TheHoorn Islands (alsoFutuna Islands, French: îles Horn) are one of the two island groups of which theFrench overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, orCOM) ofWallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km2, and the population 4,873 (census of 2003).
The archipelago was named by the Dutch navigatorsWillem Schouten andJacob Le Maire, who, in 1616, became the first Europeans to visit the islands. They named it after the Dutch city ofHoorn, from which their expedition had started. They had previously rounded and namedCape 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 isUvea.)
14°16′57″S178°08′59″W / 14.28250°S 178.14972°W /-14.28250; -178.14972
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