The UK Overseas Territories

The sixteen UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are former British colonies which have decided to retain strong ties with Britain. Most UKOTs are islands, distributed around the globe from Antarctica to the Mediterranean and from the South Pacific to the Indian Ocean.

Geographical locations of the UK Overseas Territories

Indian Ocean

British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) comprising the Chagos Archipelago and surrounding ocean
(54,400 km2) 15

Mediterranean Basin

British Sovereign Air Bases on Cyprus 16

Gibraltar 14

Pacific Ocean

Pitcairn Islands (Pitcairn, Henderson, Oeno, Ducie) 7

South Atlantic

British Antarctic Territory 8

Falkland Islands 10

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 9

St Helena 12

Ascension Island 13

Tristan da Cunha (including Nightingale, Gough and Inaccessible) 11

Wider Caribbean

Anguilla 5

Bermuda 1

British Virgin Islands 4

Cayman Islands 3

Montserrat 6

Turks and Caicos Islands 2

Find out more about the UKOTs and their administration:

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum