evidence: Tucked away near the middle of the Caribbean Sea, lies the Bajo Nuevo Bank: a small, uninhabited reef with some grass-covered islets. [...] 2. Bajo Nuevo Bank is about 26 kilometres (16 miles) long and 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) [...] 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’.