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 I