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Part I (A - I) J-Z
Table Legend
Island Name Named After Named by Attribution Other Names
7 Islotes “seven islets” Juan Black? Black 1973 (unknown)
85°40'W (its longitude) Christie, Duncan, et al Christie, Duncan, et al 1992 (none)
A. Rock [1] (east of Cowley's Dassigney) Cowley (Moll?) Moll 1699 Pitt
A Rock [2] (In Elizabeth Bay) Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687 one of Marielas?
Abingdon Earl of Abingdon Cowley [see Abington] Bowen 1744 Pinta
Abington [misspelled Abingdon] William Cowley Cowley /10, Hacke 1687
Agua, del “water” Gregorio Igarza? Igarza 1692 (unknown)
Albania Isle [misspelled Albany] Fleming? Fleming 1894 Albany
Albanie Cowley (Hacke?) Moll 1699
Albany Duke of Albany Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687 Albania, Albanie,
Media Luna
Albemarle Duke of Albemarle William Cowley Cowley 16/10, Hacke 1687 Isabela
Albermale [misspelled Albemarle] Charles Darwin Keynes 1988
David Porter Porter 1815
Ana daughter of José Villamil Villamil? Villamil 1835 Pinzón
Anónima “anonymous” ?? American Republics 1894, Fleming 1894 Nameless
APO 662 Army Post Office 662 U. S. Army Hagedorn 1995 Provincia de Galápagos
Arco, Islote el “arch” local usage Snell et al 1995 [E] Arco del Triunfo, Darwin's Arch
Arco del Triunfo “arch of triumph” local usage (infrequent) Black 1973 Arco, Darwin's Arch
Avachumbi “outer island” (Inca legend) [mis-attribution by Markham] Markham 1892 [Fernandina]
Ayora, Islote Pres. Isidro Ayora * local usage Black 1973, Snell et al 1995 [90] La Giganta
Bachas Islands [actually, playas las bachas (“barges”)] Deilmann staff? Deilmann Cruises 2001 [none–islands don't exist]
{Bainbridge's Rocks} William Bainbridge Captain David Porter Porter 1815, Hooker 1822 [Bambridge], now Rocas Gordon
Bainbridge, Rocas (8)
[now permanently misplaced off San Salvador] (unknown) 545, 547 Roches Pamfreys?,
Roca Don Ferdi (for R. Bainbridge #8)
[misplaced at Daphne] Fleming? Fleming 1894 Daphne
Ballena, Roca “Whale Rock” local usage Snell et al 1995 [85] (none)
Baltra ?? ?? Admiralty 1927,
National Geographic 1936
Beta, or Base Beta,
South Seymour, “The Rock
Bambridge Rocks [misspelled {Bainbridge}] Neele & Son? Neele & Son 1823 Bainbridge
Barrington Isle Samuel Barrington James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 Santa Fe
Barrington Islet (off Santa Fe) Benedetto Lanza Lanza 1982, p. 75 Islote Santa Fe
Bartholomew Lt. Bartholomew J. Sulivan Robert FitzRoy Admiralty 1841 Bartolomé
Moorepark 1926 [San Salvador]
[Lt. D. E. Bartholomew] ?? Slevin 1955, 1959 Bartolomé
Bartolomé Lt. Bartholomew J. Sulivan Ecuador 545, 547, IOA 20211, 21H Bartholomew, Las Torres
Bartolomé, Escollo de “Bartholomew Rock” Benedetto Lanza Lanza 1982, p. 93 Gran Felipe
Bayas, Islotes las Someone's last name? Ecuador (IOA?) IOA 2031 (none)
Bayas Grande (the large islet) Snell et al 1995 [86] Hvalø, Loveria [sic]
Bayas Pequeña (the smaller islets, collectively) Snell et al 1995 [96] (none)
Beagle (3)
B. Norte, Oeste, Sur
HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy Ecuador
Snell et al
545, IOA 20, 21
Snell et al 1995
Las Botellas, Breakfast, Tiburón [2]
Beagle #1 - #5, Islotes Cráter HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy (islotes within Beagle Crater, Isla Isabela) Snell et al Snell et al 1995 (#1) Bynoe, (#2) Chaffers & Fuller,
(#3) Covington, (#4) King, (#5) Sulivan
Beta, or Base Beta WWII code name U. S. Army Air Forces U. S. Army Air Forces, WWII Baltra
Bewel Rock ?? whalers? Allan 1835, Slevin 1955, 1959, Black 1973 Nameless
Bewels Rock FitzRoy 1844
Big Penguin (after penguins there) William Robinson Robinson 1957 one of Marielas
Bindloe Capt. John Bindloe
[Sir Robert Bindloss]
William Hacke
Alec McEwen
Hacke 1687
McEwen 1988
Marchena
Bindlos's variation on Bindloe William Cowley Cowley /9, Moll 1699
Bindolese [misspelled Bindlos's]   American Republics 1894
Binloes Hooker 1822
Blanca, Roca “white rock” Ecuador 545, IOA 206, 20601 (none)
Bolívia Simon Bolívar José Villamil de Gueydon 1846 Santa Cruz
Botella, Roca La “bottle rock” Ecuador Black 1973, IOA 2031, plano B Pinnacle Rock
Botellas, Las “the bottles” local usage (infrequent) Black 1973 Beagle
Bowditch, Escollo Punta Nathaniel Bowditch Benedetto Lanza Lanza 1982, p. 95 Punta Bowditch Este
Bowditch Este/Norte/Sur, Islotes de Punta † Snell et al 1995 Punta Bowditch, Escollo/Meridional/Septentrional
Bowditch Meridional, Islote de Punta Lanza 1982, p. 95 Punta Bowditch Sur
Bowditch Septentrional, Islote de Punta Punta Bowditch Norte
Bowles Rocks Commodore William Bowles, R. N.? Robert FitzRoy Fitzroy 1835, 17 October entry Crossman?
Bradbier's [error in Beagle log] Robert FitzRoy FitzRoy 1835, 7 October entry Marchena [1]
Brattle's †, [Bruttle] Lord Nicholas Brattle William Cowley Cowley /9, Hacke 1687 Tortuga [1]
Breakfast (whalers' designation) ?? Norton 1835 (June) Rábida
FitzRoy 1835, 10 October entry
FitzRoy 1844
Beagle
Brûlé Fr. “burned” F. Massertie Massertie 1686 (unknown)
Bucanero, Caleta “Buccaneer Cove” local usage Snell et al 1996 [O] (none)
Bull Rock Bulls were shot nearby Joseph Hunter Hunter 1906 Roca Union
Bundlaw [misspelled Bindlos's] Duperrey? Duperrey 1822 Marchena
{Burra, Roca} “Donkey Rock” Ecuador 531, IOA 20 Viuda
Bynoe, Islote Benjamin Bynoe, HMS Beagle Estes & Grant Estes & Grant 2000 Cráter Beagle #1
Caamaño Pres. José María Plácido Caamaño Ecuador 528, IOA 2030,20302,21A [Camaño, Coamaño], Jensen, Jenson, Johnson, [Nameless]
Cactus Isles (after cactus found there) Sidney Howard Howard 1934 Provincia de Galápagos
Caldwell Admiral Caldwell James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 (none)
Camaño [misspelled Caamaño] Villaret Villaret 1967, Lanza 1982, p. 80f Caamaño
{Camino del Turismo} “Tourism path” local usage Snell et al 1995 [I] Islotes Tiburón, Tintorera
Campeón [transliteration of “Champion”] Ecuador (after Colnett) (526) Champion
Canal Sur, Islote “South Channel” local usage Snell et al 1995 [A] (none)
Carenache du Flessingais Vlissinger's “careening place” F. Massertie Massertie 1686 Santa María
Carenero “careening place”? Fuente F.? Fuente F. 1748 San Salvador?
Carla, Roca 'Carla' IOA IOA 200, 2001 Jardinero, Tortuga [2], Xarifa
Carlos “Charles” (after King Charles II) Alcedo? Alcedo 1786 San Cristóbal
Fleming 1894,
American Republics 1894
[Santa María]
Carlos IV, Tierra Carlos IV Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794 Pinta?
Carlos Lomas ?? ?? Malaspina ca. 1790 Santa María
Chaffers, Islote Edward Main Chaffers, HMS Beagle Estes & Grant Estes & Grant 2000 Cráter Beagle #2 (large segment)
Chálvez [misspelled Chávez?] Prothero? Prothero 1920 Santa Cruz
Champion Andrew Champion James Colnett? Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 Campeón
Charles † [permanently misplaced at Sta. María] [by James Colnett] Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 [Santa María]
Charles's, King King Charles II William Cowley Cowley 13/9, Hacke 1687 San Cristóbal
Chatham † Lord Chatham James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 San Cristóbal
Chaves ?? ?? Mayer 1914, National Geographic 1921 Santa Cruz
Chávez Ecuador 1892
Cholam [Chatham (transcription error?)] M. F. Maury Maury 1834 San Cristóbal
Cinco Dedos “five fingers” local usage Black 1973 Roca Five Fingers
Coamaño [misspelled Caamaño] Brosset? Brosset 1963, Lanza 1982, p. 80 Caamaño
{Colón, Archipiélago de} “Archipelago of Columbus” Ecuador 1892 Black 1973 Provincia de Galápagos
Corona del Diablo “Devil's Crown” Ecuador IOA 2031, plano B Devil's Rock, Diamond Rock,
Onslow, Rock Dismal
Cousins Robert Cousins, engineer on Golden Cachalot. himself Jack Nelson, 2008 Mares
Covington, Islote Syms Covington, HMS Beagle Estes & Grant Estes & Grant 2000 Cráter Beagle #3 (large segment)
Cowan, Récif (Cowan Rocks) [misspelled McGowen's?] L. J. Duperrey? Duperrey 1822 Arrecife Macgowen
Cowley William Cowley Ecuador 545 Cowley's Enchanted, Enchanted, [Crowley]
Cowley's Enchanted himself Cowley /10, Moll 1699 Cowley
Cowly [misspelled Cowley]   IOA 20
Cowlys Cowley ms.1050, p. 16
Cowlyes Cowley ms. 54, p. 15
Cowly's enchanted Isle Aaron Arrowsmith 1798
Crossman Richard Crossman William Cowley Cowley /9, Hacke 1687, IOA 206 Bowles Rocks?, Erasmus?, Los Hermanos, Hermanos I-IV, [Pinzón], one of Islas de Santa María, Tabaco?
[misplaced at Pinzón] Fyffe 1815
Crowley [misspelled Cowley] John Kricher Kricher 2002 Cowley
Cuevas Este, Oeste, las “East & West caves” local usage Snell et al 1995 [101,100] (none)
Culpepper Lord Culpepper William Cowley Cowley 16/10, Hacke 1687 Darwin
[mislinked to Rábida] Reclus 1890, von Hagen 1949
Dalrimple, Rocas (var. on Dalrymple)   IOA 20 (1983-not on the 1991 update of this chart) Roca Five Fingers
Dalrymple Rock Alexander Dalrymple Aaron Arrowsmith? Aaron Arrowsmith 1798, Delano 1817
Daphne (2) HMS Daphne ship's officer? 547, 548 [Bainbridge], Daphne Chica,
Daphne Mayor,
[Seymours]
Daphne Chica (Minor) William Beebe Beebe 1924, 547, 548, IOA 207, 2020 see Daphne
Daphne Mayor
Daphne Mayor [mis-linked to Mosquera] Ian Thornton Thornton 1971, Kricher 2002 [Mosquera]
Darwin Charles Darwin Ecuador Ecuador 1971, DMA 22ACO 22000, IOA 20, 21 Culpepper, Guerra?,
one of los dos Hermanos
Darwin's Arch local usage (none) Arco, Arco del Triunfo
Dassigney's Phillip Dassigney William Cowley Cowley /9, Hacke 1687 San Cristóbal?
Dean's Sir Anthony Dean William Cowley Cowley /9, Hacke 1687 Pinzón
Devil's Rock (now Corona del Diablo) Captain David Porter Porter 1815 Corona del Diablo
Diable “devil” old French Delisle 1722 (unknown)
Diablo old Spanish Alcedo 1786 Marchena
Diamond Rock   Captain David Porter? Hooker 1822 Corona del Diablo?
Dismal, Rock Captain David Porter Porter 1815 Corona del Diablo
Divine's Divine family [sometimes mis-spelled as “Devine's”] themselves Carpenter 1966, IOA 20302 Seal [2]?
Don Ferdi, Roca ?? usage by divers? Moore, Cifuentes, De Roy 1996 Roca Bainbridge #8
Dower (misspelled Downes?)   du Petit-Thouars 1841 Genovesa
Dowers Fyffe 1815, Vandermaelen 1827
Douwes John Arrowsmith 1839
Downes [1] Lt. John Downes Captain David Porter? Hooker 1822 Pinzón?
Downes [2] himself? none? Genovesa?
Dukes ship, Woodes Rogers Edward Cooke Cooke 1712 Santa Cruz?
Dumb, Islote near a “dumb” landing place on Pinzón (Linda Cayot) local usage Snell et al 1995 [95] (none)
Duncan Admiral Duncan James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 Pinzón
Dunda, Rock of [phonetic? Roca Redonda] Nathaniel H. Bishop Bishop 1869, Davis 1874 Roca Redonda
Dura, Piedra “hard stone” (rock) Hernán Vargas et al Vargas et al 1997 Roca Dura
Dura, Roca “hard rock” Ecuador IOA 2031, plano A Piedra Dura
Dutchess ship, Stephen Courtney Edward Cooke Cooke 1712 Santa Fe?
Ecuador, Archipiélego de “Archipelago of Ecuador” Ignacio Hernández 1832 Black 1973, Larrea 1973 Provincia de Galápagos
Eden Admiral Henry Eden? Ecuador 545, 547, IOA 20, 21 (none)
Elefante, Islote “Elephant Islet (Rock)” local usage none? Watson
Elizabeth (in Elizabeth bay) Dagmar Werner? Grant 1975 one of Marielas?
Encantadas, Las “The Enchanteds” old Spanish Larrea 1973 Provincia de Galápagos
Enchanted Island (var. on Cowley's Enchanted Island) William Hacke Hacke 1687 see Cowley's Enchanted
Enderby Samuel Enderby James Colnett? Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 (none)
Erasmus officer on HMS Indefatigable? Captain J. Fyffe? Fyffe 1815 Crossman
Ermanas, los dos veros [misspelled “… sisters?”, “… brothers?”] old Spanish Thomas 1745 Marchena & Pinta (see also Hermanas, Hermanos)
España [misspelled Española] Mayer? Mayer 1914 Española
Española “Spanish” Ecuador (11) 524, IOA 2001 [España], Esperanza, Hood, Mascarin, Woods' Island, Wood's Isle [1]
Espejo, Islote Eugenio Espejo (ca.1790)* local usage Black 1973 (none)
Esperansa, Island of “Hope” old Spanish Thomas 1745 Española
Esperanza, la FitzRoy 1844 Gardner (by Hood)
Esperanza, N[uestra] S[eñora] de la “Our Lady of Hope” Fuente F.? Fuente F. 1748
Prothero 1920
(unknown)
Española
Este, Roca “East Rock” Ecuador 521, IOA 20 (none)
Estefania, Roca   IOA IOA 200, 200021 (none)
Eures's, Ewres William Eure (Pepys' clerk Will Hewer?) William Cowley Cowley /9, Hacke 1687, Alcedo 1786 Genovesa, [Wolf]
Faro, Islote “lighthouse” (a nav. light) local usage Snell et al 1995 [G] Islotes Tiburón
Fernandina Fernando II of Spain; 1452-1516 Ecuador (4) 533, 541, 542,
IOA 2050
[Avachumbi], [Marlborough], Narborough, Narbrough, de Plata, Turtle?
Fitzroy Robert Fitzroy, H. M. S. Beagle Christie, Duncan, et al Christie, Duncan, et al 1992 (none)
Five Fingers, Roca (resembles fingers) Ecuador IOA 20, 200, 2000, 20001 Dalrimple, Dalrymple, Cinco Dedos, [Privateer's Rock], Rendevous Rock
Floreana Pres. Juan José Flores Ignacio Hernández Larrea 1973 Santa María
[cited as Norwegian name] Roydon Bristow Howard 1934
[“floriferous”] Michael Jackson Jackson 1985
Floreana, Islas de la Pres. Juan José Flores Ecuador 1839 (none) Provincia de Galápagos
Florena [misspelled Floreana] illustrator's error? Cousteau 1973 Santa María
after Cousteau? Harris 1982
Floriana (var. of Floreana) 19th century local usage Ecuador 1835, 1843
Floriana, La Reynolds 1835, FitzRoy 1839
Foche ?? ?? Admiralty 1899 Lobos
Foo, Island of (undisclosed) Neptunus Rex Picking 1941 (classified information)
Fondeadero, Islote “anchorage” local usage Snell et al 1995 [H] Islotes Tiburón
Fuller, Islote Harry Fuller, HMS Beagle Estes & Grant Estes & Grant 2000 Cráter Beagle #2 (small segment)
Galápagos “tortoise” Old Spanish Anonymous ca. 1530 Provincia de Galápagos
Galápagos, Provincia de “Province of Galápagos” Ecuador (since 1973) Black 1973,
Ecuador 1973
APO 662, {Archipiélago de Colón}, Cactus Isles, Archipiélego de Ecuador, Las Encantadas, Islas de la Floreana, Galepegos, Galopegos, Gemmarum, I., Los Hermanos, Las Huérfanas, Inchanted Isles, Porter Islands, S. Crux
Galepegos [misspelled Galápagos] Ortelius? Ortelius 1570 Provincia de Galápagos
Gallego Juan de Gallego old Spanish le Rouge 1740 (unknown)
Galopegos [misspelled Galápagos] Mercator? Mercator 1569, Ortelius 1570 Provincia de Galápagos
Gardner (by Charles) Sir Alan Gardner James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798, 526 Gardner por Floreana, Jardinero-cerca-Sta. María, Roca?
Gardner (by Hood) after Colnett, by unknown source 524, IOA 200, 2001 la Esperanza, Gardner por Española, Jardinero-cerca-Española, Rodgers
Gardner por Española Gardner by Hood (local usage) Snell et al 1995 Gardner by Hood
Gardner por Floreana Gardner by Charles (local usage) Gardner by Charles
Gasna [misspelled, incomplete Nuñez Gaona] Slevin? Slevin 1959, Steadman 1988 Nuñez Gaona, Wolf?
Gemmarum, Insuls “Islands of Gems” Old Spanish? Schöner 1524 Provincia de Galápagos
Genovesa “of Genoa” (birthplace of Columbus) Ecuador (12) 541, IOA 20, 21
[Compare several island charts.]
Douwes, Dower(s), Eure's, [Haw Tower], Hawk, Nightmare, Quita Sueño,
la Salud, Sante, [Tover],
Tower(s), [Wenman]
Genovesa Ewres [editing error?]   Slevin 1959, Steadman 1988 [Wolf]
Geraldino Captain Tomás Geraldino? Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794, Ortiz 1994 (unknown)
Reclus 1890 Pinta
Giganta, La giantess? sunflower? Juan Black? Black 1973 Ayora
Gil F. Gil, Viceroy of Perú Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Prothero 1920 San Salvador
Gil, Tierra de Cruz Goblado 1794, Reclus 1890 San Salvador?
Gordon Rocks ?? ?? Edwardes 1846, Imray & Son 1855 Rocas Gordon
Gordon, Rocas (3)
?? ?? IOA 21F {Bainbridge's Rocks};, los Pianos, Gordon Rocks
Gran Felipe, Islote Felipe Degel (a guide) himself IOA 20H, 20211 Escollo de Bartolomé
Grande “grand” ?? Prothero 1920, von Hagen 1949 San Cristóbal
Guerra Torres y Guerra? himself (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794 Darwin?
[mislinked to Rábida] Reclus 1890, von Hagen 1949
Guy Fawkes (4) Guy Fawkes Whalers? Allan 1834, Admiralty 1837 [Guy Toucket]
Guy Toucket Islet [should be Guy Fawkes] [typesetting error?] Quasar Nautica n/d Guy Fawkes
Hancock Bank G. Allan Hancock himself? (none) Banco Hancock
Hancock, Banco 526, IOA 207 Hancock Bank, [Banco Haneok]
Haneok, Banco [misspelled Hancock]   IOA 20 Banco Hancock
Haw Tower [charting error? Hawk or Tower?] Cousteau 1973 Genovesa
Hawk man-of-war hawk (frigate) ?? Duperrey 1822, Gorsky 1956 Genovesa
Herdar's Rocks ?? (above Champion) Captain J. Fyffe? Fyffe 1815 [none-charting error?]
after Fyffe 1815? Aaron Arrowsmith 1817
Herders, Roches Vandermaelen 1827
Hermanas, las dos “the two sisters” Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794 (unknown)
Hermanas, las dos veros “the two true sisters” Old Spanish Thomas 1745 [Los dos veros Ermanas]
Hermanos, los “the brothers” old Spanish various Crossman & Tortuga [1]?
Sayer 1775 Darwin & Wolf
Dunn & Sayer 1787 Galápagos
Hermanos, los dos “the two brothers” Fuente F.? Fuente F. 1748 Darwin & Wolf?
Hermanos I, II, III, IV “brothers” Peter Grant Grant 1975 Crossman (group of 4)
GrantSnell et al
IOeste [97]
II#2 [98]
IIISur [39]
IVEste [99]
Hermanos, Cuatro,
Oeste, #2, Sur, Este
“four brothers” Snell et al Snell et al 1995
Hobbs, Arrecife ?? Ecuador 521, IOA 200021 (none)
Hood Lord Hood James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 Española
Huérfanas, Las “the orphans” Cabello Balboa Black 1973 Provincia de Galápagos
Hvalø Village in Norway Norwegian settlers Hoff 1985 Bayas Grande
Iguana Tree (after iguana in tree) William Robinson Robinson 1936 (none)
Inchanted Isles (var. on ‘las encantadas’) Sayer? Sayer 1775, Laurie & Whittle 1794 Provincia de Galápagos
Indefatigable HMS Indefatigable Aaron Arrowsmith? Arrowsmith 1817 Santa Cruz
Isabel (variant on Isabela)   Sayer 1775 Isabela
Isabela Isabela I of Spain; 1451-1504 Ecuador (3) 532, 533, 542, 543, 544, 545, IOA 2050, 20501 Albemarle, [Albermale], Isabel, Isabella, [Marlborough], [Ninachumbi], Santa Gertrudis, [Santa Getrudix], [Santa Gertrudiz], Santa Isabel, Santa Margarita, Ysabel
Isabella (variant on Isabela)   Gerbault 1930, Laurie & Whittle 1794 Isabela
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