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1. This Caribbean island was named after a noted saint from Tours. It belongs to both Netherlands and France.
2. This island off the coast of Senegal was named after a French royal who also became a saint. The capital of the island was once the capital of Senegal.
3. This island off the coast of Papua New Guinea was named after a French explorer and botanist. It was a German possession between 1899-1914.
4. This island near the Antarctica was discovered and named by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles _____ de Lozier. It was claimed for Norway in 1927.
5. This Canadian island in Nunavut, Canada, off the north end of Baffin Island, was named after an English explorer.
6. This island in the Antarctica was discovered and named by (and after) a French explorer in 1910. It is a part of the Palmer Archipelago.
7. This island in the Antarctic was named by the French Antarctic Expedition 1903-05 after a French explorer who also traveled in the Arctic and was the first to ascend Sweden´s highest mountain, Kebnekaise.
8. This island group in the Antarctica was discovered and named by (and after) Yves-Joseph de ______-Trémarec in 1772. It was annexed by France in 1893.
9. This island in the Antarctic was named after a French explorer. His name is also attached to a main French base on the Antarctic mainland. The island is today claimed by New Zealand.
10. This island group in the Antarctic was discovered in 1772. The captain of the expedition named it after his second-in-command. (Prior to this he had named another island after himself).
11. This island (now belonging to South Africa) is a part of Prince Edward Islands. It was discovered and named by (and after) the French explorer Marc-Joseph _____ du Fresne in 1772.
12. This island group was annexed to New Zealand in 1887 and is uninhabited. It was named for the French captain who visited the islands in the 1790s.
13. This Canadian island is located on the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland & Labrador, near the town of Quirpon.
It is named after a famous explorer who visited this area in the 1530s.
14. This island group is part of French Polynesia. It was named after a descendant of the French Huguenots. The main island is Mangareva.
15. This Canadian island in Lake Manicouagan, Québec, is the second largest lake island of the world. It is named after the chief engineer of Hydro-Québecs Daniel-Johnson Dam on the Manicouagan River.
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