List of islands named after people

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

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References

  1. ^ For more on Edwin Augustus Porcher see: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Porcher, Edwin Augustus" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.