This is a list of Australian places named by James Cook. James Cook

James Cook

Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

 was the first explorer to chart most of the eastern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n coast, one of the last major coastlines in the world unknown to Europeans at the time. Cook named many bays, capes and other geographic features, nearly all of which are still gazette

Gazette

A gazette is a public journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.In English- and French-speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name Gazette since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers bear the name The Gazette.Gazette is a loanword from the...

d, and most of which are still in use today, although in some places the spelling is slightly different. This is a list of the placenames he used in his first voyage

First voyage of James Cook

The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771...

 listed from south to north as described on his 1773 map and in his journals.

Name	Date (1770)	Reason for naming	Coords	Notes
Point Hicks Point Hicks Point Hicks, formerly called Cape Everard, is a coastal headland on the eastern coast of Victoria, Australia, located within the Croajingolong National Park.- Name :...	19 April	Lieutenant Zachary Hickes Zachary Hickes Zachary Hickes was a Royal Navy officer, second-in-command on Lieutenant James Cook's voyage to the east coast of Australia. Hickes spelt his name with an "e", but it has often been written by others as Hicks without the "e".Hickes was 29 and held the rank of lieutenant when appointed to Cook's... , first to sight land	37°48′S 149°16′E	spelled his name Hickes, Cook wrote it without the "e"
Ram Head	19 April	Ramhead in Plymouth Sound Plymouth Sound Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a bay at Plymouth in England.Its southwest and southeast corners are Penlee Point in Cornwall and Wembury Point on Devon, a distance of about 3 nautical miles . Its northern limit is Plymouth Hoe giving a north-south distance of nearly 3 nautical miles...	37°46′S 149°29′E
Cape Howe Cape Howe Cape Howe is a coastal headland in Australia, forming the south-eastern end of the Black-Allen Line, the border between New South Wales and Victoria.-History:...	20 April	Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served...	37°30′S 149°58′E
Cape Dromedary	21 April		36°17′S 150°08′E
Mount Dromedary	21 April		36°17′51"S 150°01′00"E	now called Mount Gulaga Mount Gulaga Mount Gulaga is one of the highest mountains on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. It rises above the village of Central Tilba and is within the Gulaga National Park...
Bateman Bay	21 April		35°42′S 150°11′E
Point Upright	22 April	"on account of its perpendicular Clifts"	35°37′S 150°19′E
Pigeon House Pigeon House Mountain Pigeon House Mountain is a mountain named by Captain James Cook during his voyage of discovery along Australia's eastern coast in 1770. The prominent remnant of a two tier sandstone structure, the summit rises to 720 m above sea level. Located on the South Coast region of New South Wales within the...	22 April	"a remarkable peaked hill laying inland the top of which look'd like a Pigeon house"	35°17′S 150°17′E	Marked on chart as Pidgeon House
Cape St. George Jervis Bay Territory The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. It was surrendered by the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1915 so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have "access to the sea"....	23 April	discovered on St George's Day St George's Day St George's Day is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. St George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303...	35°10′S 150°45′E	now Jervis Bay Territory Jervis Bay Territory The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. It was surrendered by the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1915 so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have "access to the sea"....
Long Nose Beecroft Peninsula Beecroft Peninsula is a peninsula located to the north and east of Jervis Bay in south-eastern Australia. The peninsula forms the northern headland of Jervis Bay....	25 April	"on account of its Figure"	34°48′S 150°40′E	now called Beecroft Peninsula Beecroft Peninsula Beecroft Peninsula is a peninsula located to the north and east of Jervis Bay in south-eastern Australia. The peninsula forms the northern headland of Jervis Bay....  (to the north of Jervis Bay Jervis Bay Jervis Bay is a large bay bounded by the state of New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory, and a detached enclave of the Australian Capital Territory. HMAS Creswell is located between Jervis Bay Village and Greenpatch in the Jervis Bay Territory.-History:... )
Red Point	25 April	red Red Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...  colour	34°29′S 150°55′E
Point Solander Kurnell, New South Wales Kurnell is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kurnell is located south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire....	28 April	Daniel Solander Daniel Solander Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.-Biography:... , botanist on board	34°00′S 151°14′E	to the south of Botany Bay Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
Botany Bay Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...	28 April – 6 May	"The great quantity of plants Mr. Banks Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...  and Dr. Solander Daniel Solander Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.-Biography:...  found in this place occasioned my giving it the Name of Botany Bay"	33°58′S 151°10′E	originally Stingray Bay
Cape Banks Little Bay, New South Wales Little Bay is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Little Bay is located 14 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Randwick....	6 May	Joseph Banks Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...	33°59′S 151°15′E	to the north of Botany Bay
Port Jackson Port Jackson Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge...	6 May	George Jackson, a secretary of the Admiralty	33°50′S 151°16′E
Broken Bay Broken Bay Broken Bay is a large inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 50 km north of Sydney on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the first major bay north of Sydney's Port Jackson.- Geography :...	7 May	"broken land that appear'd to form a bay"	33°34′07"S 151°19′00"E
Cape Three Points Cape Three Points Cape Three Points is a small peninsula in the Western Region of Ghana, West Africa.Forming the southernmost tip of Ghana, it is located between the coastal towns of Dixcove and Princes Town, Ghana...	7 May	"high land which projected out in 3 bluff Points"	33°29′S 151°26′E	between Copacabana Copacabana, New South Wales Copacabana is a suburb located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, as part of the City of Gosford local government area. Copacabana is situated at the northern end of Macmasters Beach, the two beaches divided by Cochrone Lagoon...  and Avoca Beach Avoca Beach, New South Wales Avoca Beach is a coastal suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney. It is located within the City of Gosford local government area.-Geography:...
Point Stephens	11 May	Sir Philip Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty (1763–95)	32°44′S 152°12′E	On the coast near Fingal Bay, New South Wales Fingal Bay, New South Wales Fingal Bay is the eastern-most suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The only population centre is the township of the same name, which itself is named after the adjacent, small, semi-circular bay...
Port Stephens Port Stephens Port Stephens is a large natural harbour located about north-east of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It lies wholly within the Port Stephens Local Government Area although its northern shoreline forms the boundary between the Port Stephens and Great Lakes LGAs...	11 May	Sir Philip Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty	32°41′46"S 152°08′30"E
Black Head	11 May		32°04′S 152°32′E	SE of Tinonee Tinonee, New South Wales Tinonee is a small town on the banks of the Manning River, near Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales in the City of Greater Taree, Australia. Tinonee was founded in 1854 and in the late 1980s became part of Greater Taree City...
Cape Hawke Cape Hawke Cape Hawke is a coastal headland in Australia on the New South Wales coast, just south of Forster/Tuncurry and within the Booti Booti National Park....	11 May	Sir Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC was an officer of the Royal Navy. He is best remembered for his service during the Seven Years' War, particularly his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain... , First Lord of the Admiralty	32°12′S 152°34′E
Three Brothers Three Brothers, New South Wales The Three Brothers are three mountains in the Camden Haven district on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. They were named by Captain James Cook during his voyage along the east coast of Australia in May 1770.The mountains are named:...	12 May	"3 remarkable large high hills lying Contigious to each other... bore some resemblance to each other"	31°39′52"S 152°46′26"E	called separately South Brother (31°44′37"S 152°40′15"E ), Middle Brother and North Brother
Smoakey Cape Smoky Cape Smoky Cape is a headland in Australia on the New South Wales Mid-North Coast. It lies just east of the town of South West Rocks, and within the Hat Head National Park.- Cape :...	13 May	"fires that Caused a great Quantity of smoke" on the cape	30°54′S 153°06′E
Solitary Isles North solitary island North Solitary Island is one of the largest islands found off the New South Wales coast and inside the continental shelf. It is located 40 km north-east of Coffs Harbour and about 13 km east-south-east of Wooli. The island is divided into two sections by a channel...	15 May		29°55′S 153°23′E
Cape Byron Cape Byron Cape Byron is the easternmost point of the mainland of Australia. It is located about northeast of the town of Byron Bay and projects into the Pacific Ocean...	15 May	John Byron John Byron Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.-Early career:...	28°37′58"S 153°38′20"E	Eastern-most point of Australia
Mount Warning Mount Warning Mount Warning is a mountain west-south-west of Murwillumbah, near the border with Queensland in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia...	16 May	breakers Breaker (reef) A breaker is a piece of reef against which waves break.This sense of the term is closely related to another sense, that of the breaking wave itself. In times past, when ocean navigation was relatively rudimentary, a line of breaking waves was a crucial indicator that a boat was bearing down upon an...  found within sight	28°23′50"S 153°16′15"E
Point Danger	16 May	Point off which shoals lie	28°10′S 153°33′E	Cook's Point Danger was Fingal Head - 2n Miles South of the present-day Point Danger on the Qld Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... –NSW New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...  border
Point Lookout Point Lookout, Queensland Point Lookout is a headland and small coastal village located on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island. To the north lies Cape Moreton and to the south the next major headland is Point Danger on the New South Wales/Queensland border. The other towns on the island are Dunwich and Amity Point....	17 May		27°26′S 153°33′E	North-eastern point of North Stradbroke Island North Stradbroke Island North Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year a storm separated it from South Stradbroke Island, forming the Jumpinpin Channel. It is known...
Morton Bay Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...	17 May	James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton KT FRS was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death... , was President of the Royal Society	27°15′S 153°15′E	Moreton was a later misspelling of Morton. What Cook named Morton Bay comprised the Pacific Ocean side of what is now called Moreton Island. The name Moreton Bay is now applied to larger expanse of water on the inland side of Moreton and Stradbroke Islands, comprising the mouth of the Brisbane River Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in south east Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley was the first European to explore the river who named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane in 1823... .
Cape Morton	17 May	James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton	27°01′S 153°28′E	Northern end of Moreton Island Moreton Island Moreton Island is a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. Moreton Island lies 58 kilometres northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. The island is 95% National Park and a popular destination for four wheel driving, camping,...
Glasshouse Bay Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...	17 May		27°04′S 153°17′E	Cook did not realise it was part of Moreton Bay Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources... ; between Moreton Island and Bribie Island
The Glass Houses Glass House Mountains, Queensland Glass House Mountains is a hinterland town of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area. It is located approximately 64 km north of Brisbane, belonging to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area . Colloquially it is...	17 May	hills resemble glass houses Greenhouse A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...	26°55′S 152°56′E	Now called The Glass House Mountains
Double Island Point Double Island Point Double Island Point is a coastal headland in Queensland, Australia. It's the next headland north of Noosa and is within the Cooloola section of the Great Sandy National Park, at the southern end of Wide Bay....	18 May	"on account of its figure... the point itself is of such an unequal Height that it looks like 2 Small Islands laying under the land"	25°55′57"S 153°11′12"E
Wide Bay	18 May	large open bay	25°54′S 153°08′E	Wide Bay-Burnett is used as the region name for the larger surrounding area today. Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach, Queensland Rainbow Beach is a coastal town in south-eastern Queensland, Australia, east of Gympie. At the 2006 census, Rainbow Beach had a population of 999...  is on the bay.
Indian Head	19 May	"a number of the Natives were Assembled" there	25°00′S 153°22′E	Eastern point of Fraser Island
Sandy Cape Sandy Cape Sandy Cape is the most northern point on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The place was named by James Cook during his 1770 voyage up the eastern coast of Australia aboard the Endeavour...	20 May	sand Sand Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...	24°41′52"S 153°15′21"E	Northern point of Fraser Island
Break Sea Spit	21 May	"now we had smooth water, whereas upon the whole Coast to the Southward of it we had always a high Sea or swell from the South-East."	24°25′S 153°13′E	shoal projecting north from the north tip of Fraser Island
Herveys Bay Hervey Bay, Queensland Hervey Bay is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane, and lies on the coast of a natural bay between the Queensland mainland and nearby Fraser Island. The local economy relies on tourism, for which whale watching, Fraser Island and...	21 May	Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, PC was a British admiral and politician.-Naval career:As a young man, he entered the Navy, where his promotion was rapid...	25°17′7"S 152°52′22"E
South Head 1770, Queensland 1770 is a village in Queensland, Australia, built on the site of the second landing by James Cook and the crew of HM Bark Endeavour in May 1770 . Originally known as Round Hill — after the creek it sits on — the name was changed in 1970 to commemorate the bicentennial of Cook's visit...	23 May	South head of Bustard Bay	24°08′54"S 151°53′09"E	Now known as Round Hill Head. Village of 1770 1770, Queensland 1770 is a village in Queensland, Australia, built on the site of the second landing by James Cook and the crew of HM Bark Endeavour in May 1770 . Originally known as Round Hill — after the creek it sits on — the name was changed in 1970 to commemorate the bicentennial of Cook's visit...  located there, Cook's first landing in Queensland and second in Australia.
Bustard Bay	23 May	bustard Bustard Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World...  (bird)	24°06′S 151°49′E
North Head	23 May	North head of Bustard Bay	24°01′S 151°46′E	Now known as Bustard Head
Cape Capricorn Cape Capricorn Cape Capricorn is a coastal headland in central Queensland, Australia, at It was named by Captain Cook when he passed on 25 May 1770, since he found it to located on the Tropic of Capricorn. The modern surveyed location of its endpoint is just slightly north of the tropic.-Lighthouse:A lighthouse...	25 May	Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn The Tropic of Capricorn, or Southern tropic, marks the most southerly latitude on the Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. This event occurs at the December solstice, when the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun to its maximum extent.Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five...	23°28′S 151°13′E	NE point of Curtis Island
Keppel Isles Great Keppel Island Great Keppel Island lies 15 kilometres from the coast off Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia. The island is the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, and covers an area of more than 14.5 square kilometres...	26 May	Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel PC was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence...	23°10′30"S 150°57′40"E	Great Keppel Island Great Keppel Island Great Keppel Island lies 15 kilometres from the coast off Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia. The island is the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, and covers an area of more than 14.5 square kilometres...  largest of the group
Keppel Bay Keppel Bay Keppel Bay is a broad bay in Central Queensland, Australia at the mouth of the Fitzroy River. Cape Keppel is at the Eastern end of the bay.The bay and the nearby Keppel Islands were named by Captain Cook when he was there on 27 May 1770, after Admiral Augustus Keppel of the British Royal...	27 May	Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel	23°23′S 150°53′E
Cape Manyfold Cape Manifold Cape Manifold is a coastal headland in central Queensland, Australia.It was named by Captain Cook when he saw it from Keppel Bay on 27 May 1770, "from the Number of high Hills over it". He spelt it both Manyfold and Manifold in different journal entries, today Manifold is usual....	27 May	"from the Number of high Hills over it"	22°41′S 150°50′E
The Two Brothers	28 May		22°42′S 150°59′E
Island Head	28 May		22°20′S 150°39′E
Cape Townshend	28 May	Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Charles Townshend was a British politician. He was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey , daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Ball's Park, near Hertford, a lady who rivalled her son in... , Chancellor of the Exchequer	22°12′S 150°29′E	northern tip of Townshend Island
Shoal Water Bay Shoalwater Bay Shoalwater Bay is a large bay on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, located 100 km north of the coastal town of Yeppoon and 628 km north-north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. Since 1966, the land surrounding Shoalwater Bay has been under the ownership of the Australian Defence Force,...	28 May	Shoal Shoal Shoal, shoals or shoaling may mean:* Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping* Shoal draught , of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals: see Draft...  water	22°22′S 150°22′E
Northumberland Isles Northumberland Islands Australia's Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the Queensland coast, located south-east of the city of Mackay roughly between the latitudes 21°S and 22°S. All islands are of the continental type. The island group was named by James Cook during his historic voyage along...	28 May		21°40′S 150°10′E
Thirsty Sound	30 May	"by reason we could find no fresh Water"	22°10′S 149°58′E
Bay of Inlets	1 June	"the Number of Inlets, Creeks, etc., in it."	22°19′S 149°50′E	Named a 100 km region of coastline from Cape Palmerston (south of Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar.... ) to Cape Townshend (name no longer in use)
Long Isle Long Island (Whitsunday Islands) Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is in length and is at its widest point only . Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only from the coastline...	1 June		22°07′S 149°54′E
Broad Sound Broad Sound Broad Sound is a large bay on the east coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland 675 km northwest of the state capital, Brisbane. It is about 50 km long and 20 km across at its widest point...	1 June		22°10′S 149°45′E
Cape Palmerston	1 June	Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC , known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century... , Lord of the Admiralty, 1766–78	21°01′S 149°29′E	SE of Carmila Carmila, Queensland Carmila is a town in Isaac, Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the North Coast railway line, approximately south of the town of Sarina, Queensland. At the 2006 census, Carmila and the surrounding area had a population of 430.-External links:...
Slade Point Slade Point, Queensland Slade Point is a peninsular suburb north of Mackay, Queensland, Australia . Slade Point, a prominent coastal feature was named by Captain James Cook.-External links:*...	2 June		21°03′S 149°13′E
Cape Hillsborough	2 June	Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC , known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era...  (the Earl of Hillsborough); First Secretary of State for the Colonies, and President of the Board of Trade	20°54′S 149°02′E	30 km NNW of Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
Repulse Bay Repulse Bay Repulse Bay is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong.-Geography:Repulse Bay is located in the south of Hong Kong Island, to the east of Deep Water Bay and to the west of Middle Bay and South Bay...	3 June		20°33′S 148°45′E
Cape Conway Cape Conway Cape Conway is the rounded low and ice-free tipped cape forming the south extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a south entrance point for Boyd Strait. Tooth Rock rising to and lying to the south is the largest in a group of rocks extending from the cape...	3 June	General Henry Seymour Conway Henry Seymour Conway Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession and eventually rose to the rank of Field Marshal .-Family and education:Conway was... , Secretary of State 1765–68	20°31′S 148°54′E
Whitsundays Passage Whitsunday Islands The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial...	4 June	discovered on Whitsunday Whitsunday Whitsunday may be:Days:* The Sunday of the feast of Whitsun or Pentecost in the Christian liturgical year, observed 7 weeks after Easter* One of the Scottish quarter days, always falling on 15 MayPlaces:* The Electoral district of Whitsunday...	20°17′S 148°52′E	between Hamilton Island, Whitsunday Island Whitsunday Island Whitsunday Island is the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia. Whitsunday Island is located at...  and the mainland
Cumberland Isles	4 June	Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn,	20°34′S 149°08′E	Originally the name for what are now called the Whitsunday Islands Whitsunday Islands The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial... ; Cook only called the passage Whitsundays. http://www.100magicmiles.com/index.php/intro-to-whitsundays.html
Cape Gloucester	4 June	Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of George II and a younger brother of George III.-Early life:...	20°00′55"S 148°27′18"E	Actually an island
Holburn Isle	4 June	Admiral Francis Holburne Francis Holburne Admiral Sir Francis Holburne was a Royal Navy officer who also served as a Member of Parliament.-Naval career:Francis entered the Navy in 1720 as a volunteer aboard , passing his examinations in 1725...	19°43′S 148°21′E
Edgecumbe Bay	4 June	Captain George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Admiral George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, PC was a British peer, naval officer and politician....  commanded the Lancaster in the fleet in North America in 1758 in which Cook served.	20°06′S 148°23′E
Mount Upstart Cape Upstart National Park Cape Upstart is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1016 km northwest of Brisbane....	5 June	"because being surrounded with low land it starts or rises up singley at the first making of it"	19°44′S 147°48′E
Cape Bowling Green	5 June		19°18′S 147°24′E
Cape Cleveland	6 June	either in honour of a John Clevland John Clevland (admiralty secretary) John Clevland, , MP was Secretary to the Admiralty 1751–1763 .John Clevland was the son of Captain William Clevland, of Lanarkshire who rose to being the Controller of the Storekeepers' Accounts for the Navy Board . His mother, Ann Davie of Orleigh Court, was the daughter of John Davie...  the Secretary to the Admiralty around that time, or after Cleveland, England Cleveland, England Cleveland is an area in the north east of England. Its name means literally "cliff-land", referring to its hilly southern areas, which rise to nearly...  where he was born.	19°10′S 147°00′E	Cook spelled the name with an "e", adding to the confusion
Cleveland Bay	6 June		19°13′S 146°55′E
Magnetical Island Magnetic Island Magnetic Island is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville, with 2,107 permanent residents. The island is accessible from Townsville Breakwater to Nelly Bay Harbour by ferry...	6 June	"the Compass did not traverse well when near it"	19°08′S 146°50′E	Now called Magnetic Island
Palm Isles Palm Island, Queensland Palm Island is an Aboriginal community located on Great Palm Island, also called by the Aboriginal name "Bwgcolman", an island on the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland, Australia The settlement is also known by a variety of other names including "the Mission", Palm Island Settlement or Palm...	6 June		18°44′S 146°35′E
Halifax Bay Halifax Bay Halifax Bay is a region located around a bay in the Coral Sea, situated on the Australian coast in Far North Queensland. It is bordered by the town of Ingham to the north, city of Townsville to the south and Great Palm Island off the coast to the east....	8 June	George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC was a British statesman of the Georgian era.-Early life:...  was Secretary of State 1763–65	18°50′S 146°30′E
Point Hillock	8 June		18°25′S 146°21′E	on Hinchinbrook Island Hinchinbrook Island Hinchinbrook Island lies east of Cardwell and north of Lucinda, Queensland Australia. Hinchinbrook Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and wholly protected within the Hinchinbrook Island National Park, except for a small resort. It is the largest island on the Great Barrier Reef...
Cape Sandwich	8 June	John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten...	18°14′S 146°17′E	on Hinchinbrook Island
Family Islands	8 June		18°01′S 146°10′E
Dunk Island	8 June	George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, KG, PC was a British statesman of the Georgian era.-Early life:...	17°56′48"S 146°09′22"E
Rockingham Bay	8 June	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC , styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1733, Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Earl Malton in 1750, was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime...	18°08′S 146°04′E
Double Point	8 June		17°40′S 146°09′E
Frankland Islands	9 June		17°09′49"S 146°00′42"E
Cape Grafton	9 June	Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...  was Prime Minister when Cook sailed	16°51′55"S 145°55′00"E
Fitzroy Island Fitzroy Island, Queensland Fitzroy Island is a continental island out from Djujbirri , 29 km south east of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.- See also :*Fitzroy Island National Park...	9 June		16°56′S 146°00′E
Green Isle Green Island (Queensland) Green Island is a very popular coral cay offshore from Cairns, Queensland, Australia located within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World Heritage Area. The island is surrounded by coral reef and protected in the Green Island National Park. Most visitors come for the day...	10 June	"a Low green woody Island"	16°45′S 145°58′E
Trinity Bay	10 June	discovered on Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity...	16°54′S 145°47′E
Cape Tribulation Cape Tribulation Cape Tribulation is a headland and locality in northern Queensland, Australia north of Cairns. It is located within the Daintree National Park and the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. At the 2006 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 101....	10 June	"because here began all our Troubles"	16°04′S 145°28′E
Hope Island	13 June	"we were always in hopes of being able to reach these Islands"	15°43′S 145°27′E
Weary Bay	13 June		15°54′S 145°22′E
Endeavour River Endeavour River The Endeavour River on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia, was named in 1770 by Lt. James Cook, R.N., after he was forced to beach his ship, HM Bark Endeavour, for repairs in the river mouth, after damaging it on Endeavour Reef...	14 June – 4 August	HM Bark Endeavour HM Bark Endeavour HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771....	15°27′30"S 145°14′00"E	Ship beached while repairs conducted, near modern day Cooktown
Cape Bedford	4 August	Probably after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, FRS was an 18th century British statesman. He was the fourth son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey... , who had been First Lord of the Admiralty, 1744–47	15°13′S 145°20′E
Cape Flattery	10 August	"We now judged ourselves to be clear of all Danger, having, as we thought, a Clear, open Sea before us; but this we soon found otherwise"	14°56′S 145°21′E
Islands of Direction	10 August		14°44′S 145°30′E	South Direction Island and North Direction Island
Point Lookout	11 August		14°49′S 145°13′E	Not to be confused with the Point Lookout Point Lookout, Queensland Point Lookout is a headland and small coastal village located on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island. To the north lies Cape Moreton and to the south the next major headland is Point Danger on the New South Wales/Queensland border. The other towns on the island are Dunwich and Amity Point....  which Cook had earlier so named, being the north-eastern point of North Stradbroke Island North Stradbroke Island North Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year a storm separated it from South Stradbroke Island, forming the Jumpinpin Channel. It is known... .
Lizard Island	12 August	"only land Animals we saw here were Lizards, and these seem'd to be pretty Plenty"	14°40′S 145°27′E	Lizard Island still enjoys a substantial population of huge monitor lizards.
Eagle Island	12 August	"We found on this Island a pretty number of Birds, the most of them sea Fowl, except Eagle Eagle Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in... s; 2 of the Latter we shott and some of the others"	14°41′S 145°22′E
Providential Channel	17 August	providence Divine Providence In Christian theology, divine providence, or simply providence, is God's activity in the world. " Providence" is also used as a title of God exercising His providence, and then the word are usually capitalized...	12°36′S 143°49′E
Cape Weymouth	17 August	Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, Viscount Weymouth Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath KG was a British politician who held office under George III serving as Southern Secretary, Northern Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Between 1751 and 1780 he was known as Lord Weymouth...  was one of the Secretaries of State when the Endeavour sailed	12°36′S 143°26′E
Weymouth Bay	17 August	Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath	12°29′S 143°20′E
Forbes Islands	19 August	Admiral John Forbes John Forbes (admiral) Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes , styled The Honourable from 1734, was a British naval commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.-Family and early years:...  was a Commissioner of Longitude in 1768, and had been a Lord of the Admiralty 1756–63	12°17′S 143°24′E
Bolt Head	19 August		12°15′S 143°06′E
Sir Charles Hardy's Isles	18 August		11°55′S 143°28′E
Temple Bay	19 August	Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple KG, PC was a British politician. He is best known for his association with his brother-in-law William Pitt who he served with in government during Britain's participation in the Seven Years War between 1756 and 1761... , brother of George Grenville, was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1756	12°18′S 143°08′E
Cockburn Islands Cockburn Islands The Cockburn Islands are an island group located in Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, west of the Kent Peninsula, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Breakwater Islands, Cheere Islands, Piercey Islands, Porden Islands, Stockport...	19 August	Admiral George Cockburn was a Commissioner of Longitude and Comptroller of the Navy when Cook left England.	11°51′S 143°18′E
Cape Grenville Cape Grenville Cape Grenville , is a small, east-facing promontory along the Queensland, Australia coast of Cape York Peninsula. It lies between Shelburne Bay to the north and Temple Bay to the south. The nearest significant settlement is Weipa, Queensland, along the western coast of Cape York.The northern part...	19 August	George Grenville George Grenville George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...	11°58′S 143°15′E
Shelburne Bay	20 August		11°49′S 142°58′E
Orfordness	20 August		11°17′S 142°49′E
New Castle Bay	21 August		10°53′S 142°36′E
York Cape Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in northern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth...	21 August	Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany	10°41′S 142°31′E	Although Cook applied the name York Cape only to the northern tip, the name Cape York Peninsula is now applied to the entire promentory between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea (Pacific Ocean).
York Isles	21 August	Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany	10°41′S 142°31′E
Possession Island Possession Island National Park Possession Island is a small island in the Torres Strait Islands group off the coast of far northern Queensland, Australia.The island is known as Bedanug or Bedhan Lag by its Sovereign Original inhabitants, the Kaurareg people. During his first voyage of discovery James Cook sailed northwards...	22 August	"in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third George III of the United Kingdom George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...  took possession of the whole Eastern coast from the above Latitude [38°S] down to this place by the Name of New Wales1"	10°43′36"S 142°23′49"E	1"The Admiralty copy, as well as that belonging to Her Majesty, calls it New South Wales."
Prince of Wales's Isles	22 August	George Augustus Frederick George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... , Prince of Wales Prince of Wales Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...	10°41′02"S 142°11′06"E
Cape Cornwall	22 August		10°46′S 142°11′E	SW point of Prince of Wales Island
Wallis Isles	23 August	probably after Captain Samuel Wallis Samuel Wallis Samuel Wallis was a Cornish navigator who circumnavigated the world.Wallis was born near Camelford, Cornwall. In 1766 he was given the command of HMS Dolphin to circumnavigate the world, accompanied by the Swallow under the command of Philip Carteret... , who made a voyage across the Pacific in the Dolphin in 1767, and discovered Tahiti	10°52′S 141°57′E
Endeavours Streights	23 August	HMS Endeavour HM Bark Endeavour HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771....	10°49′S 142°06′E
Booby Island	23 August	"mostly a barren rock frequented by Birds, such as Boobies Booby A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:... "	10°36′S 141°54′E