Island teleports?

[Captain Dobie]

I only have a few islands that I can teleport to on my map. I was told that I had to visit those locations one time to be able to get "the totem" lit up so I could go back to it. This was apparently wrong information because I have visited the island since getting the ability to teleport and it still didn't activate the teleport spot on the map near the island. Sorry, I'm still kind of a newbie, but I searched around the forum before asking but couldn't find out for myself. Thanks for any information.