Name
Date (1770)
Reason for naming
Coords
Notes
Point Hicks
19 April
Lieutenant Zachary Hickes , "was the first who discover'd this land"
37°48′S 149°16′E / 37.800°S 149.267°E / -37.800; 149.267
spelled his name Hickes, Cook wrote it without the "e"
Ram Head
19 April
Ramhead "go in to Plymouth Sound "
37°46′S 149°29′E / 37.767°S 149.483°E / -37.767; 149.483
Cape Howe
20 April
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
37°30′S 149°58′E / 37.500°S 149.967°E / -37.500; 149.967
Cape Dromedary (Montague Island )
21 April
A point running out from under Mount Dromedary.
36°17′S 150°08′E / 36.283°S 150.133°E / -36.283; 150.133
Cook mistook Montague Island for a headland.[3]
Mount Dromedary
21 April
"pretty high mountain laying near the shore which on account of its figure I named Mount Dromedary"
36°17′51″S 150°01′00″E / 36.29750°S 150.01667°E / -36.29750; 150.01667
now called Mount Gulaga
Batemans Bay
21 April
35°42′S 150°11′E / 35.700°S 150.183°E / -35.700; 150.183
Point Upright
22 April
"on account of its perpendicular Clifts"
35°37′S 150°19′E / 35.617°S 150.317°E / -35.617; 150.317
Pigeon House
22 April
"a remarkable peaked hill laying inland the top of which look'd like a Pigeon house"
35°17′S 150°17′E / 35.283°S 150.283°E / -35.283; 150.283
Marked on chart as Pidgeon House
Cape St. George
23 April
discovered on St George's Day
35°10′S 150°45′E / 35.167°S 150.750°E / -35.167; 150.750
now Jervis Bay Territory
Long Nose
25 April
"on account of its Figure"
34°48′S 150°40′E / 34.800°S 150.667°E / -34.800; 150.667
now called Beecroft Peninsula (to the north of Jervis Bay )
Red Point
25 April
red colour
34°29′S 150°55′E / 34.483°S 150.917°E / -34.483; 150.917
Point Solander
28 April
Daniel Solander , botanist on board
34°00′S 151°14′E / 34.000°S 151.233°E / -34.000; 151.233
to the south of Botany Bay
Botany Bay
28 April – 6 May
"The great quantity of plants Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander found in this place occasioned my giving it the Name of Botany Bay"
33°58′S 151°10′E / 33.967°S 151.167°E / -33.967; 151.167
originally Stingray Harbour
Cape Banks
6 May
Joseph Banks
33°59′S 151°15′E / 33.983°S 151.250°E / -33.983; 151.250
to the north of Botany Bay
Port Jackson
6 May
George Jackson , a secretary of the Admiralty
33°50′S 151°16′E / 33.833°S 151.267°E / -33.833; 151.267
Broken Bay
7 May
"broken land that appear'd to form a bay"
33°34′07″S 151°19′00″E / 33.56861°S 151.31667°E / -33.56861; 151.31667
Cook's Broken Bay was the area near Narrabeen Lake.
Cape Three Points
7 May
"high land which projected out in 3 bluff Points"
33°29′S 151°26′E / 33.483°S 151.433°E / -33.483; 151.433
between Copacabana and Avoca Beach
Point Stephens
11 May
Sir Philip Stephens , Secretary to the Admiralty (1763–95)
32°44′S 152°12′E / 32.733°S 152.200°E / -32.733; 152.200
On the coast near Fingal Bay, New South Wales
Port Stephens
11 May
Sir Philip Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty
32°41′46″S 152°08′30″E / 32.69611°S 152.14167°E / -32.69611; 152.14167
Black Head
11 May
32°04′S 152°32′E / 32.067°S 152.533°E / -32.067; 152.533
SE of Tinonee
Cape Hawke
11 May
Sir Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke , First Lord of the Admiralty
32°12′S 152°34′E / 32.200°S 152.567°E / -32.200; 152.567
Three Brothers
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 / 31.66444°S 152.77389°E / -31.66444; 152.77389
called separately South Brother (31°44′37″S 152°40′15″E / 31.74361°S 152.67083°E / -31.74361; 152.67083 ), Middle Brother and North Brother
Smoakey Cape
13 May
"fires that Caused a great Quantity of smoke" on the cape
30°54′S 153°06′E / 30.900°S 153.100°E / -30.900; 153.100
Solitary Isles
15 May
29°55′S 153°23′E / 29.917°S 153.383°E / -29.917; 153.383
Cape Byron
15 May
John Byron
28°37′58″S 153°38′20″E / 28.63278°S 153.63889°E / -28.63278; 153.63889
Easternmost point of Australia
Mount Warning
16 May
breakers found within sight
28°23′50″S 153°16′15″E / 28.39722°S 153.27083°E / -28.39722; 153.27083
Point Danger
16 May
Point off which shoals lie
28°10′S 153°33′E / 28.167°S 153.550°E / -28.167; 153.550
Cook's Point Danger was Fingal Head – 2n Miles South of the present-day Point Danger on the Qld –NSW border
Point Lookout
17 May
27°26′S 153°33′E / 27.433°S 153.550°E / -27.433; 153.550
North-eastern point of North Stradbroke Island
Morton Bay
17 May
Robert Hinch, 14th Earl of Morton , was President of the Royal Society
27°15′S 153°15′E / 27.250°S 153.250°E / -27.250; 153.250
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 .
Cape Morton
17 May
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
27°01′S 153°28′E / 27.017°S 153.467°E / -27.017; 153.467
Northern end of Moreton Island
Glasshouse Bay
17 May
27°04′S 153°17′E / 27.067°S 153.283°E / -27.067; 153.283
Cook did not realise it was part of Moreton Bay ; between Moreton Island and Bribie Island
The Glass Houses
17 May
hills resemble glass houses
26°55′S 152°56′E / 26.917°S 152.933°E / -26.917; 152.933
Now called The Glass House Mountains
Double Island Point
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 / 25.93250°S 153.18667°E / -25.93250; 153.18667
Wide Bay
18 May
large open bay
25°54′S 153°08′E / 25.900°S 153.133°E / -25.900; 153.133
Wide Bay–Burnett is used as the region name for the larger surrounding area today. Rainbow Beach is on the bay.
Indian Head
19 May
"a number of the Natives were Assembled" there
25°00′S 153°22′E / 25.000°S 153.367°E / -25.000; 153.367
Eastern point of Fraser Island
Sandy Cape
20 May
sand
24°41′52″S 153°15′21″E / 24.69778°S 153.25583°E / -24.69778; 153.25583
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 / 24.417°S 153.217°E / -24.417; 153.217
shoal projecting north from the north tip of Fraser Island
Herveys Bay
21 May
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
25°17′7″S 152°52′22″E / 25.28528°S 152.87278°E / -25.28528; 152.87278
South Head
23 May
South head of Bustard Bay
24°08′54″S 151°53′09″E / 24.14833°S 151.88583°E / -24.14833; 151.88583
Now known as Round Hill Head. Village of 1770 located there, Cook's first landing in Queensland and second in Australia.
Bustard Bay
23 May
bustard (bird)
24°06′S 151°49′E / 24.100°S 151.817°E / -24.100; 151.817
North Head
23 May
North head of Bustard Bay
24°01′S 151°46′E / 24.017°S 151.767°E / -24.017; 151.767
Now known as Bustard Head
Cape Capricorn
25 May
Tropic of Capricorn
23°28′S 151°13′E / 23.467°S 151.217°E / -23.467; 151.217
NE point of Curtis Island
Keppel Isles
26 May
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
23°10′30″S 150°57′40″E / 23.17500°S 150.96111°E / -23.17500; 150.96111
Great Keppel Island largest of the group
Keppel Bay
27 May
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
23°23′S 150°53′E / 23.383°S 150.883°E / -23.383; 150.883
Cape Manyfold
27 May
"from the Number of high Hills over it"
22°41′S 150°50′E / 22.683°S 150.833°E / -22.683; 150.833
The Two Brothers
28 May
22°42′S 150°59′E / 22.700°S 150.983°E / -22.700; 150.983
Island Head
28 May
22°20′S 150°39′E / 22.333°S 150.650°E / -22.333; 150.650
Cape Townshend
28 May
Charles Townshend, Lord of the Admiralty 1765-1770[4]
22°12′S 150°29′E / 22.200°S 150.483°E / -22.200; 150.483
northern tip of Townshend Island
Shoal Water Bay
28 May
Shoal water
22°22′S 150°22′E / 22.367°S 150.367°E / -22.367; 150.367
Northumberland Isles
28 May
21°40′S 150°10′E / 21.667°S 150.167°E / -21.667; 150.167
Thirsty Sound
30 May
"by reason we could find no fresh Water"
22°10′S 149°58′E / 22.167°S 149.967°E / -22.167; 149.967
Bay of Inlets
1 June
"the Number of Inlets, Creeks, etc., in it."
22°19′S 149°50′E / 22.317°S 149.833°E / -22.317; 149.833
Named a 100 km region of coastline from Cape Palmerston (south of Mackay ) to Cape Townshend (name no longer in use)
Long Isle
1 June
22°07′S 149°54′E / 22.117°S 149.900°E / -22.117; 149.900
Broad Sound
1 June
22°10′S 149°45′E / 22.167°S 149.750°E / -22.167; 149.750
Cape Palmerston
1 June
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston , Lord of the Admiralty, 1766–78
21°01′S 149°29′E / 21.017°S 149.483°E / -21.017; 149.483
SE of Carmila
Slade Point
2 June
21°03′S 149°13′E / 21.050°S 149.217°E / -21.050; 149.217
Cape Hillsborough
2 June
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (the Earl of Hillsborough); First Secretary of State for the Colonies, and President of the Board of Trade
20°54′S 149°02′E / 20.900°S 149.033°E / -20.900; 149.033
30 km NNW of Mackay
Repulse Bay
3 June
20°33′S 148°45′E / 20.550°S 148.750°E / -20.550; 148.750
Cape Conway
3 June
General Henry Seymour Conway , Secretary of State 1765–68
20°31′S 148°54′E / 20.517°S 148.900°E / -20.517; 148.900
Whitsundays Passage
4 June
discovered on Whitsunday
20°17′S 148°52′E / 20.283°S 148.867°E / -20.283; 148.867
between Hamilton Island , Whitsunday Island and the mainland
Cumberland Isles
4 June
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn ,
20°34′S 149°08′E / 20.567°S 149.133°E / -20.567; 149.133
Originally the name for what are now called the Whitsunday Islands ; Cook only called the passage Whitsundays. [1]
Cape Gloucester
4 June
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
20°00′55″S 148°27′18″E / 20.01528°S 148.45500°E / -20.01528; 148.45500
Actually an island
Holburn Isle
4 June
Admiral Francis Holburne
19°43′S 148°21′E / 19.717°S 148.350°E / -19.717; 148.350
Edgecumbe Bay
4 June
Captain George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe commanded the Lancaster in the fleet in North America in 1758 in which Cook served.
20°06′S 148°23′E / 20.100°S 148.383°E / -20.100; 148.383
Mount Upstart
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 / 19.733°S 147.800°E / -19.733; 147.800
Cape Bowling Green
5 June
19°18′S 147°24′E / 19.300°S 147.400°E / -19.300; 147.400
Cape Cleveland
6 June
either in honour of a John Clevland the Secretary to the Admiralty around that time, or after Cleveland, England where he was born.[5]
19°10′S 147°00′E / 19.167°S 147.000°E / -19.167; 147.000
Cook spelled the name with an "e", adding to the confusion
Cleveland Bay
6 June
19°13′S 146°55′E / 19.217°S 146.917°E / -19.217; 146.917
Magnetical Island
6 June
"the Compass did not traverse well when near it"
19°08′S 146°50′E / 19.133°S 146.833°E / -19.133; 146.833
Now called Magnetic Island
Palm Isles
6 June
18°44′S 146°35′E / 18.733°S 146.583°E / -18.733; 146.583
Halifax Bay
8 June
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax was Secretary of State 1763–65
18°50′S 146°30′E / 18.833°S 146.500°E / -18.833; 146.500
Point Hillock
8 June
18°25′S 146°21′E / 18.417°S 146.350°E / -18.417; 146.350
on Hinchinbrook Island
Cape Sandwich
8 June
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
18°14′S 146°17′E / 18.233°S 146.283°E / -18.233; 146.283
on Hinchinbrook Island
Family Islands
8 June
18°01′S 146°10′E / 18.017°S 146.167°E / -18.017; 146.167
Dunk Island
8 June
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
17°56′48″S 146°09′22″E / 17.94667°S 146.15611°E / -17.94667; 146.15611
Rockingham Bay
8 June
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
18°08′S 146°04′E / 18.133°S 146.067°E / -18.133; 146.067
Double Point
8 June
17°40′S 146°09′E / 17.667°S 146.150°E / -17.667; 146.150
Frankland Islands
9 June
Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
17°09′49″S 146°00′42″E / 17.16361°S 146.01167°E / -17.16361; 146.01167
Cape Grafton
9 June
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton was Prime Minister when Cook sailed
16°51′55″S 145°55′00″E / 16.86528°S 145.91667°E / -16.86528; 145.91667
Fitzroy Island
9 June
16°56′S 146°00′E / 16.933°S 146.000°E / -16.933; 146.000
Green Island
10 June
"a Low green woody Island"
16°45′S 145°58′E / 16.750°S 145.967°E / -16.750; 145.967
Trinity Bay
10 June
discovered on Trinity Sunday
16°54′S 145°47′E / 16.900°S 145.783°E / -16.900; 145.783
Cape Tribulation
10 June
"because here began all our Troubles"
16°04′S 145°28′E / 16.067°S 145.467°E / -16.067; 145.467
Cook hit a reef here, before changing course, and later that night hitting Endeavour Reef.
Hope Island
13 June
"we were always in hopes of being able to reach these Islands"
15°43′S 145°27′E / 15.717°S 145.450°E / -15.717; 145.450
Weary Bay
13 June
15°54′S 145°22′E / 15.900°S 145.367°E / -15.900; 145.367
Endeavour River
14 June – 4 August
HM Bark Endeavour
15°27′30″S 145°14′00″E / 15.45833°S 145.23333°E / -15.45833; 145.23333
Ship beached while repairs conducted, near modern-day Cooktown
Cape Bedford
4 August
Probably after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford , who had been First Lord of the Admiralty, 1744–47
15°13′S 145°20′E / 15.217°S 145.333°E / -15.217; 145.333
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 / 14.933°S 145.350°E / -14.933; 145.350
Islands of Direction
10 August
14°44′S 145°30′E / 14.733°S 145.500°E / -14.733; 145.500
South Direction Island and North Direction Island
Point Lookout
11 August
14°49′S 145°13′E / 14.817°S 145.217°E / -14.817; 145.217
Not to be confused with the Point Lookout which Cook had earlier so named, being the north-eastern point of North Stradbroke Island .
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 / 14.667°S 145.450°E / -14.667; 145.450
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 Eagles ; 2 of the Latter we shott and some of the others"
14°41′S 145°22′E / 14.683°S 145.367°E / -14.683; 145.367
Providential Channel
17 August
providence
12°36′S 143°49′E / 12.600°S 143.817°E / -12.600; 143.817
Cape Weymouth
17 August
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, Viscount Weymouth was one of the Secretaries of State when the Endeavour sailed
12°36′S 143°26′E / 12.600°S 143.433°E / -12.600; 143.433
Weymouth Bay
17 August
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
12°29′S 143°20′E / 12.483°S 143.333°E / -12.483; 143.333
Forbes Islands
19 August
Admiral John Forbes was a Commissioner of Longitude in 1768, and had been a Lord of the Admiralty 1756–63
12°17′S 143°24′E / 12.283°S 143.400°E / -12.283; 143.400
Bolt Head
19 August
12°15′S 143°06′E / 12.250°S 143.100°E / -12.250; 143.100
Sir Charles Hardy's Isles
18 August
11°55′S 143°28′E / 11.917°S 143.467°E / -11.917; 143.467
Temple Bay
19 August
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple , brother of George Grenville, was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1756
12°18′S 143°08′E / 12.300°S 143.133°E / -12.300; 143.133
Cockburn Islands
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 / 11.850°S 143.300°E / -11.850; 143.300
Cape Grenville
19 August
George Grenville
11°58′S 143°15′E / 11.967°S 143.250°E / -11.967; 143.250
Shelburne Bay
20 August
11°49′S 142°58′E / 11.817°S 142.967°E / -11.817; 142.967
Orfordness
20 August
11°17′S 142°49′E / 11.283°S 142.817°E / -11.283; 142.817
New Castle Bay
21 August
10°53′S 142°36′E / 10.883°S 142.600°E / -10.883; 142.600
York Cape
21 August
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
10°41′S 142°31′E / 10.683°S 142.517°E / -10.683; 142.517
Although Cook applied the name York Cape only to the northern tip, the name Cape York Peninsula is now applied to the entire promontory 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 / 10.683°S 142.517°E / -10.683; 142.517
Possession Island
22 August
"in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third 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 / 10.72667°S 142.39694°E / -10.72667; 142.39694
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 , Prince of Wales
10°41′02″S 142°11′06″E / 10.68389°S 142.18500°E / -10.68389; 142.18500
Cape Cornwall
22 August
10°46′S 142°11′E / 10.767°S 142.183°E / -10.767; 142.183
SW point of Prince of Wales Island
Wallis Isles
23 August
probably after Captain Samuel Wallis , who made a voyage across the Pacific in the Dolphin in 1767, and discovered Tahiti
10°52′S 141°57′E / 10.867°S 141.950°E / -10.867; 141.950
Endeavours Strait
23 August
HMB Endeavour
10°49′S 142°06′E / 10.817°S 142.100°E / -10.817; 142.100
Booby Island
23 August
"mostly a barren rock frequented by Birds, such as Boobies "
10°36′S 141°54′E / 10.600°S 141.900°E / -10.600; 141.900