Statistics for Islands Named after People

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Named after...	Location	Island(s)	% Correct
...a British navigator	South Pacific	Cook Islands	87%
...a male Catholic saint	Gulf of Guinea	Sao Tomé	70%
...a New York merchant	New York Bay	Ellis Island	65%
...a Dutch seafarer and merchant	Bass Strait	Tasmania	65%
...an English explorer	Davis Strait	Baffin Island	52%
...Queen Victoria's father	Gulf of St. Lawrence	Prince Edward Island	52%
...the Emperor of Austria	Arctic Ocean	Franz Josef Land	35%
...Louis XV's Minister of Finance	Indian Ocean	Seychelles	35%
...a British naval captain	Northeastern Pacific Ocean	Vancouver Island	30%
...a Spanish sea captain	Western Atlantic	Bermuda	22%
...a Portuguese nobleman	Central Indian Ocean	Diego Garcia	13%
...a legendary Greek hero	Bering Strait	Little Diomede	9%
...a female Catholic saint	Aegean Sea	Santorini	9%
...the Governor of Nova Scotia	Bay of Fundy	Campobello Island	4%
...an Arab sultan and trader	Western Indian Ocean	Island of Mozambique	4%
...a Dutch squadron commander	Caribbean Sea	Necker Island	0%