La Perouse
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La Perouse may refer to
and the following places which were named after him:
and the following ships which were named after him:
- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, a French naval officer and explorer,
and the following places which were named after him:
- La Perouse, New South WalesLa Perouse, New South WalesLapérouse is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb of Lapérouse is located about 14 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Randwick....
, a suburb of Sydney - La Perouse StraitLa Perouse StraitLa Pérouse Strait is a strait dividing the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin from the northern part of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east....
, a strait between the Russia island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido - La Perouse BayLa Perouse BayLa Perouse Bay is located south of the town of Wailea-Makena, Hawaii at the end of Makena Alanui Road at . The bay's Hawaiian name is Keoneoio....
, a bay on MauiMauiThe island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
, HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... - La Pérouse, Algiers, old name of city of TamentfoustTamentfoustTamentfoust , also known as La Pérouse, is a port in the Dar El Beïda district of Algiers, Algeria.- Different names :The port has had many names over history :-Geography:...
- Lycée Français La PérouseLycée Français La PérouseThe Lycée Français La Pérouse is a total immersion French language school based in San Francisco, California which allows students to study for the French baccalauréat and the American high school diploma. The program is based on the French national curriculum augmented by courses in English in...
, a total immersion French languageFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
school based in San Francisco, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and the following ships which were named after him:
- The Lapérouse class are Hydrographic survey ships of the French Navy.
- Lapérouse A791 is a current serving ship of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the French Navy, launched at Brest in 1988
- LapérouseFrench cruiser LapérouseThe Lapérouse was a barbette cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, named after Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse....
, launched at Brest in 1877