Table of Pacific Island Names
Current name Formerly known as Native name [edit | edit source]
Rarotonga Maaroaro Puka Puka Puka Danger Ksland
Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) Aku Aku Rapa Nui, Tepito te Henua
Caroline Islands Ocean Island
Palau Belau
Chuuk Truk
Pohnpei Ponape
Marshall Islands Ladrone Islands Aelon Kien Ad
Fiji Viti
Society Islands or Society Archipelago Tahiti and her Islands, or Te Mau Fenua Matai
Windward Islands (Iles du Vent) & Leewqrd Islands (Iles Sous le Vent) Raro Matai, Tuha a Pae
Marquesas Islands Makatea
Tuamotu Puamoto, Dangerous Archipelago
Anaa Chain Island
Moorea Eimeo or Aimeho
Maria Hull
Rapa Oparu
Maritori Bass
Gambier Islands Mangareva, Pearl Island Mahu, Mataura, Taahueia
Akainaru Wainright
Taravai Belcher
Aukina Elson
Tubuai Austral Islands Te Henua e Nana
Hawaii Sandwich Islands Hava`i
Kiribati Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Line Islands (farther east) American Islands Tabuaerau, Kiritimati
Christmas Fanning Kirisimati
Banaba Ocean Island
Nauru Pleasant Island
New Caledonia Kanaky
New Zealand Aotearoa
Niue Savage Island
Samoa Hamoa (means the Islands)
Tokelau Union Islands
Tonga Friendly Islands
Tuvalu Ellice Island
Vanuatu New Hebrides, Espiritu Santo
Tongariki Shepherd’s Island
Aoba, Pentecost, & Maewo Cyclades
Wallis and Futuna Hoorne Islands
Futuna Îles de home
Wallis Uvea