The Palliser Islands or Pallisers are a subgroup of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia.
They are located in the very northwest of the main group of atolls.
[1] The group includes: The Palliser Islands were named "Palliser's Isles" by Captain James Cook, who was the first European to sight them, on 19 April and 20 April 1774; naming them as such in honour of Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser.
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