Guam , Northern Mariana Islands , and Wake Island are in northern Micronesia .
Aside from the Federated States of Micronesia , the Micronesia region encompasses four other sovereign , independent nations—Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Nauru , and Palau—as well as three U.S. territories in the northern part : Guam , Northern Mariana Islands , and Wake Island .
Micronesia