British Overseas Territories
territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom
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The British overseas territory is a member of the World Meteorological Organization and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) [1][2]. It participates in international postal services through the UPU [1][2]. It engages in global meteorological cooperation as part of the World Meteorological Organization [1][2].
Key Facts
- Member of: World Meteorological Organization[6], Universal Postal Union UPU[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: United Kingdom[8]
- Country: United Kingdom[9]
- Instance of: dependent territory[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Akrotiri and Dhekelia[11], Anguilla[12], Bermuda[13], British Antarctic Territory[14], British Indian Ocean Territory[15], British Virgin Islands[16], Cayman Islands[17], Falkland Islands[18], Gibraltar[19], Montserrat[20], Pitcairn Islands[21], Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[22], South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands[23], Turks and Caicos Islands[24]
- Follows: British Dependent Territory[25]
- Subclass of: overseas territory[26]
- Part of: realm of the United Kingdom[27]
- Quantity: 14[28]
- Different from: British Dependent Territory[29]
- Economy of topic: economy of British Overseas Territories[30]