Hoorn Islands
The Hoorn Islands are one of the two island groups of which the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km², and the population 4,873.History
The archipelago was named by the Dutch navigators Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, first Europeans to visit the islands in 1616. It was named after the Dutch city of Hoorn, from which the expedition started.Geography
Geographically, there are two islands:
- Futuna Island
- Alofi Island
Administratively, the Hoorn Islands encompass two of the three royal chiefdoms of Wallis and Futuna:
