The United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands is an obsolete collective term for the territories currently or formerly controlled by the United States in the Caribbean Sea. Most of the islands were acquired through claims made via the Guano Islands Act:
- Bajo Nuevo Bank (controlled by Colombia, claimed by the United States and Jamaica) – Formerly claimed by Nicaragua (resolved in 2012)
- Corn Islands (returned to Nicaragua on 25 April 1971)
- Navassa Island (U.S. unincorporated unorganized territory, claimed by Haiti)
- Quita Sueño Bank (claim abandoned on 17 September 1981, administered by Colombia)
- Roncador Bank (ceded to Colombia on 17 September 1981)
- Serrana Bank (ceded to Colombia on 17 September 1981)
- Serranilla Bank (controlled by Colombia, claimed by the United States and Jamaica) – Formerly claimed by Honduras (settled in 1986) and Nicaragua (resolved in 2012)
- Swan Islands (ceded to Honduras on 1 September 1972)
The islands were given the FIPS country code of BQ before 1974. With the transfer of sovereignty of most of the islands, the FIPS country code of BQ now represents only Navassa Island, still administered by the United States.
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