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| 279 | Thule | Named for an island in the northernmost part of the North Sea to which the ancients gave the name Ul |
| 379 | Huenna | This is the Latin form for Hveen. Tycho Brahe {see planet (1677)} observed for more than 20 years o |
| 489 | Comacina | Named for a little island in Lake Como in northern Italy. The name is conceivably related to the Com |
| 570 | Kythera | Named for the famous island in the Ionian Sea which contends with Cyprus for the honor of being the |
| 770 | Bali | This planet was named after the Indonesian island east of Java. The discoverer repeatedly named plan |
| 1119 | Euboea | Euboea (or Negropont) is the largest island of Greece in the Aegean. (H 105) |
| 1151 | Ithaka | Named after the Greek island, the island of Odysseus, in the Ionian Sea. (H 107) |
| 1198 | Atlantis | This planet is named for the legendary island which sank. Name proposed by G. Stracke. |
| 1258 | Sicilia | Named for the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean sea. (H 116) |
| 1399 | Teneriffa | Named for the largest of the Spanish Canary islands. (H 127) |
| 1429 | Pemba | A large island off the East Coast of Africa which was under the rule of the Sultan of Zanzibar. (M 9 |
| 1678 | Hveen | Named for the island of Hveen, where Tycho Brahe’s {see planet (1677)} most productive observations |
| 2912 | Lapalma | Named for one of the Canary Islands, site of the Nordic Optical Telescope {see planet (2857)} and t |
| 3400 | Aotearoa | Usually taken to be the Maori name for New Zealand, although originally it referred only to the Nort |
| 3720 | Hokkaido | Named for the northern island of Japan, which has a population of 5.5 million. This planet was the f |
| 4163 | Saaremaa | Named for an island in the Baltic. Some 2500 years ago a large iron meteorite impacted there, causin |
| 4890 | Shikanosima | Named for the small island located off the northern coast of Kyushu. In 1784, a farmer found the gol |
| 5125 | Okushiri | Named for an island, some 30 km to the southwest of Hokkaido, noted for its rich fishing grounds for |
| 8866 | Tanegashima | Named for the small, long and narrow island to the south of Kyushu Island in southeastern Japan. It |
| 9453 | Mallorca | Named for the largest of the Balearic Islands, site of the discovery of this minor planet. |
| 10161 | Nakanoshima | Nakanoshima is the largest island in the Tokara Archipelago. The picturesque panorama from Mt. Ontak |
| 10164 | Akusekijima | Akusekijima, an island in the Tokara Archipelago, is known for its hot spring. The dense subtropica |
| 10645 | Brač | Brač is an island in the central part of the Adriatic sea and home of the Pustinja Blaca Hermitage O |
| 11553 | Scheria | The island of Scheria (Corfu), one of the Greek Ionian islands, was first mentioned in Homer's Od |
| 12124 | Hvar | Hvar is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast. Due to its renowned |
| 12464 | Manhattan | The original island borough of New York City, obtained from the Manhattan Indians by the Dutch in 16 |
| 12575 | Palmaria | Palmaria is the most important island in the gulf of La Spezia, famous for its old quarry of a rare |
| 16809 | Galápagos | The Galápagos Islands are a world heritage site and provide a living history of evolution. Assisted |
| 21009 | Agilkia | Agilkia is the name of an island on the Nile in Egypt. It is also the informal name of the site on |
| 24663 | Philae | Philae is an island (now submerged) in Lake Nasser, Egypt. It is also the name of the lander of the |
| 27596 | Maldives | The Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean. With an average ground level elevation of 1.5 |
| 53252 | Sardegna | The beautiful island of Sardegna (Sardinia), located in the Mediterranean Sea, was dominated by vari |
| 81203 | Polynesia | French Polynesia includes 118 islands in the South Pacific Ocean, of either volcanic or coral origin |
| 85047 | Krakatau | This Hungaria planet is named after the Indonesian island Krakatau that partly collapsed beneath the |
| 88292 | Bora-Bora | The tropical island Bora-Bora, 240 km northwest of Tahiti, is famed for its multicolored lagoon. Fo |
| 100604 | Lundy | Lundy is an island in the Bristol Channel. The name is believed to mean “puffin island” in old Nors |
| 129882 | Ustica | Ustica is a volcanic island 70 km north of Palermo, Sicily, famous for being the first Marine Protec |
| 145558 | Raiatea | Raiatea, as “the cradle of Polynesian civilizations” the first of the Polynesian islands to be inhab |
| 181419 | Dragonera | Sa Dragonera is a small island in the Balearic Islands, 3.2 km long and 500 meters high. It is a dec |
| 189848 | Eivissa | Eivissa (Ibiza in Spanish) is the westernmost of the Balearic islands. Its strategic location in th |
| 216295 | Menorca | Menorca is the most eastern and northern island of the Balearic Islands (Spain). It was declared a B |
| 221465 | Rapa Nui | Rapa Nui is the name of Easter Island in the polynesian rapanui language. Situated 4000 km from the |
| 333639 | Yaima | Yaima is a local name of the Yaeyama Islands, located at the southernmost end of Japan. It still ha |
| 353595 | Grancanaria | The island of Gran Canaria, located in the Atlantic Ocean, is the most populated of the Canarian arc |