British Dependencies - Current Overseas Territories

Current Overseas Territories

The fourteen British overseas territories are:

Flag Arms Name Location Motto Area Population Capital
Anguilla Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories Strength and Endurance 0000146 !146 km2 (56.4 sq mi) 13500 !13,500 The Valley
Bermuda Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories Quo fata ferunt (Latin: "Whither the Fates carry ") 0000054 !54 km2 (20.8 sq mi) 64000 !64,000 Hamilton
British Antarctic Territory Antarctica Research and discovery 1709400 !1,709,400 km2 (660,000 sq mi) 00050 !50 in winter; over 400 in summer Rothera (main base)
British Indian Ocean Territory Indian Ocean In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin: "Limuria is in our charge") 0000046 !46 km2 (18 sq mi) 0300 !About 3,000 UK and US military and staff. Diego Garcia (base)
British Virgin Islands Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories Vigilate (Latin: "Be watchful") 0000153 !153 km2 (59 sq mi) 27000 !27,000 Road Town
Cayman Islands Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories He hath founded it upon the seas 0000264 !264 km2 (101.9 sq mi) 54,878 !54,878 George Town
Falkland Islands South Atlantic Ocean Desire the right 0012173 !12,173 km2 (4,700 sq mi) 02955 !2,955 Stanley
Gibraltar Iberian Peninsula Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin: "No enemy shall expel us") 0000006.5 !6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi) 28800 !28,800 Gibraltar
Montserrat Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories 0000101 !101 km2 (39 sq mi) 04655 !4,655 Plymouth (abandoned due to volcano—de facto capital is Brades)
Pitcairn Islands Pacific Ocean 0000045 !45 km2 (17 sq mi)
(all islands)
00067 !67 Adamstown
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Atlantic Ocean Loyal and Unshakeable
Our faith is our strength
0000420 !420 km2 (162 sq mi) 05530 !5530
4,255
1,275
Jamestown
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Atlantic Ocean Leo terram propriam protegat (Latin: "Let the lion protect his own land") 0004066 !4,066 km2 (1,570 sq mi) 00099 !99 King Edward Point/Grytviken
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Mediterranean (Cyprus) 0000255 !255 km2 (98 sq mi) 14000 !14,000 ; Episkopi Cantonment
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories "Beautiful by nature, clean by choice" 0000430 !430 km2 (166 sq mi) 32000 !32,000 Cockburn Town

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