List of islands named after people
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This is a list of islands known to be named after individual people. It details the name of the island, its location and eponym.
Island | Country or location | Eponym |
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Ackerman Island | ![]() |
Joseph Ackerman |
Agios Efstratios | ![]() |
(Όσιος Ευστράτιος ο Θαυματουργός), who lived on the island in the 9th century as an exile, because he was opposed to the iconoclastic policies of the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Armenian |
Agios Georgios | ![]() |
Saint George |
Alejandro Selkirk Island | ![]() |
Alexander Selkirk |
Alexander Island | ![]() |
Alexander I of Russia |
Allen Island | ![]() |
John Allen |
Amherst Island | ![]() |
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst |
Amherst Island | ![]() |
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst |
Amund Ringnes Island | ![]() |
Amund Ringnes |
Annenkov Island | ![]() |
Mikhail Annenkov |
Annette Island | ![]() |
Annette Whitney Dall |
Axel Heiberg Island | ![]() |
Axel Heiberg |
Baffin Island | ![]() |
William Baffin |
Bainbridge Island | ![]() |
Commodore William Bainbridge |
Baker Island | ![]() |
Captain Michael Baker |
Ball's Pyramid | ![]() |
Lieutenant Henry Ball |
Banks Island | ![]() |
Joseph Banks |
Baranof Island | ![]() |
Alexander Andreyevich Baranov |
Barrow Island | ![]() |
Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet |
Bartolomé Island | ![]() |
Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Bathurst Island | ![]() |
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst |
Bathurst Island | ![]() |
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst |
Beauchene Island | ![]() |
Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne |
Bedford Island | ![]() |
Thomas Bedford |
Belcher Islands | ![]() |
Edward Belcher |
Bellingshausen Island | ![]() |
Fabian von Bellingshausen |
Bentinck Island | ![]() |
Lord George Bentinck (possibly) |
Bering Island | ![]() |
Vitus Bering |
Berkner Island | ![]() |
Lloyd Berkner |
Bermuda | ![]() |
Juan de Bermúdez |
Bernard Island | ![]() |
Claude Bernard |
Bernier Island | ![]() |
Pierre-François Bernier (presumably) |
Bismarck Archipelago | ![]() |
Otto von Bismarck |
Bjarnason Island | ![]() |
Matt Bjarnason |
Blakely Island | ![]() |
Johnston Blakeley |
Block Island | ![]() |
Adriaen Block |
Borden Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut | ![]() |
Robert Borden |
Bougainville | ![]() |
Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
Boularderie Island | ![]() |
Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie |
Bouvet Island | ![]() |
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier |
Bowen Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
James Bowen (Royal Navy officer) |
Bowen Island (Jervis Bay) | ![]() |
Richard Bowen RN |
Bowyer Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet |
Brenton Island | ![]() |
Jahleel Brenton |
Bristol Island | ![]() |
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol |
Brock Island, Northwest Territories | ![]() |
Reginald W. Brock |
Brown Island, Northwest Territories | ![]() |
John G. Brown |
Bruny Island | ![]() |
Bruni d'Entrecasteaux |
Burnaby Island | ![]() |
Robert Burnaby |
Busta Rhymes Island | ![]() |
Busta Rhymes |
Bylot Island | ![]() |
Robert Bylot |
Camano Island | ![]() |
Jacinto Caamaño |
Campobello Island | ![]() |
Lord William Campbell (with name Italianized) |
Cape Chidley Islands | ![]() |
John Chidley |
Carleton Island | ![]() |
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
Charles Alexander Island | ![]() |
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Charles Island | ![]() |
Charles Deal |
Charlton Island | ![]() |
Charles I of England |
Charron Island | ![]() |
François Charron |
Cheeseman Island | ![]() |
Thomas Frederick Cheeseman |
Chichagof Island | ![]() |
Vasili Chichagov |
Chirikof Island | ![]() |
Alexei Chirikov |
Choiseul Island | ![]() |
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul |
Churchill Island | ![]() |
John Churchill |
Clapperton Island | ![]() |
Hugh Clapperton |
Clark Island | ![]() |
Lieutenant Ralph Clark |
Clark Island | ![]() |
Midshipman John Clark |
Clarke Island | ![]() |
William Clarke |
Clerke Rocks | ![]() |
Charles Clerke |
Coats Island | ![]() |
William Coats |
Cockburn Island | ![]() |
Francis Cockburn |
Colville Island | ![]() |
Andrew Colville |
Cook Islands | ![]() |
James Cook |
Cook Island | ![]() |
James Cook |
Cooper Island | ![]() |
Robert Palliser Cooper |
Cornwallis Island | ![]() |
William Cornwallis |
Cortes Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
Hernán Cortés |
Crown Prince Frederik Island | ![]() |
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Crozier Island | ![]() |
Francis Crozier |
Curtis Island | ![]() |
Roger Curtis |
Dall Island | ![]() |
William Healey Dall |
Darwin Island | ![]() |
Charles Darwin |
Island Davaar | ![]() |
Saint Barr |
Dawson Island | ![]() |
See Dawson (surname) |
Decatur Island | ![]() |
Stephen Decatur |
Delarof Islands | ![]() |
Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov |
D'Entrecasteaux Islands | ![]() |
Bruni D'Entrecasteaux |
Diego Garcia | ![]() |
Diego García de Moguer |
Diego Ramírez Islands | ![]() |
Diego Ramírez |
Digges Islands | ![]() |
Dudley Digges |
Diomede Islands | ![]() ![]() |
Saint Diomedes |
Dirk Hartog Island | ![]() |
Dirk Hartog |
Dorre Island | ![]() |
Peter Dorre |
Douglas Island | ![]() |
John Douglas |
Douglas Island | ![]() |
James Douglas (presumably) |
D'Oyly Carte Island | ![]() |
Richard D'Oyly Carte |
Doumer Island | ![]() |
Paul Doumer |
Drake's Island | ![]() |
Francis Drake |
Drummond Island | ![]() |
Gordon Drummond |
Dundas Island | ![]() |
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville |
Dundas Island | ![]() |
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville |
Durell's Island | ![]() |
Captain Thomas Durell |
D'Urville Island | ![]() |
Jules Dumont d'Urville |
Edgell Island | ![]() |
Captain Edgell |
Edgeøya | ![]() |
Thomas Edge |
Eilean Chaluim Chille | ![]() |
Saint Columba |
Eilean Donan | ![]() |
Saint Donan |
Ellef Ringnes Island | ![]() |
Ellef Ringnes |
Ellesmere Island | ![]() |
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere |
Ellis Island | ![]() |
Samuel Ellis (colonial New Yorker) |
Ernst Thälmann Island | ![]() |
Ernst Thälmann |
Faure Island | ![]() |
Pierre Faure |
Fergusson Island | ![]() |
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet |
Fernandina Island | ![]() |
Ferdinand II of Aragon |
Fernando de Noronha | ![]() |
Fernão de Loronha |
Fisher Island | ![]() |
Carl G. Fisher |
Flaherty Island | ![]() |
Robert J. Flaherty |
Flinders Island | ![]() |
Matthew Flinders |
Floreana Island | ![]() |
Juan José Flores |
Fort Denison | ![]() |
William Denison |
Fox Island | ![]() |
J.L. Fox |
Franklin Island | ![]() |
Sir John Franklin |
Franklin Island | ![]() |
Sir John Franklin |
Franz Josef Land | ![]() |
Franz Joseph I |
Fraser Island | ![]() |
Eliza Fraser |
Fraser Island | ![]() |
Robert James Fraser |
Freeman Island | ![]() |
J.D. Freeman |
Frobisher's Farthest | ![]() |
Martin Frobisher |
Frost Island | ![]() |
Boatswain John Frost |
Galiano Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
Dionisio Alcalá Galiano |
Gambier Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier |
Gambier Islands | ![]() |
James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier |
Geiger Key | ![]() |
Henry Huling Geiger |
Graham Island | ![]() |
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet |
Graham Bell Island | ![]() |
Alexander Graham Bell |
Gravina Island | ![]() |
Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli |
Gravina Islands | ![]() |
Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli |
Gribbell Island | ![]() |
Rev. Francis Barrow Gribbell |
Grindal Island | ![]() |
Thomas Grindall |
Guemes Island | ![]() |
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo |
Guido Island | ![]() |
Carlos Guido Spano |
Guss Island | ![]() |
Guss Hoffmaster |
Guy Fawkes Island | ![]() |
Guy Fawkes |
Hall Island | ![]() |
Charles Francis Hall |
Hannah Island | ![]() |
Hannah (Tookoolito) |
Hans Island | ![]() ![]() |
Hans Hendrik |
Hantzsch Island | ![]() |
Bernhard Hantzsch |
Harstine Island | ![]() |
Lt. Henry J. Hartstene |
Havelock Island | ![]() |
Henry Havelock |
Hawkesbury Island | ![]() |
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (Lord Hawkesbury) |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | ![]() |
William Heard and John McDonald |
Hearst Island | ![]() |
William Randolph Hearst |
Henderson Island | ![]() |
Captain Henderson EIC |
Hendrik Island | ![]() |
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Henry Island | ![]() |
Henry Wilkes |
Henry Lawrence Island | ![]() |
Henry Montgomery Lawrence |
Herron Island | ![]() |
Lewis Herron |
Hooker Island | ![]() |
Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Hopkins Island | ![]() |
John Hopkins |
Hormuz Island | ![]() |
Hormizd I |
Hornby Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
Geoffrey Hornby |
Howe Island, Ontario | ![]() |
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe |
Hutt Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
John Hutt (Royal Navy officer) |
Île Bizard, Quebec | ![]() |
Jacques Bizard |
Île d'Orléans, Quebec | ![]() |
Henri II, Duke of Orléans |
Île Jésus, Quebec | ![]() |
Jesus |
Île Perrot | ![]() |
François-Marie Perrot |
Île Saint-Louis | ![]() |
Louis IX of France |
Îles Laval | ![]() |
François de Laval |
Inchcolm | ![]() |
Saint Columba |
Inch Kenneth | ![]() |
Saint Kenneth |
Inchmarnock | ![]() |
Saint Mearnag |
Inchmurrin | ![]() |
Saint Meadhran/Mirren |
Innis Chonan | ![]() |
Saint Conan |
Isabela Island | ![]() |
Isabella I of Spain |
Island of Mozambique | ![]() |
Mussa Bin Bique |
Isle La Motte | ![]() |
Pierre La Motte |
Isle Martin | ![]() |
Saint Martin |
Jackson Island | ![]() |
Frederick George Jackson |
Jahleel Island | ![]() |
Jahleel Brenton |
James Island | ![]() |
Reuben James |
James Ross Island | ![]() |
James Clark Ross |
Jan Mayen Island | ![]() |
Jan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout |
Jens Munk Island | ![]() |
Jens Munk |
Joe Island | ![]() |
Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing) |
John Lawrence Island | ![]() |
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence |
Johnston Atoll | ![]() |
Captain Charles J. Johnston |
Jones Island | ![]() |
Jacob Jones |
Jorge Montt Island | ![]() |
Jorge Montt |
Juan de Nova Island | ![]() |
João da Nova |
Juan Fernández Islands | ![]() |
Juan Fernández (explorer) |
Keats Island (British Columbia) | ![]() |
Richard Goodwin Keats |
Kennedy Island | ![]() |
John F. Kennedy |
Keppel Island | ![]() |
Admiral Augustus Keppel |
Kerguelen | ![]() |
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec |
Kermadec Islands | ![]() |
Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec |
Ketron Island | ![]() |
William Kittson (name badly misspelt by cartographers) |
Kilian Island | ![]() |
Bernhard Kilian |
King George Island | ![]() |
George III of the United Kingdom |
King George Islands | ![]() |
George III of the United Kingdom |
King George Islands | ![]() |
George III of the United Kingdom |
King Island | ![]() |
Philip Gidley King |
King William Island | ![]() |
William IV of the United Kingdom |
Kirkland Island | ![]() |
John Kirkland |
Korovin Island | ![]() |
Ivan Korovin (presumably) |
Kupreanof Island | ![]() |
Ivan Antonovich Kupreianov |
Kupriyanov Islands | ![]() |
Ivan Kupriyanov |
Lady Franklin Island | ![]() |
Lady Jane Franklin |
Lady Julia Percy Island | ![]() |
Lady Julia Helen Percy |
Lanzarote | ![]() |
Lancelotto Malocello |
Lemesurier Island | ![]() |
Midshipman William Le Mesurier |
Lennox Island | ![]() |
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond |
Lewis Island | ![]() |
George Lewis |
Little Island | ![]() |
John Little |
Little Wellington Island | ![]() |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
Loks Land Island | ![]() |
Michael Lok |
Lockwood Ø | ![]() |
James Booth Lockwood |
Lopez Island | ![]() |
Gonzalo López de Haro |
Lord Howe Island | ![]() |
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe |
Louise Island | ![]() |
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll |
Lulu Island | ![]() |
Lulu Sweet |
Macauley Island | ![]() |
George Mackenzie Macaulay |
MacDonald Island | ![]() |
James F. MacDonald |
Mackenzie King Island | ![]() |
William Lyon Mackenzie King |
MacKlintok Island | ![]() |
Francis Leopold McClintock |
Macquarie Island | ![]() |
Lachlan Macquarie |
Magdalen Islands | ![]() |
Madeleine Fontaine, seigneur François Doublet's wife |
Malcolm Island | ![]() |
Pulteney Malcolm |
Manoel Island | ![]() |
António Manoel de Vilhena |
Mansel Island | ![]() |
Robert Mansell |
Manuel Rodriguez Island | ![]() |
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza |
Marchena Island | ![]() |
Frey Antonio de Marchena |
Margaret Island | ![]() |
Saint Margaret of Hungary |
Mauritius | ![]() |
Maurice of Nassau |
Mayne Island | ![]() |
Richard Mayne |
McIntyre Island | ![]() |
Robert McIntyre, USN |
McNeil Island | ![]() |
William Henry McNeill |
McNish Island | ![]() |
Harry McNish |
Melville Island | ![]() |
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville |
Melville Island | ![]() |
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville |
Milne Land | ![]() |
David Milne |
Mitkof Island | ![]() |
Admiral Prokofy Mitkov |
Money Island | ![]() |
William Taylor Money |
Montagu Island | ![]() |
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich |
Moresby Island | ![]() |
Fairfax Moresby |
Moresby Island | ![]() |
Fairfax Moresby |
Moreton Island | ![]() |
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton |
Mornington Island | ![]() |
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (also Earl of Mornington) |
Moore Island | ![]() |
Elwood S. Moore |
Mudge Island | ![]() |
William Fitzwilliam Mudge |
Nansen Island | ![]() |
Fridtjof Nansen |
Nansen Island | ![]() |
Fridtjof Nansen |
Necker Island | ![]() |
Johannes de Neckere |
Necker Island | ![]() |
Jacques Necker |
Neil Island | ![]() |
James George Smith Neill |
Nicholson Island | ![]() |
R.T. Nicholson |
Normanby Island | ![]() |
George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby |
North Rona | ![]() |
Saint Ronan |
North Seymour Island | ![]() |
Lord Hugh Seymour |
North Tweedsmuir Island | ![]() |
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir |
Ogasawara Islands | ![]() |
Ogasawara Sadayori |
Orcas Island | ![]() |
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, whose full name included the name Horcasitas |
Ostrovul Sfintu Gheorghe | ![]() |
Saint George |
Palmerston Island | ![]() |
Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston |
Parker Island | ![]() |
Lieutenant George Ferdinand Hastings Parker |
Pavlof Islands | ![]() |
Pitka Pavlof |
Pearse Island | ![]() |
William Alfred Rombulow Pearse, RN |
Pender Island | ![]() |
Daniel Pender |
Peter Island | ![]() |
Pieter Adriensen |
Peter I Island | ![]() |
Peter I of Russia |
Phillip Island | ![]() |
Arthur Phillip |
Pickersgill Islands | ![]() |
Richard Pickersgill |
Picton | ![]() |
Thomas Picton |
Pitt Island | ![]() |
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham |
Porcher Island | ![]() |
Edwin Augustus Porcher[1] |
Pribilof Islands | ![]() |
Gavriil Pribilof |
Prince Leopold Island | ![]() |
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) | ![]() |
George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales |
Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut), | ![]() |
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales |
Prince of Wales Island (Queensland) | ![]() |
George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales |
Prince Charles Island | ![]() |
Charles, Prince of Wales |
Prince Edward Island | ![]() |
Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, father of Queen Victoria |
Prince Patrick Island | ![]() |
Prince Arthur William Patrick, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
Prinsesse Dagmar Island | ![]() |
Princess Dagmar of Denmark |
Príncipe Island | ![]() |
Afonso, Prince of Portugal |
Quadra Island, British Columbia | ![]() |
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra |
Queen Adelaide Archipelago | ![]() |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen |
Queen Elizabeth Islands | ![]() |
Queen Elizabeth II |
René-Levasseur Island | ![]() |
René Levasseur |
Revillagigedo Island | ![]() |
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo |
Revillagigedo Islands | ![]() |
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo |
Rikers Island | ![]() |
Abraham Rycken (Dutch settler) |
Robinson Island | ![]() |
Sir Hercules Robinson, former Governor of Hong Kong |
Robinson Crusoe Island | ![]() |
Robinson Crusoe (fictional character) |
Rob Roy Island | ![]() |
Rob Roy MacGregor |
Roderick Island | ![]() |
Roderick Finlayson |
Roosevelt Island | ![]() |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Roosevelt Island | ![]() |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Ross Island | ![]() |
James Clark Ross |
Rothschild Island | ![]() |
Édouard Alphonse de Rothschild |
Rudolf Island | ![]() |
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria |
Sabine Island | ![]() |
Edward Sabine |
Saint Barthélemy | ![]() |
Bartholomew Columbus |
St Catherine's Island | ![]() |
Catherine of Alexandria |
Saint Helena | ![]() |
Helena of Constantinople |
St Ignace Island | ![]() |
Ignatius of Loyola |
Saint John | ![]() |
John the Apostle |
Saint Kitts | ![]() |
Saint Christopher |
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska | ![]() |
Lawrence of Rome |
Saint Lucia | ![]() |
Saint Lucy |
Saint Martin | ![]() ![]() |
Martin of Tours |
St Martin's | ![]() |
Martin of Tours |
St Mary's | ![]() |
Saint Mary |
St Michael's Isle | ![]() |
Saint Michael |
St Ninian's Isle | ![]() |
Saint Ninian |
St Patrick's Isle | ![]() |
Saint Patrick |
St Paul's Island | ![]() |
Saint Paul of Tarsus |
Saint Pierre Island | ![]() |
Saint Peter |
St Serf's Inch | ![]() |
Saint Serf |
Saint Tudwal's Islands | ![]() |
Tudwal |
Saint Vincent | ![]() |
Vincent of Saragossa |
Salisbury Island | ![]() |
Rollin D. Salisbury |
San Andrés Island | ![]() |
Saint Andrew |
San Clemente Island, California | ![]() |
Saint Clement |
San Cristóbal Island | ![]() |
Saint Christopher |
San Domino | ![]() |
Saint Domnius |
San Juan Island, Washington | ![]() |
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo |
San Juan Islands, Washington | ![]() |
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo |
San Niccolò | ![]() |
Saint Nicholas |
San Nicolas Island, California | ![]() |
Saint Nicholas |
San Pietro Island | ![]() |
Saint Peter |
Santa Catalina Island, California | ![]() |
Catherine of Alexandria |
Santa Isabel Island | ![]() |
Saint Elizabeth |
Santa Luzia | ![]() |
Saint Lucy |
Santa Maria Island | ![]() |
Saint Mary |
Sant'Antioco | ![]() |
Saint Antiochus |
Santiago Island | ![]() |
Saint James |
Santo Antão Island | ![]() |
Saint Anthony |
Santorini | ![]() |
Saint Irene |
São Jorge Island | ![]() |
Saint George |
São Miguel Island | ![]() |
Saint Michael |
São Nicolau Island | ![]() |
Saint Nicholas |
São Tomé Island | ![]() |
Saint Thomas |
São Vicente Island | ![]() |
Vincent of Saragossa |
Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands | ![]() |
Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) |
Saunders Island, Greenland | ![]() |
James Saunders, RN |
Schouten Island | ![]() |
Joost Schouten |
Seychelles | ![]() |
Jean Moreau de Séchelles |
Shaw Island | ![]() |
John Shaw |
Shaw Islands | ![]() |
John E. Shaw |
Shumagin Islands | ![]() |
Nikita Shumagin |
Sinclair Island (Washington) | ![]() |
Arthur Sinclair |
Sint Eustatius | ![]() |
Saint Eustace |
Sir Hugh Rose Island | ![]() |
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn |
Sir William Peel Island | ![]() |
Sir William Peel |
Smith Island | ![]() |
William Smith |
Smith Island | ![]() |
William Smith (not same as above) |
Smith Island | ![]() |
John Smith |
Solander Islands | ![]() |
Daniel Solander |
Somerville Island | ![]() |
Crichton Somerville |
Spieden Island | ![]() |
Purser William Speiden |
Søren Norby's Island | ![]() |
Søren Norby |
South Georgia | ![]() |
George III of the United Kingdom |
South Tweedsmuir Island | ![]() |
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir |
Starbuck Island | ![]() |
Valentine Starbuck |
Stefansson Island | ![]() |
Vilhjalmur Stefansson |
Stewart Island | ![]() |
William W. Stewart |
Stretch Island | ![]() |
Samuel Stretch |
Stuart Island | ![]() |
Frederick D. Stuart |
Sverdrup Islands | ![]() |
Otto Sverdrup |
Sveti Đorđe | ![]() |
Saint George |
Sveti Nikola | ![]() |
Saint Nicholas |
Sveti Stefan | ![]() |
Saint Stephen |
Sweyn Holm | ![]() |
Sweyn Asleifsson |
Tagg's Island | ![]() |
Tom Tagg |
Tasmania | ![]() |
Abel Tasman |
Tanner Island | ![]() |
William G. Tanner |
Taylor Island | ![]() |
William Taylor |
Tennent Islands | ![]() |
James Emerson Tennent |
Theodore Roosevelt Island | ![]() |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Thistle Island | ![]() |
John Thistle |
Tobias Island (Tuppiap Qeqertaa) | ![]() |
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Townshend Island | ![]() |
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney |
Traill Island | ![]() |
Thomas Stewart Traill |
Traversay Islands | ![]() |
Jean-Baptiste Prevost de Sansac, Marquis de Traversay |
Tristan da Cunha | ![]() |
Tristão da Cunha |
U Thant Island | ![]() |
U Thant |
Valdes Island | ![]() |
Cayetano Valdés y Flores |
Vancouver Island | ![]() |
George Vancouver |
Vashon Island | ![]() |
James Vashon |
Vendovi Island | ![]() |
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Victoria Island | ![]() |
Queen Victoria |
Waldron Island | ![]() |
Richard Russell Waldron or Thomas Westbrook Waldron |
Wales Island | ![]() |
William Wales |
Ward Hunt Island | ![]() |
George Ward Hunt |
Weddell Island | ![]() |
James Weddell |
Wellesley Islands | ![]() |
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley |
Wellington Island | ![]() |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
Whidbey Island | ![]() |
Joseph Whidbey |
Wilson Island | ![]() |
W. Stanley Wilson |
Wilson Island | ![]() |
Archdale Wilson |
Wolf Island | ![]() |
Theodor Wolf |
Wolfe Island | ![]() |
James Wolfe |
Wollaston Islands | ![]() |
William Hyde Wollaston |
Woronkofski Island | ![]() |
Lieutenant Woronkovski |
Wrangel Island | ![]() |
Ferdinand von Wrangel |
Yakobi Island | ![]() |
Ivan Iakobi |
Yos Sudarso Island | ![]() |
Yos Sudarso |
Zarembo Island | ![]() |
Dionizy Zaremba |
Zavodovski Island | ![]() |
Lieutenant |
Former:
Isla de Apodaca, British Columbia, Canada – Dr. Salvador Apodaca (Bishop of the city of Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico) – now Bowen Island
Banks Island, Queensland, Australia – Joseph Banks – now Moa Island
Bedloe's Island, New York, United States – Isaack Bedloo (merchant) – now Liberty Island
Blackwell's Island, New York, United States – Robert Blackwell – now Roosevelt Island
Fernando Pó, Equatorial Guinea – Fernão do Pó – now Bioko
- Krusenstern Island, Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Mulgrave Island, Queensland, Australia – Earl Mulgrave – now Badu Island
Prince of Wales Isle, Malaysia – George IV, Prince of Wales – now Penang Island
Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – now Haida Gwaii
San Cristobal, Solomon Islands – Saint Christopher – now Makira
- Sebald Islands – Sebald de Weert; now Jason Islands
Van Diemen's Land – Anthony van Diemen
See also[]
- List of eponyms
- List of places named after people
References[]
- ^ For more on Edwin Augustus Porcher see: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
Categories:
- Lists of islands by name
- Lists of eponyms
- Lists of islands