Home (islet)

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.

Map of Palmerston

References

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. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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.

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[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. 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.