copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-15): The United States claim was made on 22 November 1869 by James W. Jennett[16] under the provisions of the Guano Islands Act.[17] Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972.[18] However, Bajo Nuevo Bank was not mentioned in the treaty, and Article 7 of the treaty states that matters not specifically mentioned in the treaty are not subject to its terms. The United States considers the bank an insular area.[17][19] [...] - ^ a b "Acquisition Process of Insular Areas". United States Government, Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2008. Lists Bajo Nuevo Bank as an insular area under U.S. sovereignty. - ^ (in Spanish) Treaty of exchange between Colombia and the United States, 1972 Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "Application of the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). United States Government, General Accounting Office. November 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008. Page 39 states that U.S. sovereignty over Bajo Nuevo is disputed. "Currently, the United States conducts maritime law enforcement operations in and around Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo consistent with U.S. sovereignty claims." This is the only archived document from this source that mentions Bajo Nuevo Bank as an insular area. [dead link]
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The United States of America holds claim to 16 territories outside of the United States. These range from Puerto Rico, with over 140 smaller islands and over 3 million residents, to uninhabited territories (and disputed territories) such as Bajo Nuevo Bank, Navassa Island, Serranilla Bank, and Wake Island. The United States has many political, defensive, social and other reasons to claim these territories as important lands of the United States. However, another important reason to claim them is for their resource potential. Those territories that consist of an island or a cluster of islands are surrounded by sea floors that may contain important mineral, energy, and food resources. By claiming them, the United States claims rights to an exclusive economic zone that extends up to 200 miles offshore (or half of the distance to the nearest shoreline claimed by another sovereign state). [...] Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands: Two coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, located about 150 miles southwest of Jamaica. Administered by Colombia but claimed by the United States and Jamaica.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2014-01-01): Navassa Island is located in the Greater Antilles between Cuba and Jamaica near Haiti. The island is claimed by both the U.S. and Haiti, as it lies on the Haitian island shelf. Navassa was annexed by the U.S. in 1857, but is now an uninhabited nature reserve.Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank also lie in the Caribbean Sea and are the smallest areas of the Minor Outlying Islands, each with a land area of 0.02 km². The Bajo Nuevo Bank is also known as Petrel Island. Serranilla Bank consists of 3 individual islands and 2 rock formations that form an atoll that is almost submerged today. The coral reef covers a sea area of over 1200 km². All islands are uninhabited, the only structure is a lighthouse on Beacon Cay.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-14): Bajo Nuevo Bank is about 26 km (16 mi) long and 9 km (5.6 mi) wide. The satellite image shows two distinct atoll-like structures separated by a deep channel 1.4 km (0.87 mi) wide at its narrowest point. The larger southwestern reef complex measures 15.4 km (9.6 mi) northeast-southwest, and is up to 9.4 km (5.8 mi) wide, covering an area of about 100 km2 (39 sq mi). The reef partially dries on the southern and eastern sides. The smaller northeastern reef complex measures 10.5 km (6.5 mi) east-west and is up to 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide, covering an area of 45 km2 (17 sq mi). The land area is minuscule by comparison. [...] The United States claim was made on 22 November 1869 by James W. Jennett under the provisions of the Guano Islands Act. Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972. However, Bajo Nuevo Bank was not mentioned in the treaty, and Article 7 of the treaty states that matters not specifically mentioned in the treaty are not subject to its terms. The United States considers the bank as an unincorporated unorganized territory.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-12-07): The United States claim was made on 22 November 1869 by James W. Jennett[15] under the provisions of the Guano Islands Act.[16] Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972.[17] But whether or not Bajo Nuevo Bank was included in the agreement is disputed, as the bank is not mentioned specifically by name within the treaty, and Article 7 of the treaty states that matters not specifically mentioned in the treaty are not subject to its terms. The U.S. administers the bank as an unorganized, unincorporated United States territory.[16][18] [...] - ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lists Bajo Nuevo Bank as an insular area under U.S. sovereignty. - ↑ (Spanish) Treaty of exchange between Colombia and the United States, 1972 - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Page 39 states that U.S. sovereignty over Bajo Nuevo is disputed. "Currently, the United States conducts maritime law enforcement operations in and around Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo consistent with U.S. sovereignty claims." This is the only archived document from this source that mentions Bajo Nuevo Bank as an insular area.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-09-02): Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands (Spanish: Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, located in the western Caribbean Sea at 15°53′N 78°38′W / 15.883°N 78.633°W, with a lighthouse on Low Cay at 15°51′N 78°38′W / 15.850°N 78.633°W. The closest neighbouring land feature is Serranilla Bank, located 110 kilometres (68 miles) to the west.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1999-12-20): Bajo Nuevo Bank is about 26km (16miles) long and 9km (06miles) wide. The satellite image shows two distinct atoll-like structures separated by a deep channel 1.4km (00.9miles) wide at its narrowest point. The larger southwestern reef complex measures 15.4km (09.6miles) northeast-southwest, and is up to 9.4km (05.8miles) wide, covering an area of about 1000NaN0. The reef partially dries on the southern and eastern sides. The smaller northeastern reef complex measures 10.5km (06.5miles) east-west and is up to 5.5km (03.4miles) wide, covering an area of 450NaN0. The land area is minuscule by comparison. [...] Bajo Nuevo Bank is the subject of conflicting claims made by a number of sovereign states. In most cases, the dispute stems from attempts by a state to expand its exclusive economic zone over the surrounding seas. [...] The United States claim was made on 22 November 1869 by James W. Jennett[16] under the provisions of the Guano Islands Act.[17] Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972.[18] However, Bajo Nuevo Bank was not mentioned in the treaty, and Article 7 of the treaty states that matters not specifically mentioned in the treaty are not subject to its terms. The United States considers the bank an insular area.[19]
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-14): Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as Petrel Islands (Spanish: Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a group of uninhabited coral reefs and small islands inside the western Caribbean Sea. It is currently below the jurisdiction of the San Andrés and Providencia Department of Colombia, although Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the US additionally declare sovereignty over the place. [...] Territorial Dispute of Bajo Nuevo Bank - Five international locations assert sovereignty claims over Bajo Nuevo Bank: Jamaica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, and the USA. - On November 22, 1869, the United States introduced the disputed "Guano Islands Act." To this present day, the U.S. Nevertheless considers Bajo Nuevo Bank as an "unorganized, unincorporated U.S. Territory."
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-08-14): Tucked away near the middle of the Caribbean Sea, lies the Bajo Nuevo Bank: a small, uninhabited reef with some grass-covered islets. [...] 7. James W. Jennett, empowered under provisions of the controversial Guano Islands Act, initiated the US’ claim on November 22, 1869. To this day, the US administers Bajo Nuevo bank as an ‘unorganized, unincorporated United States territory’. [...] 14. Nicaragua bases its claim to Bajo Nuevo Bank due to the islands sitting on its continental shelf, covering an area of over 50,000 square kilometres in the Caribbean Sea. In fact, the Central American country lays claim to all islands associated with the San Andrés and
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-11-19): This small uninhabited reef in the western Caribbean Sea was first shown on Dutch maps dating back to 1634. After very little recognition it was rediscovered by English pirate John Glover in 1660. The reef is administered by Colombia, but a number of other states —Jamaica, Nicaragua and the US—claim sovereignty over it. On the 19th November 2012, with regards to the Nicaraguan claim the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously, that the Republic of Colombia has sovereignty over both the Bajo Nuevo and the Serranilla bank of the reef. The U.S. administers the bank as an unorganized, unincorporated United States territory.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-11-27): Bajo Nuevo Bank is about 26 km (16 mi) long and 9 km (5.6 mi) wide. The satellite image shows two distinct atoll-like structures separated by a deep channel 1.4 km (0.87 mi) wide at its narrowest point. The larger southwestern reef complex measures 15.4 km (9.6 mi) northeast-southwest, and is up to 9.4 km (5.8 mi) wide, covering an area of about 100 km2 (39 sq mi). The reef partially dries on the southern and eastern sides. The smaller northeastern reef complex measures 10.5 km (6.5 mi) east-west and is up to 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide, covering an area of 45 km2 (17 sq mi). The land area is minuscule by comparison. [...] The United States claim was made on 22 November 1869 by James W. Jennett[16] under the provisions of the Guano Islands Act.[17] Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972.[18] However, Bajo Nuevo Bank was not mentioned in the treaty, and Article 7 of the treaty states that matters not specifically mentioned in the treaty are not subject to its terms. The United States considers the bank an insular area.[17][19]
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-23): Bajo Nuevo Bank is a Caribbean island to the south of Cuba. Bajo Nuevo Bank is administrated by Colombia, but is claimed by three other countries, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-06): Claimed territories [edit]The following two territories are claimed by multiple countries (including the United States)[7] and are not included in ISO 3166-2:UM. However, they are sometimes grouped with the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. According to the GAO, "the United States conducts maritime law enforcement operations in and around Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo [Bank] consistent with U.S. sovereignty claims."[7] [...] - ^ Two additional territories (Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank) are claimed by the United States but administered by Colombia—if these two territories are counted, the total number of U.S. territories is sixteen.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-07-04): U.S. Unincorporated Possessions 1634 Reef first shown on Dutch maps. 1654 Named Bajo Nuevo Bank. 1660 Re-discovered by the English. 22 Nov 1869 Claimed by U.S. by James W. Jennett (also called Petrel Islands). 8 Sep 1972 Bajo Nuevo is specifically not mentioned by U.S. in list of guano islands renounced to Colombia. Territorial Dispute: Claimed by Jamaica and possibly Honduras (until 20 Dec 1999); Colombia considers Bajo Nuevo Bank apart of the Providence Archipelago in the intendancy of San Andres y Providencia. [...] 1510 Serranilla Bank first shown on Spanish maps. 8 Sep 1879 Claimed by the U.S (located two hundred ten miles north northeast of Nicaragua). 8 Sep 1972 Serranilla Bank specifically not mentioned by U.S. in list of guano islands renounced to Colombia.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-29): The Territory Bajo Nuevo Bank, Serranilla Bank, Serrana Bank and Alice Shoal consist of various related eponymous and noneponymous banks, reefs, cays, shoals and sandbars. [...] - Bajo Nuevo Bank, 15°53′N 78°38′W - Low Cay at 15°51′N 78°38′W. (2 metres (6.6 ft)) [...] Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands (Spanish: Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, with a lighthouse on Low Cay.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-10): - Baker Island - Howland Island - Jarvis Island - Johnston Atoll - Kingman Reef - Midway Atoll - Navassa Island - Palmyra Atoll - Wake Island - Bajo Nuevo Bank (claimed)
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-05-29): Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions supervised by the United States government. The U.S. currently has fourteen[1] territories in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Two other territories (Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank) are claimed by the United States but ruled by Colombia — if these two territories are counted, the total number of U.S. territories is sixteen.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-01-01): Also known as the Petrel Islands, Bajo Nuevo Bank is a 15-mile-long reef with some grassy island outcrops in the otherwise open Caribbean Sea, midway between Jamaica and Central America. It was claimed by the US in 1869, under the Guano Islands Act. Though most of the islands in the region claimed by this act were renounced by the USA in a 1972 treaty with Colombia, this atoll-like structure, as well as another, Serranilla Bank, 70 miles west, were not mentioned by name, unlike the others, so they continued to be claimed as Territories of the USA, though not aggressively so. Bajo Nuevo Bank has also, over the years, been claimed by Honduras and Jamaica – though Jamaica seems to have backed off since the 1980s. Nicaragua, however, still makes a claim that the Bajo Nuevo Bank is within its territorial waters, and therefore belongs to it. An international court ruling in 2012 found that Colombia has sovereignty over Baja Nuevo Bank, as well as the nearby Serranilla Bank, though the US does not recognize the ruling.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-15): The program currently invites individuals residing in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, on tribal lands, and in United States territories to apply including, American Samoa; Guam; Northern Mariana Islands; Puerto Rico; United States Virgin Islands; Minor Outlying Islands; Bajo Nuevo Bank; Baker Island; Howland Island; Jarvis Island; Johnston Atoll; Kingman Reef; Midway Islands; Navassa Island; and Palmyra Atoll.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2001-12-06): In its Judgment rendered on the merits of the case on 19 November 2012, the Court found that the territorial dispute between the Parties concerned sovereignty over the features situated in the Caribbean Sea — the Alburquerque Cays, the East-Southeast Cays, Roncador, Serrana, Quitasueño, Serranilla and Bajo Nuevo — which were all above water at high tide and which were therefore islands capable of appropriation. The Court noted, however, that Quitasueño comprised only a single, tiny island, known as QS 32, and a number of low-tide elevations (features above water at low tide but submerged at high tide). The Court then observed that, under the terms of the 1928 Treaty concerning Territorial Questions at Issue between Colombia and Nicaragua, Colombia not only had sovereignty over the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, but also over other islands, islets and reefs "forming part" of the San Andrés Archipelago. Thus, in order to address the question of sovereignty, the Court first needed to ascertain what constituted the San Andrés Archipelago. It concluded, however, that neither the 1928 Treaty nor the historical documents conclusively established the composition of that Archipelago. [...] The Court also noted that, while not being evidence of sovereignty, Nicaragua’s conduct with regard to the maritime features in dispute, the practice of third States and maps afforded some support to Colombia’s claim. The Court concluded that Colombia, and not Nicaragua, had sovereignty over the islands at Alburquerque, Bajo Nuevo, East-Southeast Cays, Quitasueño, Roncador, Serrana and Serranilla.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of United States (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-14): There are also a few disputed territories: pieces of land which the United States claims but which another nation also claims. These include Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands, which is administered by Columbia but claimed by both the U.S. and Jamaica. Navassa Island is claimed by the U.S. and Haiti. Serranilla Bank and Wake Island are also disputed.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of Colombia (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-15): The reef was first shown on Dutch maps dating to 1634 but was given its present name in 1654. Bajo Nuevo was rediscovered by the English pirate John Glover in 1660. The reef is now subject to a sovereignty dispute involving Colombia and the United States. On 19 November 2012, in regard to Nicaraguan claims to the islands, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found, unanimously, that the Republic of Colombia has sovereignty over both Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla Banks, although the judgment does not analyze or mention the competing claims of Honduras or United States.[1] [...] Territorial dispute [edit]Bajo Nuevo Bank is the subject of conflicting claims made by a number of sovereign states. In most cases, the dispute stems from attempts by a state to expand its exclusive economic zone over the surrounding seas. [...] - ^ (in Spanish) Treaty of exchange between Colombia and the United States, 1972 Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "Application of the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). United States Government, General Accounting Office. November 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008. Page 39 states that U.S. sovereignty over Bajo Nuevo is disputed. "Currently, the United States conducts maritime law enforcement operations in and around Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo consistent with U.S. sovereignty claims." This is the only archived document from this source that mentions Bajo Nuevo Bank as an insular area. [dead link]
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of Colombia (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1999-12-20): The reef was first shown on Dutch maps dating to 1634 but was given its present name in 1654. Bajo Nuevo was rediscovered by the English pirate John Glover in 1660. The reef is now subject to a sovereignty dispute involving Colombia and the United States. On 19 November 2012, in regard to Nicaraguan claims to the islands, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found, unanimously, that the Republic of Colombia has sovereignty over both Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla Banks, although the judgment does not analyze or mention the competing claims of Honduras or United States.[1] Bajo Nuevo Bank is about 26km (16miles) long and 9km (06miles) wide. The satellite image shows two distinct atoll-like structures separated by a deep channel 1.4km (00.9miles) wide at its narrowest point. The larger southwestern reef complex measures 15.4km (09.6miles) northeast-southwest, and is up to 9.4km (05.8miles) wide, covering an area of about 1000NaN0. The reef partially dries on the southern and eastern sides. The smaller northeastern reef complex measures 10.5km (06.5miles) east-west and is up to 5.5km (03.4miles) wide, covering an area of 450NaN0. The land area is minuscule by comparison.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of Colombia (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Serrana Bank is not to be confused with Serranilla Bank. US sovereignty over two insular areas, Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo (Petrel Island) is disputed. Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo are in the Caribbean Sea, located approximately 180 miles southwest from the southern coast of Jamaica. Serranilla Bank is a roughly circular coral bank; on its southeast side are three small coral-and-sand keys, or low islands, the largest of which is a half mile in length. Bajo Nuevo, an oval-shaped coral bank situated northeast from Serranilla Bank, has two reefs; at both ends of each reef are small keys, the largest of which is about 300 by 50 yards in size. The United States has long maintained claims to both Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo under the Guano Islands Act. Both areas are claimed by Columbia and Jamaica. Serranilla Bank is also claimed by Honduras. Nicaragua has not claimed these areas by name, but has stated that it claims all islands and cays located on its continental shelf; however, there is no agreed maritime boundary between Nicaragua and Columbia, or between Nicaragua and Honduras, in the Western Caribbean. Currently, the United States conducts maritime law enforcement operations in and around Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo consistent with US sovereignty claims.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of Colombia (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-09-02): Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands (Spanish: Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, located in the western Caribbean Sea at 15°53′N 78°38′W / 15.883°N 78.633°W, with a lighthouse on Low Cay at 15°51′N 78°38′W / 15.850°N 78.633°W. The closest neighbouring land feature is Serranilla Bank, located 110 kilometres (68 miles) to the west.
Claim: Bajo Nuevo Bank is a territory of Colombia (Bajo Nuevo Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Petrel Islands 15°53′N 78°38′W / 15.883°N 78.633°W / 15.883; -78.633 (Bajo Nuevo Bank )