Hoorn Islands

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, the Hoorn Islands encompass two of Wallis and Futuna's three royal chiefdoms, namely: (The third royal chiefdom is Uvea.)

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