Home (islet) explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Populating the landscape with absent friends: the use of personal names in Palmerston Island toponyms . Rachel Hendery . Island Studies Journal . 11 . 2 . 361 . 2016 . 15 September 2020 . 6 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210306020640/https://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/default/files/ISJ-11-2-MS352-Hendery.pdf . dead .
  2. Book: Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names they Gave . Alphons M.J. Kloosterman . Cook Islands Library and Museum . Rarotonga . 1976 . 31 . 15 September 2020 . NZETC.

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