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British Overseas Territories

British Overseas Territories (red), the United Kingdom (green), and Crown Dependencies (blue)

The British Overseas Territories (also known as United Kingdom Overseas Territories) are fourteen territories of the United Kingdom which, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom itself, fall under its jurisdiction. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not acquired independence or have voted to remain British territories.

The territories of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man, though also under the sovereignty of the British Crown, have a different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, and are classed as Crown Dependencies. The British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are distinct from the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of countries which mostly have historic links to the British Empire.

Name	Location
Anguilla	Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories
Bermuda	Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories
British Antarctic Territory	Antarctica
British Indian Ocean Territory	Indian Ocean
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories
Cayman Islands	Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories
Falkland Islands	South Atlantic Ocean
Gibraltar	Iberian Peninsula
Montserrat	Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories
Pitcairn Islands	Pacific Ocean
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	South Atlantic Ocean
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	South Atlantic Ocean
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Mediterranean (Cyprus)
Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories