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Island Name Named After Named by Attribution Other Names
James † King James II William Cowley Cowley 14/25, Hacke 1687 San Salvador
Jardinero “gardener” (due to flora) local usage (infrequent) Black 1973 Roca Carla
Jardinero cerca Santa María [transliteration of Gardner] Ian Thornton, others Thornton 1971, Lanza 1974, p. 584 Gardner (by Charles)
Jardinero cerca Española Gardner (by Hood)
Jarvis † Admiral John Jarvis James Colnett Colnett 1798, Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 Rábida
Jensen J. A. Jensen, Norwegian settler himself? Utley 1938, Mielche n.d., Carpenter 1966, Lundh 2002 Caamaño
Jenson [misspelled Jensen] Lévèque Lévèque 1964, Lanza 1982, p. 80f
[Jervis] † [misspelled Jarvis, now current] various   Rábida
Jesus, Maria and Joseph under the Line translated from old Spanish source, now unknown? Pascoe Thomas Thomas 1745 Santa Cruz
Johnson [sp?] (a local settler?) ?? Brosset 1963 Caamaño
Juan 'John' ?? IOA IOA 200, 200021 Pitt (offshore)
Kicker Rock † (looks like a foot) James Colnett Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 León Dormido
King, Islote Philip Gidley King, HMS Beagle Estes & Grant Estes & Grant 2000 Cráter Beagle #4
La Fe, Islote “the faith” local fishermen Black 1973 none (off SW coast of Santa Cruz, 90°25'6"W, 0°45'40"S)
Largo, Islote “long islet” IOA IOA 20602 Marielas Norte
León Dormido “lion at rest” Ecuador Black 1973, IOA 20 (1992) León Durmiente
Leon Dormiente [misspelled León Durmiente]   521
León Durmiente “sleeping lion” Ecuador, alternate usage IOA 200, 2000, 20002 Kicker Rock, León Dormido,
Pateadora, Remarkable Rock
Little Seymour (var. on Seymour) U. S. Army U. S. Army WWII Seymour
Lobería, La “place of sea lions” local usage Snell et al 1995 [87] Islotes Tiburón
Lobos sea lions (lit. “wolves”) Ecuador 521, IOA 2000 Foche
Logie, Islote “logistic (gremlins)” local usage Snell et al 1995 [92] (none)
[Loveria] [misspelled Lobería] Ecuador Wittmer 1961 Bayas Grande
Mao, Islote María de los Angeles Ortuño (CDRS, deceased) local usage Snell et al 1995 [91] (none)
Macgowen, Arrecife “McGowen's Reef” James Colnett? 524, IOA 200, 2001 Cowan Rocks, McGowen's Reef
Madera “wood” Igarza? Igarza 1692 (unknown)
Magicienne Rocks HMS Magicienne ship's officer? Admiralty 1841, 1899 (none)
Marchena Fray Antonio de Marchena Ecuador (9) 551, IOA 20, 21 Bindloe, Bindlos, Bindolese, [Bradbier's], Bundlaw, Diablo, Ermanas, [Marcheria], [Torres]
Marcheria [misspelled Marchena] editing error? Buckley 1987 Marchena
Mares Lodovico Mares Benedetto Lanza Lanza 1974, p. 584 Cousins
Marielas, Islotes Las ?? “Mariela” Ecuador (none) A Rock? [2], Big Penguin
Marielas Este, Islote “East Mariela” 0°35'28''S, 91°5'17''W (none)
Marielas Norte, Islote “North Mariela” 0°35'31''S, 91°5'19.5''W Largo
Marielas Sur, Islote “South Mariela” 0°34'43.5''S, 91°5'18''W Tabanera
Mariella, Islotes ?? Mariella (Mariela) Lanza 1974, p. 584 (see Marielas variations, above)
Marlborough [misspelled Narborough, but actually Albemarle (Isabela)] George Vancouver Vancouver 1798 Isabela
[misspelled Narborough] David Porter Porter 1822 Fernandina
Marqueses ship, Edward Cooke Edward Cooke Cooke 1712 San Cristóbal
Mascareña after Mascarene Island group? Ibáñez? Ibáñez 1690 (unknown)
Mascarenas after Ibáñez? Sayer 1775 San Cristóbal
Mascarin F. Massertie Massertie 1686 (unknown)
old Spanish Villeforte ca. 1700,
Delisle 1722, Slevin 1959		 Española?
Alcedo 1786, Burney 1816 San Cristóbal
Reclus 1890 [Santa María]
Mazarredo Adm. José de Mazarredo? Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794, Ortiz 1994 (unknown)
McCain's Beclouded ?? Herman Melville Melville 1854 Santa María
McGowen's Reef (now Arricife Macgowen) James Colnett? Aaron Arrowsmith 1798 Arrecife Macgowen
Media Luna “half moon” local usage (infrequent) Black 1973 Albany
Mercedes Pres. José Flores' wife José Villamil de Gueydon 1846 San Cristóbal
Mosquera Pres. Aurelio Mosquera Ecuador 547,548, IOA 2020, 201&2 [Daphne Mayor], Seal Island [1]
Muelle, Islote dock (lit. “wharf”) local usage Snell et al 1995 [K] Islotes Tiburón
Nameless 'Sin Nombre' Arrowsmith? John Arrowsmith 1839 Anónima, Bewels Rock, [Caamaño], Pan de Azúcar, Sin Nombre
[mislinked to Caamaño] Sidney Howard Sidney Howard 1943
Narborough † Sir John Narborough William Cowley Cowley /10 Fernandina
Narbrough [var. on Narborough] William Hacke Hacke 1687
Nerus, Rocas [transliteration of Nories?] (off N. coast of Pinta) Ecuador 551 Nories Rocks, North Rocks
Nightmare see also Quita Sueño (after old Spanish) Grey 1925, Johnson 1936 Genovesa?
Ninachumbi “island of fire” (Inca legend) [mis-attribution by Markham] Markham 1892 [Isabela?]
Norfolk Duke of Norfolk William Cowley Cowley 16/10, Hacke 1687 Santa Cruz
Norris's, Lord Lord Norris William Cowley Cowley 16/ Pinta
Nories Rocks Cowley (Moll?) Moll 1699 Rocas Nerus
Norte de Wolf “North of Wolf” local usage Snell et al 1995 [L] (none)
North Rocks   Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687 Rocas Nerus
Notre Dame Fr. “Our Lady” F. Massertie Massertie 1686 (unknown)
Nuñez [incomplete Nuñez Gaona] editing error? Slevin 1959, Steadman 1988, Weiner 1994 Wolf
Nuñez Gaona Manuel Núñez Gaona Torres or Cruz Goblado? Cutter 1991,
Cruz Goblado 1794		 Wolf?
Olmedo José Joaquin Olmedo Ignacio Hernández or
José Villamil		 Larrea 1973
de Gueydon 1846		 San Salvador
Onan, Islote (after tortoise on Pinzón) local usage Snell et al 1995 [94] (none)
Oeste, Islote “West Islet” Snell et al 1995 [24]
Onslow Adm. Richard Onslow ?? Edwardes 1846 Corona del Diablo
Orca, Roca “Killer Whale Rock” usage by divers? Moore, Cifuentes, De Roy 1966 (none)
Osborn † Henry Fairfield Osborn William Beebe Beebe 1926, 524 Roca Steven
Pamfreys, Roches ?? Philippe Vandermaelen? Vandermaelen 1827 Rocas Bainbridge?
Pan de Azúcar “sugar loaf” popular usage, ca. 1970 Black 1973, Lanza 1974, p. 584 Nameless
Paños, de los “canvas” (sails of) Igarza? Igarza 1692 (unknown)
Pateadora, Roca “Kicker Rock” Benedetto Lanza Lanza 1974, p. 584 León Durmiente
Perry's Island [mis-read Perry's Isthmus] Robert Langdon Langdon 1984 (none)
Phillips's Sir Richard Phillips himself? Neele & Son 1823 Rábida
Pianos, los (resemblance to a piano) local fishermen (but now rarely used) Gutierrez 1999 Rocas Gordon
Pinnacle Rock (off Santa María, not the landmark on Bartolomé) ?? 526 La Botella
Pinta ship, Martin Pinzón (Columbus's caravel) Ecuador (8) 551, IOA 20, 21 Abingdon, Carlos IV?, Ermanas, Geraldino, Norris's, Quita Sueño
Pinzón Brothers Pinzón; (Niña, Pinta captains) Ecuador (10) 545, IOA 20, 21 Ana, [Crossman], Deans,
Downes [1]?, Duncan
Pitt (2) William Pitt? ?? Harris 1974 A. Rock [1], Privateer's Rock
Pitt, Islote (nearshore) local usage Snell et al 1995 [B] (none)
Pitt, Islote (offshore) Snell et al 1995 [66] Juan
Plata, de “plate” (silver) old Spanish Sayer 1775 Fernandina
Plazas Pres. Leonidas Plaza Ecuador 547,IOA 2020,20203, 21H (none)
Porter Islands Captain David Porter William M. Davis Davis 1874 Provincia de Galápagos
Porter's Chaplain David Adams Porter 1815, Hooker 1822 Santa Cruz
Privateer's Rock the buccaneers Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687 Pitt
[mislinked with Dalrimple] von Hagen 1949
Quieta Suenas [misspelled Quita Sueño?] old Spanish Thomas 1745 Santa Fe?
Quita Sueño “without sleep” Fuente F.? Fuente F. 1748
Cruz Goblado 1794		 Pinta
Genovesa?
Rábida Convent of la Rábida Ecuador (13) 545, IOA 206 Breakfast, [Culpepper, Guerra], Jarvis, Jervis, Phillips's
Rata, Roca “rat rock” local usage Snell et al 1995 [93] (none)
Redonda, Roca “round rock” Cowley (Hacke?) 543, IOA 20 Redondo Island, Redondo Rock,
[Rock of Dunda], [Rondonda], [Rosa Redonda]
Redondo Island [var. on Roca Redonda] Robert Dampier Joerger 1971 Roca Redonda
Redondo Rock Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687
Remarkable Rock   Edward Cooke, Woodes Rogers Cooke 1712, Rogers 1712 León Dormido
Rendevous Rock Woodes Rogers Rogers 1712 Roca Five Fingers
Roca Vicente Ramón Roca Ignacio Hernández Hernández 1851, Larrea 1973 Gardner (by Charles)?
Roca, Rocas see Burra, Redonda, Rycot, Union, etc.
“Rock, The” (popular usage, WWII) U. S. Army U. S. Army WWII Baltra
Rodgers', [Rogers] Comm. John Rodgers Captain David Porter Porter 1815 Gardner (by Hood)
Rondonda [misspelled Roca Redonda] William M. Davis Davis 1874 Roca Redonda
Rosa Redonda Pauline Joerger Joerger 1971
Rycot Rock Lord Norris, of Rycote Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687 (none)
Salud, la “health” old Spanish Alcedo 1786 Genovesa

NOTE: Islas Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, and others in which the first word (St., San, Santa, Santo) denotes a saint are listed alphabetically, without regard for the format in which that word appears. Each name is preceded by the specific form most often associated with that name.

San Barnabá “St. Bernard” old Spanish Alcedo 1786 San Salvador
St. Barnabe
San Bernabe		 Delisle 1722
Prothero 1920		 (unknown)
San Salvador
St. Bernabé F. Massertie Massertie 1686 (unknown)
San Bernardo old Spanish American Republics 1894 San Salvador
St. Charles [should be King Charles] ?? American Republics 1894 Santa María
St. Clara “St. Clair” old Spanish Thomas 1745 San Cristóbal
San Clemente “St. Clement” Fuente F.? Fuente F. 1748 San Cristóbal
Sayer 1775,
Prothero 1920		 Santa Cruz
San Cristóbal “St. Christopher”
(to honor Columbus)		 Ecuador (1) 521, IOA 20 King Charles's, Chatham, [Cholam], Dassigney's?, Grande, Marqueses, Mascarenas, Mascarin, St. Clara, San Clemente, [St. Maria de la Aguada]
[mislinked to Santa María] Prothero? Prothero 1920 Santa María
S. Crux “holy cross” (misspelled) Robert Vaughan Vaughan 1628 Galápagos, Provincia de
Santa Cruz “holy cross” Ecuador (6) 528, 547, IOA 207, 2020, 20203, 2030, 20302 Bolívia, Chálvez, Chaves, Chávez, Dukes, Indefatigable, Jesus …, Norfolk, Porter's, San Clemente, [Santiago [2]], Váldez, [Vera Cruz]
Santa Fe Spanish city Ecuador (7) 523, 528, IOA 207, 2030 Barrington, Quieta Suenas?, Dutchess?
Santa Fe, Islote de (off Santa Fe) Benedetto Lanza Lanza 1982, p. 76 Barrington Islet
Santa Fe, Islote Noroeste de Snell et al Snell et al 1995 [102] (none)
Santa Gertrudis frigate, Capt. Alonso Torres (see Cruz Goblado 1794, Cutter 1991) [but misspelled as Santa Getrudix, Santa Gertrudiz   Isabela
Santa Gertrudiz
Santa Getrudix		 [misspelled Sta. Gertrudis] Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado n. d.
Cruz Goblado 1794
Santa Isabel
Santa Isabela		 patron saint of Queen Isabela? Fuente F.?
after Fuente F.?		 Fuente F. 1748
Hickman 1985
St. Marcos
San Marcos		 “St. Mark” old Spanish Fuente F. 1748
Thomas 1745, Sayer 1775		 (unknown)
San Salvador
Santa Margarita “St. Margaret” Thomas 1745, Burney 1816 Isabela
Santa María Columbus's flagship Ecuador (2) 526, 529, IOA 2031 Carenache, [Carlos], Carlos Lomas, [Charles], Floreana, [Florena], [Mascarin], McCain's Beclouded, Saute, St. Charles, St. María de la Aquado, St. María de l'Aquada, Wood's Isle [2]
Prothero 1920 [mislinked to San Cristóbal]
Santa María, Islas de “St. Mary, Isles of” old Spanish Sayer 1775 Brattle, Crossman & Santa María
St. Maria de la Aguada Variations on “St. Mary of the Watering Place” Hickman 1985 [mislinked to San Cristóbal]
St. Maria de la Aquado Thomas 1745 Santa María
St. María de l'Aquada Moll 1726 Santa María
Santa Rosalia (imaginary, poetic license) Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut 1985 (none)
San Salvador Columbus's first landfall, in Caribbean Ecuador (5) 545, 547, IOA 20, 21 [Bartholomew], Carenero?, Gil, James, Olmedo, San Barnabá, San Bernabe, San Bernardo, St. Marcos, Santiago [1], Tabac, Yorks
Santa Teresa “Saint Theresa” Ibáñez? Ibáñez 1689 (unknown)
Santo Tomás “Saint Thomas”
End of “Saints” section
Santé “health” Sieur de Villefort Villeforte ca. 1700, Delisle 1722 (unknown)
Burney 1816 Genovesa?
Santiago “St. James” old Spanish? various
Alcedo 1786, Moorepark 1925		 San Salvador
[Santa Cruz]
Saute ?? ?? Slevin 1959 Santa María?
Schiavoni, Arrecife ?? Ecuador 521, 523, IOA 20001, 21G Schiavoni Reef
Schiavoni Reef ?? ?? Admiralty 1899 Arrecife Schiavoni
Seal Island [1] (after sea lions there) U. S. Army U. S. Army WWII Mosquera
Seal Island [2] (local usage?, error?)   W. I. B. Crealock 1955 Divine's?
Seymour Sir George Francis Seymour? Ecuador Edwardes 1846 Little Seymour,
North Seymour
Seymour, North ?? (547, 548) Seymour
Seymour, South ?? ?? Baltra
Seymours [actually, Daphnes] Zane Grey Grey 1925 Daphnes
Sharon Sharon Anderson informal usage by scientists Anderson 2002 el Trompo
Sin Nombre “without name” Ecuador (528, 547), IOA 20, 21 Nameless
Solano ?? Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794 (unknown)
Sombrero Chino “Chinese hat” Ecuador (545, 547) (none)
Steven, Roca “Steven” ?? IOA IOA 2001, plano A Osborn
Submarine Rock resemblance to surfaced submarine U. S. Navy U. S. Navy 1942 Wheeler Rock
Sulivan, Islote Bartholomew James Sulivan, HMS Beagle Estes & Grant Estes & Grant 2000 Cráter Beagle #5
Sunray (unknown) Christie, Duncan, et al Christie, Duncan, et al 1992 (none)
Tabac, (de, à) “tobacco” Sieur de Villefort Villeforte ca. 1700,
Delisle 1722, Burney 1816		 San Salvador
Tabaco Old Spanish Alcedo 1786 Crossman
Tabanera, Islote “islet of the horseflies” IOA IOA 20602 Marielas Sur
Tejada ?? Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794 (unknown)
Terrapin Island Turtle Island Nathaniel H. Bishop Bishop 1883 (unknown)
Terrapin Rock (off San Cristóbal) ?? Fleming 1894 ??
Tiburón, Islotes [1] “shark” (6-islet cluster near Villamil) Benedetto Lanza? Lanza 1974, p. 584 Camino del Turismo, Faro, Fondeadero, Loberia, Muelle, Villamil Sureste
Tiburón [2] “shark” Beagle
Tiburón Norte, caleta (north coast of Sta. Cruz) local usage Snell et al 1995 [74] (none)
Tiburón Sur, caleta Snell et al 1995 [75]
Tintorera, Islote “white-tipped shark” Snell et al 1996 [I] {Camino del Turismo}
Torre, Islote el “tower” Snell et al 1995 [F] (none)
Torres Torres y Guerra Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado 1794 (unknown)
Reclus 1890 [Marchena]
Torres, Las “the towers” local usage (infrequent) Black 1973 Bartolomé
Tortuga [1] “turtle” Ecuador 529, IOA 206, 2061 Brattle, one of Los Hermanos?, one of Islas de Santa María
Tortuga Oeste, Islote (Tortuga, S.W. fragment) local usage Snell et al 1995 [M] (none)
Tortuga [2] (due to its profile) local usage (by guides) (none) Roca Carla
Tover [misspelled Tower] National Geographic National Geographic 1921 Tower
Tower † variation on Dower? ?? Admiralty 1841 Genovesa
Towers variation on Dowers? ?? Morrell 1832, Darwin 1839
Trompo, el top (the toy) local usage Snell et al 1996 [P] Sharon
Turtle   Alain Gerbault Gerbault 1930 Fernandina?
Union, Roca “Union Rock” Ecuador 532, IOA 206, 2061 Bull Rock
Valdés, Tierra de Cayetano Valdés? himself? Cutter 1991, Cruz Goblado 1794 (unknown)
Valdez, Tierra de Torres (Cruz Goblado?) Cruz Goblado n. d., Reclus 1890 Santa Cruz
Váldez (as above) Prothero 1920
Venecia Venice (canals of) Karl & Fritz Angermeyer? ?? (none)
Ventana, la “window” local usage Snell et al 1995 [89] Wainman's Little?
Vera Cruz [used in error] U. S. Air Force U. S. Air Force WWII Santa Cruz
Verte Fr. “green” F. Massertie Massertie 1686 (unknown)
Villamil Sureste “Southeast of Villamil” local usage Snell et al 1995 [J] Islotes Tiburón
Virgen, de la “the Virgin” Ibáñez? Ibáñez 1689 (unknown)
Viuda, Roca “widow rock” local usage IOA 206, 2061 {Burra}
Wainman † [misspelled Wenman] William Cowley Cowley 16/ , Hacke 1687 Wolf
Wainman's Little Island Cowley (Hacke?) Hacke 1687 Ventana?
Watson ?? James Colnett? Aaron Arrowsmith 1798, 526 Elefante
Wenam [misspelled Wenman] Captain David Porter Porter 1815, Hooker 1822 Wolf
Wenman Lord Wenman William Cowley Cowley /10
Whale, Roca “whale rock” Ecuador 521, IOA 207, 2000 (none)
Wheeler Rock William M. Wheeler William Beebe Beebe 1923 Submarine Rock
Whitmer [sic, Wittmer] Seamount The Wittmer family unknown White 1992 (none)
Wilmer (local var. of Wenman?) local usage (infrequent) Black 1973 Wolf
Wittmer Seamount The Wittmer family (see Whitmer) (none) (none)
Wolf Teodoro Wolf Ecuador Ecuador 1973, DMA 22ACO 22000,
IOA 20, 21		 [Gasna], one of los dos Hermanos, [Genovesa Ewres], [Nuñez], Nuñez Gaona?, Wainman, Wenam, [Wenman], Wilmer
Wood's Isle [1] [typo-Hood's?] Robert FitzRoy FitzRoy 1831-36 Española
Wood's Isle [2] [actually, Santa María] Herman Melville Melville 1854 Santa María
Wood's [Hoods] Island [after FitzRoy?] Thomas W. Smith Smith 1844, Townsend 1925 Española
Xarifa yacht Xarifa Hans Hass Hass 1972 Roca Carla
York's James, Duke of York William Cowley Cowley 14/10 San Salvador
Ysabel “Isabela” old Spanish various Isabela
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