List of islands named after people

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This is a list of some of the 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
Agios Georgios	Greece	Saint George
Alejandro Selkirk Island	Chile	Alexander Selkirk
Alexander Island	Antarctica	Alexander I of Russia
Allen Island	Australia	John Allen
Amund Ringnes Island	Canada	Amund Ringnes
Annenkov Island	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Mikhail Annenkov
Axel Heiberg Island	Canada	Named after Norwegian brewer an exploration sponsor
Baffin Island	Canada	William Baffin
Ball's Pyramid	Australia	Lieutenant Henry Ball
Banks Island	Canada	Joseph Banks
Baranof Island	United States	Alexander Andreyevich Baranov
Bathurst Island	Australia	Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Bathurst Island	Canada	Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Beauchene Island	Falkland islands	Jacques Gouin de Beauchene
Belcher Islands	Canada	Edward Belcher
Bellingshausen Island	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Fabian von Bellingshausen
Bering Island	Russia	Vitus Bering
Berkner Island	Antarctica	Lloyd Berkner
Bismarck Archipelago	Papua New Guinea	Otto von Bismarck
Block Island	United States	Adriaen Block
Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Bouvet Island	Norway	Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
Bristol Island	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
Bruny Island	Australia	Bruni d'Entrecasteaux
Burnaby Island	Canada	Robert Burnaby
Busta Rhymes Island	United States	Busta Rhymes
Bylot Island	Canada	Robert Bylot
Charles Alexander Island	Russia	Charles Alexander
Charles Island	United States	Charles Deal
Charlton Island	Canada	Charles I of England
Cheeseman Island	New Zealand	TF Cheeseman
Chichagof Island	United States	Vasili Chichagov
Chirikof Island	United States	Alexei Chirikov
Choiseul Island	Solomon Islands	Etienne François, duc de Choiseul
Clark Island	Australia	Lieutenant Ralph Clark
Clarke Island	Australia	William Clarke
Clerke Rocks	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Charles Clerke
Coats Island	Canada	William Coats
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
Curtis Island	Australia	Roger Curtis
Davaar Island	Scotland	Saint Barr
Dawson Island	Chile	See Dawson (surname)
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
Dirk Hartog Island	Australia	Dirk Hartog
D'Oyly Carte Island	England	Richard D'Oyly Carte
Doumer Island	Antarctica	Paul Doumer
Drake's Island	England	Francis Drake
D'Urville Island	New Zealand	Jules Dumont d'Urville
Edgeøya	Norway	Thomas Edge
Eilean Chaluim Chille	Scotland	Saint Columba
Eilean Donan	Scotland	Saint Donan
Ellef Ringnes Island	Canada	Named after Norwegian brewer an exploration sponsor
Ellesmere Island	Canada	Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Ellis Island	United States	Samuel Ellis (colonial New Yorker)
Ernst Thälmann Island	Cuba	Ernst Thälmann
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
Flinders Island	Australia	Matthew Flinders
Franklin Island	Antarctica	Sir John Franklin
Franz Josef Land	Russia	Franz Joseph I
Fraser Island	Australia	Eliza Fraser
Gambier Islands	French Polynesia	James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
Graham Bell Island	Russia	Alexander Graham Bell
Hall Island	Russia	Charles Francis Hall
Hans Island	Canada or Greenland	Hans Hendrik
Havelock Island	India	Henry Havelock
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Australia	William Heard and John McDonald
Hearst Island	Antarctica	William Randolph Hearst
Henry Lawrence Island	India	Henry Montgomery Lawrence
Hooker Island	Russia	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Île Saint-Louis	France	Louis IX of France
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
Isle Martin	Scotland	Saint Martin
Jackson Island	Russia	Frederick George Jackson
James Ross Island	Antarctica	James Clark Ross
Jan Mayen Island	Norway	Jan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout
Jens Munk Island	Canada	Jens Munk
John Lawrence Island	India	John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
Jorge Montt Island	Chile	Jorge Montt
Juan Fernández Islands	Chile	Juan Fernández (explorer)
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
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
Kupreanof Island	United States	Ivan Antonovich Kupreianov
Kupriyanov Islands	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Ivan Kupriyanov
Lady Julia Percy Island	Australia	Lady Julia Helen Percy
Little Wellington Island	Chile	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Lockwood Ø	Greenland	James Booth Lockwood
Lord Howe Island	Australia	Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Mackenzie King Island	Canada	William Lyon Mackenzie King
MacKlintok Island	Russia	Francis Leopold McClintock
Manoel Island	Malta	António Manoel de Vilhena
Mansel Island	Canada	Robert Mansell
Manuel Rodriguez Island	Chile	Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
Margaret Island	Hungary	Saint Margaret of Hungary
Mauritius	Indian Ocean	Maurice of Nassau
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
Montagu Island	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
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
Nansen Island	Antarctica	Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen Island	Russia	Fridtjof Nansen
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 Tweedsmuir Island	Canada	John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
Ogasawara Islands	Japan	Ogasawara Sadayori
Ostrovul Sfintu Gheorghe	Romania	Saint George
Palmerston Island	Cook Islands	Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
Pavlof Islands	United States	Pitka Pavlof
Pickersgill Islands	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Richard Pickersgill
Pitt Island	New Zealand	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Pribilof Islands	United States	Gavriil Pribilof
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)	United States
Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut),	Canada
Prince of Wales Island (Queensland)	Australia
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
Príncipe Island	São Tomé and Príncipe	Prince of Portugal
Queen Adelaide Archipelago	Chile	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Rikers Island	United States	Abraham Rycken (Dutch settler)
Robinson Island	Chile	Robinson Crusoe (fictional character)
Robinson Island	Hong Kong	Sir Hercules Robinson, former Governor of Hong Kong
Roosevelt Island	Antarctica	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Island	United States	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ross Island	Antarctica	James Clark Ross
Rothschild Island	Antarctica	Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild
Rudolf Island	Russia	Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
St Catherine's Island	Wales	Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Helena	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Helena of Constantinople
Saint Kitts	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Christopher
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	United States	Saint Clement
San Cristóbal Island	Ecuador	Saint Christopher
San Domino	Italy	Saint Domnius
San Niccolò	Italy	Saint Nicholas
San Nicolas Island	United States	Saint Nicholas
San Pietro Island	Italy	Saint Peter
Santa Catalina Island	United States	Catherine of Alexandria
Santa Isabel Island	Solomon Islands	Saint Elizabeth
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)
Schouten Island	Australia	Joost Schouten
Seychelles	Indian Ocean	Jean Moreau de Séchelles
Shumagin Islands	United States	Nikita Shumagin
Sint Eustatius	Caribbean Netherlands	Saint Eustace
Sir Hugh Rose Island	India	Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
Sir William Peel Island	India	Sir William Peel
Solander Islands	New Zealand	Daniel Solander
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
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
Townshend Island	Australia	Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
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
U Thant Island	United States	U Thant
Vancouver Island	Canada	George Vancouver
Victoria Island	Canada	Queen Victoria
Weddell Island	Falkland Islands	James Weddell
Wellesley Islands	Australia	Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Wellington Island	Chile	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Wrangel Island	Russia	Ferdinand von Wrangel
Yos Sudarso Island	Indonesia	Yos Sudarso
Zavodovski Island	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Lieutenant Ivan Zavodovski

Former:

• 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
• 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
• List of lakes named after people