Swains Island
Sign in to saveAlso known as Olosega Island, Olohega Island, Quiros Island, Gente Hermosa Island, Jennings Island, Swains Island, American Samoa, Jenning's Island, Peregrina
remote coral atoll of American Samoa, United States of America
Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Archipelago
- Tokelau
- Area
- 2.43 km (0.94 sq mi)
- Territory
- American Samoa
- Population
- 0 (2020)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Part of
- Tokelau Islands
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- American Samoa
- Population
- 17
- Area
- 1.865
- Elevation
- 3.5
- Time zone
- UTC−11:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Swains.png
- Width
- 1.4
- Length
- 1.8
Show 3 more facts
- territory claimed by
- Tokelau
- Commons category
- Swains Island
- native label
- Olosega
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of the island The flag of Swains Island was described as "Old Glory [...] but superimposed on the blue field was a white dove" At the 2023 celebration marking the 98th anniversary of Swains Island being joined with America Samoa, the Swains Island flag was raised alongside the U.S. and American Samoan flags in Taulaga Village.
Swains Island (/ˈsweɪnz/; Tokelauan: Olohega Tokelauan pronunciation: [oloˈhɛŋa] ; Samoan: Olosega Samoan pronunciation: [oloˈsɛŋa] ), also known as Jennings Island, is a remote coral atoll in the Tokelau volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean. Administered as part of American Samoa since 1925, the island is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Tokelau and the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swains Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations