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.

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 Islands → Tokelau Islands (disputed) →
capitalOfAdministrativeUnit	none →
climate	tropical →
country	United States of America →
economicHistory	copra plantation →
elevation	low-lying →
ethnicAssociations	Samoan people → 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 region →
mainSettlement	Taulaga →
nearbyIslandGroup	Tokelau →
nearestInhabitedIslands	Tokelau atolls →
ownedBy	Jennings family →
partOf	American Samoa → 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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Samoa →	hasPart
Samoa Time Zone →	observedBy
Samoa Time Zone →	regionCovered