United States Minor Outlying Islands
The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a group of small island possessions of the United States, in Micronesia. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.
- Stamp finish
- Mythicplaced by estimate
- Area
- 28 km² (11 sq mi)
- Population
- 300Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 8in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 1with scheduled flights
Does the United States Minor Outlying Islands count as a country?
It depends on the list. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a group of small island possessions of the United States, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own.
| List | Counts the United States Minor Outlying Islands? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Counted with another destination |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The United States Minor Outlying Islands belongs to the United States, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands.
The United States Minor Outlying Islands stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The United States Minor Outlying Islands’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for the United States Minor Outlying Islands, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to the United States Minor Outlying Islands
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts the United States Minor Outlying Islands when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Wake Island Airfield, AWK), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Airports
The United States Minor Outlying Islands has 1 airport with scheduled flights. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
8 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the United States Minor Outlying Islands into 8 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 8
Baker Island · Howland Island · Jarvis Island · Johnston Atoll · Midway Atoll · Navassa Island · Palmyra Atoll · Wake Island
Questions people ask
Is the United States Minor Outlying Islands a country?
It depends on the list. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a group of small island possessions of the United States, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own.
How many tourists visit the United States Minor Outlying Islands?
UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for the United States Minor Outlying Islands. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.
How rare is a United States Minor Outlying Islands stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
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Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.