Disappointment Islands

Puka-Puka, 290 kilometres (180 mi) to their southeast, is often included in this subgroup.

The western Disappointment Islands, Tepoto and Napuka, were colonized by voyagers from the neighboring Tuamotus, but Puka-Puka was colonized by settlers from the Marquesas Islands, several hundred kilometres to the northeast.

[3] Further European contact with Napuka Atoll only took place again two centuries later, in 1765, with British explorer John Byron.

He named Napuka and Tepoto "Disappointment Islands" because he found the natives to be hostile toward him.

The islands were also visited by the United States Exploring Expedition in 1839.