New Zealand (Cook Islands)– United States of America (American Samoa)

In 1980, a 559 nautical mile long maritime boundary was established between the United States’ territory of American Samoa and the Cook Islands, a Pacific Island Nation in free association with New Zealand. The 25 turning points for the boundary were determined using basepoints from the American Samoan islands of Rose, Manua and Swains. For the Cook Islands, basepoints were found on the atolls of Palmerston, Suwarrow and Pukapuka (Danger Island) and the island of Nassau. The 1980 Agreement additionally recognized the Cook Islands’ sovereignty over four insular features that the United States previously claimed, namely: Pukapuka Atoll, and the islands of Penrhyn, Manihiki and Rakahanga.

Map showing the maritime boundary between Cook Islands and American Samoa

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