Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
Overview of British dependencies
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British Overseas Territories
These former parts of the British Empire are not part of the UK proper, but the British crown and parliament has full sovereignty over each. They have varying degrees of delegated internal self-governance. The UK counts a total of 14 such territories. This includes the UK's view that its Antarctic claim is a dependency, though internationally its legal status is governed by the Antarctic Treaty.
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Antarctic Territory – Antarctic claim
- British Indian Ocean Territory – military base
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Montserrat
- Pitcairn Islands
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – uninhabited island
- Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus – military bases
- Turks and Caicos Islands
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Crown Dependencies
The Crown Dependencies are self-governing possessions of the British Crown with their own legislative assemblies. They were not part of the British Empire, but have a much older relationship as subjects of the English Crown.