Home (islet)

Map of Palmerston

Home is an islet in Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands. Sometimes referred to as Palmerston or Pamati,[1] the name given to the atoll by James Cook,[2] it is the only inhabited islet in the atoll. It is on the west side of the atoll, between Cooks and North Island.

References

  1. ^ Rachel Hendery (2016). "Populating the landscape with absent friends: the use of personal names in Palmerston Island toponyms" (PDF). Island Studies Journal. 11 (2): 361. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ Alphons M.J. Kloosterman (1976). Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names they Gave. Rarotonga: Cook Islands Library and Museum. p. 31. Retrieved 15 September 2020 – via NZETC.

18°3′22.23″S 163°11′28.18″W / 18.0561750°S 163.1911611°W / -18.0561750; -163.1911611


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