 Spain has a claim to sovereignty over a few islands including Kapingamarangi in Pohnpei State.A commission of cardinals under Pope Leo XIII arbitrated a dispute for the Caroline Islands and others extending from the Equator to 11°N Latitude and from 133°E to 164°E Longitude.Germany and Spain on 17 December 1885 agreed in a treaty that they were a part of the Spanish East Indies.