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Large, Populated Territories

American Samoa - Lata Mountain (3,169 feet)
        - area 76 square miles, population 55,000

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - approximate coordinates (14° 14' S, 169° 27' W)

Guam - Mount Lamlam (1,332 feet)
        - area 210 square miles, population 160,000

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        - approximate WGS84 coordinates (13° 21' N, 144° 40' E)

Northern Mariana Islands - Mount Agrihan on Agrihan Island (3,166 feet)
        - area 179 square miles, population 77,000 (Agrihan Island uninhabited)
        - highest point in Micronesia

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - WGS84 coordinates (18.76790° N, 145.67338° E)

Puerto Rico - Cerro de Punta (4,390 feet)
        - area 3,515 square miles, population 3,667,000

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        - WGS84 coordinates (18.1722° N, 66.5919° W)

United States Virgin Islands - Crown Mountain on Saint Thomas (1,552 feet)
        - area 134 square miles, population 106,000

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        - WGS84 coordinates (18.35904° N, 64.97361° W)

Smaller Possessions

Baker Island - unnamed (26 feet)
        - area 2.1 square kilometers, population 0

          wikipedia

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - atoll coordinates (00° 11' 41" N, 176° 28' 46" W)

Howland Island - unnamed (20 feet)
        - area 1.8 square kilometers, population 0

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - approximate coordinates (00° 48' N, 176° 38' W)

Jarvis Island - unnamed (23 feet)
        - area 1.75 square miles, population 0

          wikipedia

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - coral island coordinates (00° 22' S, 160° 01' W)

Johnston Atoll - Summit Peak (16 feet)
        - area 4.5 square kilometers, population 0
        - access by special permit (educators and scientists)

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - approximate coordinates (16° 44' N, 169° 32' W)

Kingman Reef - unnamed (5- feet)
        - area 18 square kilometers, population 0
        - a largely submerged reef

          wikipedia

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - reef coordinates (6° 23' N, 162° 25' W)

Midway Atoll - unnamed (12 feet)
        - area 6.2 square kilometers, population 0

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - WGS84 coordinates (28.21463° N, 177.37349° W)

Navassa Island - Dunning Hill (249 feet)
        - area 5.4 square kilometers, population 0
        - also claimed by Haiti

          wikipedia

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - island coordinates (18° 24' 10" N, 75° 00' 45" W)

Palmyra Atoll - unnamed (7 feet)
        - area 12 square kilometers, population 4-10

          wikipedia           peakbagger.com

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - WGS84 coordinates (5.88757° N, 162.08486° W)

Wake Island - Ducks Point (20 feet)
        - area 2.5 square miles, population 150
        - access restricted (U.S.A.F.)

          wikipedia

        No trip reports have been posted.

        - coral atoll coordinates (19° 18' N, 166° 38' E)


Disclaimer

Attempting to reach some of the points listed in this web site can be dangerous, and could lead to accidents resulting in injury or death. Some of the summits lie in rugged and isolated regions, where even minor mishaps can escalate into a life threatening crisis. Other locations lie on private property, military bases, and other areas where access is restricted. Trespassing in these areas can result in being arrested, shot at, or worse. Right of access to these areas is constantly changing, and access in the past does not guarantee present access. By use of this web page, the reader hereby releases the trip report authors, trip report compiler, and webmaster from liability for any injury, including but not limited to monetary loss, death, and other damages that might in any way be connected with this web site.

FAIR WARNING: These are "armchair mountaineer" articles, an offering for amusement, not action. Many of these peaks are potentially life threatening, or are on private property. Adequate mountaineer training and/or owner's permission are required if you choose to pursue this list. The authors cited on this page accept no responsibility for injury, or any liability related to these route descriptions.


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