This is a list of places named after Captain James Cook (1728–1779), the British explorer, navigator, and cartographer. Numerous geographic features, settlements, administrative divisions, and other locations throughout the world have been named in his honor following his voyages of exploration in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
Countries
editCountry subdivisions
edit- Cook County, New South Wales, Australia[3]
- Division of Cook, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia[4]
- County of Cook, Queensland, Australia
- Electoral district of Cook, Queensland, Australia
Towns
edit- Cook, Australian Capital Territory[5]
- Cooktown, Queensland, Australia[6]
- Cook's Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada[7]
- Mount Cook, Wellington, a suburb in New Zealand[8]
- Cooks Beach, Coromandel, a town in New Zealand
- Captain Cook, Hawaii, United States[9]
Geographic features
editBodies of water
edit- Cooks River, New South Wales, Australia[10][11]
- Cook's Bay, Ortario, Canada
- Cooks Brook (Newfoundland), Canada
- Cook Bay (Tierra del Fuego), Chile
- Cooks Anchorage, also known as Tautira Bay, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Cook's Bay (Moorea), French Polynesia
- Cook Channel, an arm of Dusky Sound, New Zealand
- Cook Stream, in Pickersgill Harbour, Dusky Sound, New Zealand
- Cook's Cove, near Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
- Cook River (New Zealand)
- Cook Strait, New Zealand
- Cook Bay (South Georgia)
- Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States
Glaciers
edit- Cook Glacier, Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Cook Glacier (South Georgia)
Islands
edit- Cook Island (New South Wales), Australia
- Cook Island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
- Cook Island, Kiritimati, Kiribati
- Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
- Cook Rock, South Sandwich Islands
Mountains
edit- Cook Mountains, Antarctica
- Mount Cook near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
- Mount Cook (Saint Elias Mountains), Yukon, Canada and Alaska, United States
- Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand
Extraterrestrial features
edit- 3061 Cook, a minor planet
- Cook crater, the Moon
See also
edit- Cooks' Cottage, Melbourne, Australia
- James Cook Observatory, Gisbourne, New Zealand
- James Cook railway station, Middlesbrough, England
- James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
- James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, England
- List of commemorations of Captain James Cook
- Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Australia
References
edit- ↑ "Place names from Cook's voyages". Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Our History and People". Cook Islands Tourism Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Cook County". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "2016 federal election: profile of the electoral division of Cook (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Search place names: Cook". ACT Government. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "James Cook". Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "James Cook". Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Reed, A. W. (2010). Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Reed Books. ISBN 0790007614.
- ↑ "Cook Landing Site, HI (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ hcsYbOjXZv (18 October 2022). "Cooks River: The History Of Its Early Homes And Bridges". St George Historical Society. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ State Library of New South Wales (8 February 2016). "Rev. Frederick Hugh Hordern beside the plaque: "Parish of Cooks River, named April 12, 1838, after Captain James Cook, RN, discoverer of Australia 1770. Unveiled on 7th of July, 1934, by Captain CJ Pope, RAN."". www.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 June 2026.