Krusenstern Island Explained

Krusenstern Island (and similar names) is a toponym honoring the Baltic German explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846). It may refer to a number of places in the Pacific Ocean:

• Little Diomede Island (Inupiaq: Iŋaliq), Alaska, United States
• Ailuk Atoll, Marshall Islands
• Tikehau, Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia
• Krusenstern Islands, a small group of islands in the Middendorff Bay
• Krusenstern Island" or "Krusenstern Reef," a phantom island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

See also

• Krusenstern (disambiguation)