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 StatesJoseph Ackerman
Agios Efstratios GreeceSaint 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 GreeceSaint George
Alejandro Selkirk Island ChileAlexander Selkirk
Alexander Island AntarcticaAlexander I of Russia
Allen Island AustraliaJohn Allen
Amherst Island CanadaJeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Amherst Island CanadaJeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Amund Ringnes Island CanadaAmund Ringnes
Annenkov Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsMikhail Annenkov
Annette Island United StatesAnnette Whitney Dall
Axel Heiberg Island CanadaAxel Heiberg
Baffin Island CanadaWilliam Baffin
Bainbridge Island United StatesCommodore William Bainbridge
Baker Island United StatesCaptain Michael Baker
Ball's Pyramid AustraliaLieutenant Henry Ball
Banks Island CanadaJoseph Banks
Baranof Island United StatesAlexander Andreyevich Baranov
Barrow Island AustraliaSir John Barrow, 1st Baronet
Bartolomé Island EcuadorSir Bartholomew James Sulivan
Bathurst Island AustraliaHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Bathurst Island CanadaHenry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Beauchene Island Falkland islandsJacques Gouin de Beauchêne
Bedford Island AntarcticaThomas Bedford
Belcher Islands CanadaEdward Belcher
Bellingshausen Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsFabian von Bellingshausen
Bentinck Island CanadaLord George Bentinck (possibly)
Bering Island RussiaVitus Bering
Berkner Island AntarcticaLloyd Berkner
Bermuda BermudaJuan de Bermúdez
Bernard Island AntarcticaClaude Bernard
Bernier Island AustraliaPierre-François Bernier (presumably)
Bismarck Archipelago Papua New GuineaOtto von Bismarck
Bjarnason Island CanadaMatt Bjarnason
Blakely Island United StatesJohnston Blakeley
Block Island United StatesAdriaen Block
Borden Island, Northwest Territories/Nunavut CanadaRobert Borden
Bougainville Papua New GuineaLouis Antoine de Bougainville
Boularderie Island CanadaLouis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie
Bouvet Island NorwayJean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
Bowen Island, British Columbia CanadaJames Bowen (Royal Navy officer)
Bowen Island (Jervis Bay) AustraliaRichard Bowen RN
Bowyer Island, British Columbia CanadaSir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet
Brenton Island South AfricaJahleel Brenton
Bristol Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsAugustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
Brock Island, Northwest Territories CanadaReginald W. Brock
Brown Island, Northwest Territories United StatesJohn G. Brown
Bruny Island AustraliaBruni d'Entrecasteaux
Burnaby Island CanadaRobert Burnaby
Busta Rhymes Island United StatesBusta Rhymes
Bylot Island CanadaRobert Bylot
Camano Island United StatesJacinto Caamaño
Campobello Island CanadaLord William Campbell (with name Italianized)
Cape Chidley Islands CanadaJohn Chidley
Carleton Island United StatesGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Charles Alexander Island RussiaCharles Alexander
Charles Island United StatesCharles Deal
Charlton Island CanadaCharles I of England
Charron Island CanadaFrançois Charron
Cheeseman Island New ZealandThomas Frederick Cheeseman
Chichagof Island United StatesVasili Chichagov
Chirikof Island United StatesAlexei Chirikov
Choiseul Island Solomon IslandsÉtienne François, duc de Choiseul
Churchill Island AustraliaJohn Churchill
Clapperton Island CanadaHugh Clapperton
Clark Island AustraliaLieutenant Ralph Clark
Clark Island United StatesMidshipman John Clark
Clarke Island AustraliaWilliam Clarke
Clerke Rocks South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsCharles Clerke
Coats Island CanadaWilliam Coats
Cockburn Island CanadaFrancis Cockburn
Colville Island United StatesAndrew Colville
Cook Islands Cook IslandsJames Cook
Cook Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsJames Cook
Cooper Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsRobert Palliser Cooper
Cornwallis Island CanadaWilliam Cornwallis
Cortes Island, British Columbia CanadaHernán Cortés
Crown Prince Frederik Island Canada
Crozier Island GreenlandFrancis Crozier
Curtis Island AustraliaRoger Curtis
Dall Island United StatesWilliam Healey Dall
Darwin Island EcuadorCharles Darwin
Island Davaar ScotlandSaint Barr
Dawson Island ChileSee Dawson (surname)
Decatur Island United StatesStephen Decatur
Delarof Islands United StatesEvstratii Ivanovich Delarov
D'Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New GuineaBruni D'Entrecasteaux
Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean TerritoryDiego García de Moguer
Diego Ramírez Islands ChileDiego Ramírez
Digges Islands CanadaDudley Digges
Diomede Islands United States RussiaSaint Diomedes
Dirk Hartog Island AustraliaDirk Hartog
Dorre Island AustraliaPeter Dorre
Douglas Island United StatesJohn Douglas
Douglas Island CanadaJames Douglas (presumably)
D'Oyly Carte Island EnglandRichard D'Oyly Carte
Doumer Island AntarcticaPaul Doumer
Drake's Island EnglandFrancis Drake
Drummond Island United StatesGordon Drummond
Dundas Island CanadaHenry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Dundas Island CanadaHenry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
D'Urville Island New ZealandJules Dumont d'Urville
Edgell Island CanadaCaptain Edgell
Edgeøya NorwayThomas Edge
Eilean Chaluim Chille ScotlandSaint Columba
Eilean Donan ScotlandSaint Donan
Ellef Ringnes Island CanadaEllef Ringnes
Ellesmere Island CanadaFrancis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Ellis Island United StatesSamuel Ellis (colonial New Yorker)
Ernst Thälmann Island CubaErnst Thälmann
Faure Island AustraliaPierre Faure
Fergusson Island Papua New GuineaSir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
Fernandina Island EcuadorFerdinand II of Aragon
Fernando de Noronha BrazilFernão de Loronha
Fisher Island United StatesCarl G. Fisher
Flaherty Island CanadaRobert J. Flaherty
Flinders Island AustraliaMatthew Flinders
Floreana Island EcuadorJuan José Flores
Fort Denison AustraliaWilliam Denison
Fox Island United StatesJ.L. Fox
Franklin Island AntarcticaSir John Franklin
Franklin Island GreenlandSir John Franklin
Franz Josef Land RussiaFranz Joseph I
Fraser Island AustraliaEliza Fraser
Fraser Island CanadaRobert James Fraser
Freeman Island United StatesJ.D. Freeman
Frobisher's Farthest CanadaMartin Frobisher
Frost Island United StatesBoatswain John Frost
Galiano Island, British Columbia CanadaDionisio Alcalá Galiano
Gambier Island, British Columbia CanadaJames Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
Gambier Islands French PolynesiaJames Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
Geiger Key United StatesHenry Huling Geiger
Graham Island CanadaSir James Graham, 2nd Baronet
Graham Bell Island RussiaAlexander Graham Bell
Gravina Island United StatesFederico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli
Gravina Islands United StatesFederico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli
Gribbell Island CanadaRev. Francis Barrow Gribbell
Grindal Island AustraliaThomas Grindall
Guemes Island United StatesJuan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
Guido Island AntarcticaCarlos Guido Spano
Guss Island United StatesGuss Hoffmaster
Guy Fawkes Island EcuadorGuy Fawkes
Hall Island RussiaCharles Francis Hall
Hannah Island GreenlandHannah (Tookoolito)
Hans Island Canada or GreenlandHans Hendrik
Hantzsch Island CanadaBernhard Hantzsch
Harstine Island United StatesLt. Henry J. Hartstene
Havelock Island IndiaHenry Havelock
Hawkesbury Island CanadaCharles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (Lord Hawkesbury)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands AustraliaWilliam Heard and John McDonald
Hearst Island AntarcticaWilliam Randolph Hearst
Henderson Island Pitcairn IslandsCaptain Henderson EIC
Hendrik Island GreenlandHendrik Olsen
Henry Island United StatesHenry Wilkes
Henry Lawrence Island IndiaHenry Montgomery Lawrence
Herron Island United StatesLewis Herron
Hooker Island RussiaJoseph Dalton Hooker
Hopkins Island AustraliaJohn Hopkins
Hormuz IslandIranHormizd I
Hornby Island, British Columbia CanadaGeoffrey Hornby
Howe Island, Ontario CanadaWilliam Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
Hutt Island, British Columbia CanadaJohn Hutt (Royal Navy officer)
Île Bizard, Quebec CanadaJacques Bizard
Île d'Orléans, Quebec CanadaHenri II, Duke of Orléans
Île Jésus, Quebec CanadaJesus
Île Perrot CanadaFrançois-Marie Perrot
Île Saint-Louis FranceLouis IX of France
Îles Laval CanadaFrançois de Laval
Inchcolm ScotlandSaint Columba
Inch Kenneth ScotlandSaint Kenneth
Inchmarnock ScotlandSaint Mearnag
Inchmurrin ScotlandSaint Meadhran/Mirren
Innis Chonan ScotlandSaint Conan
Isabela Island EcuadorIsabella I of Spain
Island of Mozambique MozambiqueMussa Bin Bique
Isle La Motte United StatesPierre La Motte
Isle Martin ScotlandSaint Martin
Jackson Island RussiaFrederick George Jackson
Jahleel Island South AfricaJahleel Brenton
James Island United StatesReuben James
James Ross Island AntarcticaJames Clark Ross
Jan Mayen Island NorwayJan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout
Jens Munk Island CanadaJens Munk
Joe Island GreenlandJoe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing)
John Lawrence Island IndiaJohn Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
Johnston Atoll United StatesCaptain Charles J. Johnston
Jones Island United StatesJacob Jones
Jorge Montt Island ChileJorge Montt
Juan de Nova Island French Southern and Antarctic LandsJoão da Nova
Juan Fernández Islands ChileJuan Fernández (explorer)
Keats Island (British Columbia) CanadaRichard Goodwin Keats
Kennedy Island Solomon IslandsJohn F. Kennedy
Keppel Island Falkland IslandsAdmiral Augustus Keppel
Kerguelen French Southern and Antarctic LandsYves-Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec
Kermadec Islands New ZealandJean-Michel Huon de Kermadec
Ketron Island United StatesWilliam Kittson (name badly misspelt by cartographers)
Kilian Island CanadaBernhard Kilian
King George Island AntarcticaGeorge III of the United Kingdom
King George Islands CanadaGeorge III of the United Kingdom
King George Islands French PolynesiaGeorge III of the United Kingdom
King Island AustraliaPhilip Gidley King
King William Island CanadaWilliam IV of the United Kingdom
Kirkland Island CanadaJohn Kirkland
Korovin Island United StatesIvan Korovin (presumably)
Kupreanof Island United StatesIvan Antonovich Kupreianov
Kupriyanov Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsIvan Kupriyanov
Lady Franklin Island CanadaLady Jane Franklin
Lady Julia Percy Island AustraliaLady Julia Helen Percy
Lanzarote SpainLancelotto Malocello
Lemesurier Island United StatesMidshipman William Le Mesurier
Lennox Island CanadaCharles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
Lewis Island AustraliaGeorge Lewis
Little Island AustraliaJohn Little
Little Wellington Island ChileArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Loks Land Island CanadaMichael Lok
Lockwood Ø GreenlandJames Booth Lockwood
Lopez Island United StatesGonzalo López de Haro
Lord Howe Island AustraliaRichard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Louise Island CanadaPrincess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Lulu Island CanadaLulu Sweet
Macauley Island New ZealandGeorge Mackenzie Macaulay
MacDonald Island CanadaJames F. MacDonald
Mackenzie King Island CanadaWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
MacKlintok Island RussiaFrancis Leopold McClintock
Macquarie Island AustraliaLachlan Macquarie
Magdalen Islands CanadaMadeleine Fontaine, seigneur François Doublet's wife
Malcolm Island CanadaPulteney Malcolm
Manoel Island MaltaAntónio Manoel de Vilhena
Mansel Island CanadaRobert Mansell
Manuel Rodriguez Island ChileManuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
Marchena Island EcuadorFrey Antonio de Marchena
Margaret Island HungarySaint Margaret of Hungary
Mauritius Indian OceanMaurice of Nassau
Mayne Island CanadaRichard Mayne
McIntyre Island AntarcticaRobert McIntyre, USN
McNeil Island United StatesWilliam Henry McNeill
McNish Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsHarry McNish
Melville Island AustraliaRobert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
Melville Island CanadaRobert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
Milne Land GreenlandDavid Milne
Mitkof Island United StatesAdmiral Prokofy Mitkov
Money Island China (claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam)William Taylor Money
Montagu Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsJohn Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
Moresby Island CanadaFairfax Moresby
Moresby Island CanadaFairfax Moresby
Moreton Island AustraliaJames Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
Mornington Island AustraliaRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (also Earl of Mornington)
Moore Island CanadaElwood S. Moore
Mudge Island CanadaWilliam Fitzwilliam Mudge
Nansen Island AntarcticaFridtjof Nansen
Nansen Island RussiaFridtjof Nansen
Necker Island British Virgin IslandsJohannes de Neckere
Necker Island United StatesJacques Necker
Neil Island IndiaJames George Smith Neill
Nicholson Island IndiaR.T. Nicholson
Normanby Island Papua New GuineaGeorge Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
North Rona ScotlandSaint Ronan
North Seymour Island EcuadorLord Hugh Seymour
North Tweedsmuir Island CanadaJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
Ogasawara Islands JapanOgasawara Sadayori
Orcas Island United StatesJuan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, whose full name included the name Horcasitas
Ostrovul Sfintu Gheorghe RomaniaSaint George
Palmerston Island Cook IslandsHenry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
Parker Island CanadaLieutenant George Ferdinand Hastings Parker
Pavlof Islands United StatesPitka Pavlof
Pearse Island CanadaWilliam Alfred Rombulow Pearse, RN
Pender Island CanadaDaniel Pender
Peter Island British Virgin IslandsPieter Adriensen
Peter I Island Antarctica (claimed by Norway)Peter I of Russia
Phillip Island AustraliaArthur Phillip
Pickersgill Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsRichard Pickersgill
Picton ChileThomas Picton
Pitt Island New ZealandWilliam Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Porcher Island CanadaEdwin Augustus Porcher
Pribilof Islands United StatesGavriil Pribilof
Prince Leopold Island CanadaPrince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) United StatesGeorge Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut), CanadaAlbert Edward, Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales Island (Queensland) AustraliaGeorge Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles Island CanadaCharles, Prince of Wales
Prince Edward Island CanadaPrince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, father of Queen Victoria
Prince Patrick Island CanadaPrince Arthur William Patrick, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prinsesse Dagmar Island GreenlandPrincess Dagmar of Denmark
Príncipe Island São Tomé and PríncipeAfonso, Prince of Portugal
Quadra Island, British Columbia CanadaJuan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
Queen Adelaide Archipelago ChileAdelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Queen Elizabeth Islands CanadaQueen Elizabeth II
René-Levasseur Island CanadaRené Levasseur
Revillagigedo Island United StatesJuan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
Revillagigedo Islands MexicoJuan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
Rikers Island United StatesAbraham Rycken (Dutch settler)
Robinson Island Hong KongSir Hercules Robinson, former Governor of Hong Kong
Robinson Crusoe Island ChileRobinson Crusoe (fictional character)
Rob Roy Island Solomon IslandsRob Roy MacGregor
Roderick Island CanadaRoderick Finlayson
Roosevelt Island AntarcticaFranklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Island United StatesFranklin D. Roosevelt
Ross Island AntarcticaJames Clark Ross
Rothschild Island AntarcticaÉdouard Alphonse de Rothschild
Rudolf Island RussiaRudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Sabine Island GreenlandEdward Sabine
Saint Barthélemy FranceBartholomew Columbus
St Catherine's Island WalesCatherine of Alexandria
Saint Helena Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaHelena of Constantinople
St Ignace Island CanadaIgnatius of Loyola
Saint John United States Virgin IslandsJohn the Apostle
Saint Kitts Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Christopher
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska United StatesLawrence of Rome
Saint Lucia Caribbean SeaSaint Lucy
Saint Martin France
Sint Maarten
Martin of Tours
St Martin's EnglandMartin of Tours
St Mary's EnglandSaint Mary
St Michael's Isle Isle of ManSaint Michael
St Ninian's Isle ScotlandSaint Ninian
St Patrick's Isle Isle of ManSaint Patrick
St Paul's Island MaltaSaint Paul of Tarsus
Saint Pierre Island FranceSaint Peter
St Serf's Inch ScotlandSaint Serf
Saint Tudwal's Islands WalesTudwal
Saint Vincent Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVincent of Saragossa
Salisbury Island RussiaRollin D. Salisbury
San Andrés Island ColombiaSaint Andrew
San Clemente Island, California United StatesSaint Clement
San Cristóbal Island EcuadorSaint Christopher
San Domino ItalySaint Domnius
San Juan Island, Washington United StatesJuan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
San Juan Islands, Washington United StatesJuan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
San Niccolò ItalySaint Nicholas
San Nicolas Island, California United StatesSaint Nicholas
San Pietro Island ItalySaint Peter
Santa Catalina Island, California United StatesCatherine of Alexandria
Santa Isabel Island Solomon IslandsSaint Elizabeth
Santa Luzia Cape VerdeSaint Lucy
Santa Maria Island PortugalSaint Mary
Sant'Antioco ItalySaint Antiochus
Santiago Island Cape VerdeSaint James
Santo Antão Island Cape VerdeSaint Anthony
Santorini GreeceSaint Irene
São Jorge Island PortugalSaint George
São Miguel Island PortugalSaint Michael
São Nicolau Island Cape VerdeSaint Nicholas
São Tomé Island São Tomé and PríncipeSaint Thomas
São Vicente Island Cape VerdeVincent of Saragossa
Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsCharles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)
Saunders Island, Greenland GreenlandJames Saunders, RN
Schouten Island AustraliaJoost Schouten
Seychelles Indian OceanJean Moreau de Séchelles
Shaw Island United StatesJohn Shaw
Shaw Islands AntarcticaJohn E. Shaw
Shumagin Islands United StatesNikita Shumagin
Sinclair Island (Washington) United StatesArthur Sinclair
Sint Eustatius Caribbean NetherlandsSaint Eustace
Sir Hugh Rose Island IndiaHugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
Sir William Peel Island IndiaSir William Peel
Smith Island AustraliaWilliam Smith
Smith Island AntarcticaWilliam Smith (not same as above)
Smith Island United StatesJohn Smith
Solander Islands New ZealandDaniel Solander
Somerville Island AntarcticaCrichton Somerville
Spieden Island United StatesPurser William Speiden
Søren Norby's Island GreenlandSøren Norby
South Georgia South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsGeorge III of the United Kingdom
South Tweedsmuir Island CanadaJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
Starbuck Island KiribatiValentine Starbuck
Stefansson Island CanadaVilhjalmur Stefansson
Stewart Island New ZealandWilliam W. Stewart
Stretch Island United StatesSamuel Stretch
Stuart Island United StatesFrederick D. Stuart
Sverdrup Islands CanadaOtto Sverdrup
Sveti Đorđe MontenegroSaint George
Sveti Nikola MontenegroSaint Nicholas
Sveti Stefan MontenegroSaint Stephen
Sweyn Holm ScotlandSweyn Asleifsson
Tagg's Island EnglandTom Tagg
Tasmania AustraliaAbel Tasman
Tanner Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsWilliam G. Tanner
Taylor Island AustraliaWilliam Taylor
Tennent Islands CanadaJames Emerson Tennent
Theodore Roosevelt Island United StatesTheodore Roosevelt
Thistle Island AustraliaJohn Thistle
Tobias Island (Tuppiap Qeqertaa) GreenlandTobias Gabrielsen
Townshend Island AustraliaThomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Traill Island GreenlandThomas Stewart Traill
Traversay Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsJean-Baptiste Prevost de Sansac, Marquis de Traversay
Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaTristão da Cunha
U Thant Island United StatesU Thant
Valdes Island CanadaCayetano Valdés y Flores
Vancouver Island CanadaGeorge Vancouver
Vashon Island United StatesJames Vashon
Vendovi Island United StatesRo Veidovi
Victoria Island CanadaQueen Victoria
Waldron Island United StatesRichard Russell Waldron or Thomas Westbrook Waldron
Wales Island CanadaWilliam Wales
Ward Hunt Island CanadaGeorge Ward Hunt
Weddell Island Falkland IslandsJames Weddell
Wellesley Islands AustraliaRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Wellington Island ChileArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Whidbey Island United StatesJoseph Whidbey
Wilson Island AntarcticaW. Stanley Wilson
Wilson Island IndiaArchdale Wilson
Wolf Island EcuadorTheodor Wolf
Wolfe Island CanadaJames Wolfe
Wollaston Islands ChileWilliam Hyde Wollaston
Woronkofski Island United StatesLieutenant Woronkovski
Wrangel Island RussiaFerdinand von Wrangel
Yakobi Island United StatesIvan Iakobi
Yos Sudarso Island IndonesiaYos Sudarso
Zarembo Island United StatesDionizy Zaremba
Zavodovski Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsLieutenant Ivan Zavodovski

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