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.

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