unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
hasAirstrip no ⓘ
hasHighestPoint approximately 9 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasLagoon true ⓘ
hasPort no deep-water port ⓘ
hasSettlement Taulaga ⓘ
isCoralAtoll true ⓘ
ISO3166-2 AS-SW ⓘ
lagoonArea about 0.4 square kilometers ⓘ
lagoonType landlocked brackish lagoon ⓘ
landArea about 1.5 square kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
surface form: Tokelau region
mainSettlement Taulaga ⓘ
nearbyIslandGroup Tokelau ⓘ
nearestInhabitedIslands Tokelau ⓘ
surface form: Tokelau atolls
ownedBy Jennings family ⓘ
partOf American Samoa ⓘ
U.S. Pacific unorganized territories ⓘ
surface form: United States Minor Outlying Islands
population 0 permanent residents (21st century) ⓘ
previousPopulation about 37 (early 2000s) ⓘ
privatelyOwned true ⓘ
representedIn American Samoa territorial legislature (non-voting context) ⓘ
ringShape nearly circular ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedBy New Zealand ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedAsPartOf American Samoa ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedBy United States of America ⓘ
timeZone UTC−11:00 ⓘ
traditionalName Olohega ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Samoa → hasPart → Swains Island ⓘ
Samoa Time Zone → observedBy → Swains Island ⓘ
Samoa Time Zone → regionCovered → Swains Island ⓘ
SST → appliesTo → Swains Island ⓘ
Taulaga → locatedIn → Swains Island ⓘ
Taulaga → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Swains Island ⓘ
Taulaga → partOf → Swains Island ⓘ
Taulaga → isPrincipalSettlementOf → Swains Island ⓘ
Taulaga → isOnlySignificantSettlementOn → Swains Island ⓘ
Taulaga → locatedInIslandGroup → Swains Island ⓘ
Jennings family → owns → Swains Island ⓘ
Jennings family → propertyName → Swains Island ⓘ
Jennings family → associatedWith → Swains Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swains Island administration
Tokelauan → minorityLanguageIn → Swains Island ⓘ