The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands , French: Îles Horne) are one of the two island groups of which the French overseas collectivity ( collectivité d'outre-mer , or COM ) of Wallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km, and the population 4,873 ( census of 2003).
2-508: The archipelago was named by the Dutch navigators Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire , who, in 1616, became the first Europeans to visit the islands. They named it after the Dutch city of Hoorn , from which their expedition had started. They had previously rounded and named Cape Horn on the same voyage; Schouten had been born in Hoorn. Geographically, there are two islands: Administratively,
4-486: The Hoorn Islands encompass two of Wallis and Futuna's three royal chiefdoms, namely: (The third royal chiefdom is Uvea .) 14°16′57″S 178°08′59″W / 14.28250°S 178.14972°W / -14.28250; -178.14972 This Wallis and Futuna location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Willem Schouten Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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