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The Disappointment Islands (French: Îles du Désappointement) are a subgroup of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia [14°10′S 141°16′W]. They are a small group of coral islands, which includes the island of Tepoto and the atoll of Napuka. Puka-Puka, 180 miles (290 km) to their southeast, is often included in this subgroup.
These islands were first sighted by Ferdinand Magellan in his 1520 expedition to the Philippines and the Spice Islands, who called them the "Unfortunate Islands" (Islas Infortunadas) while en route to the Philippine Islands.
Further European contact with Napuka Atoll only took place again two centuries later, in 1765, with British explorer John Byron*. He named Napuka and Tepoto "Disappointment Islands" because he found the natives to be of a hostile disposition toward him.
These islands are arid, and are not especially conducive to human habitation.
Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago.
On 14 May 1866, the American ship General Grant, a full-rigged ship of 1,103 tons, crashed into the towering cliffs on the west coast of Auckland Island. Sixty-eight passengers died. Fifteen survivors made their way to the island, where they waited eighteen months for rescue.
Demographics
Population: 0
Pop. density: 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
50°36.25′S 165°58.38′E
These islands were first sighted by Ferdinand Magellan in his 1520 expedition to the Philippines and the Spice Islands, who called them the "Unfortunate Islands" (Islas Infortunadas) while en route to the Philippine Islands.
Further European contact with Napuka Atoll only took place again two centuries later, in 1765, with British explorer John Byron*. He named Napuka and Tepoto "Disappointment Islands" because he found the natives to be of a hostile disposition toward him.
These islands are arid, and are not especially conducive to human habitation.
Disappointment Island is one of seven uninhabited islands in the Auckland Islands archipelago.
On 14 May 1866, the American ship General Grant, a full-rigged ship of 1,103 tons, crashed into the towering cliffs on the west coast of Auckland Island. Sixty-eight passengers died. Fifteen survivors made their way to the island, where they waited eighteen months for rescue.
Demographics
Population: 0
Pop. density: 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
50°36.25′S 165°58.38′E
