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Members of the House of Representativesedit

  • Official photo, with American flag

    Amata Coleman Radewagen (R), (American Samoa)

  • Official photo

    Michael San Nicolas (D), (Guam)

  • Official photo

    Gregorio Sablan (I), (Northern Mariana Islands)

  • Official photo

    Jenniffer González (R), (Puerto Rico)

  • Official photo

    Stacey Plaskett (D), (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Territorial governorsedit

  • Man wearing a white lei

    Lolo Matalasi Moliga (D), (American Samoa)

  • Lou Leon Guerrero

    Lou Leon Guerrero (D), (Guam)

  • A smiling Ralph Torres

    Ralph Torres (R), (Northern Mariana Islands)

  • Wanda Vázquez Garced

    Wanda Vázquez Garced (R), (Puerto Rico)

  • Albert Bryan

    Albert Bryan (D), (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Satellite imagesedit

Inhabited territoriesedit

  • Tutuila and Aunu'u (American Samoa)

  • Guam

  • Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

  • Puerto Rico

  • U.S. Virgin Islands

Uninhabited territories (minor outlying islands)edit

  • Satellite photo

    Baker Island

  • Satellite photo

    Howland Island

  • Satellite photo

    Jarvis Island

  • Satellite photo

    Johnston Atoll

  • Satellite photo

    Kingman Reef

  • Satellite photo

    Midway Atoll

  • Satellite photo

    Navassa Island

  • Satellite photo

    Palmyra Atoll

  • Satellite photo

    Wake Island

Mapsedit

  • American Samoa

  • Guam

  • Northern Mariana Islands

  • Puerto Rico

  • U.S. Virgin Islands

  • U.S. exclusive economic zone

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