List of Australian places named by James Cook
# List of Australian places named by James Cook

This is a list of Australian places named by James Cook. James Cook was the first navigator to chart most of the Australian east 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 gazetted, 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 listed from south to north as described on his 1773 chart and in his journals.

## List

| Name | Date (1770) | Reason for naming | Coords | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Point Hicks | 19 April | Lieutenant Zachary Hickes, "was the first who discover'd this land" However, there is no land feature at Cook's coordinates. In 1970, Cape Everard was renamed Point Hicks. | 37°48′S 149°16′E﻿ / ﻿37.800°S 149.267°E﻿ / -37.800; 149.267﻿ (Point Hickes (Point Hicks)) | 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 (Ram Head (Rame Head)) | |
| 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 Howe) | |
| 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 (Cape Dromedary (Montague Island)) | Cook mistook Montague Island for a headland. |
| 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 (Mount Dromedary (Mount Gulaga)) | now called Mount Gulaga |
| Batemans Bay | 21 April | | 35°42′S 150°11′E﻿ / ﻿35.700°S 150.183°E﻿ / -35.700; 150.183﻿ (Batemans Bay) | |
| 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 (Point Upright) | |
| 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 (Pegeon House (Pigeon House Mountain)) | 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 (Cape St. George (Jervis Bay Territory)) | 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 (Long Nose (Beecroft Peninsula)) | 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 (Red Point) | |
| 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 (Point Solander) | 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 (Botany Bay) | 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 (Cape Banks) | 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 (Port Jackson) | |
| 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 (Broken Bay) | 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 (Cape Three Points) | 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 (Point Stephens) | 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 (Port Stephens) | |
| Black Head | 11 May | | 32°04′S 152°32′E﻿ / ﻿32.067°S 152.533°E﻿ / -32.067; 152.533﻿ (Black Head) | 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 (Cape Hawke) | |
| 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 (Three Brothers) | called separately South Brother (31°44′37″S 152°40′15″E﻿ / ﻿31.74361°S 152.67083°E﻿ / -31.74361; 152.67083﻿ (South Brother) ), 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 (Smoakey Cape (Smoky Cape)) | |
| Solitary Isles | 15 May | | 29°55′S 153°23′E﻿ / ﻿29.917°S 153.383°E﻿ / -29.917; 153.383﻿ (Solitary Isles) | |
| Cape Byron | 15 May | John Byron | 28°37′58″S 153°38′20″E﻿ / ﻿28.63278°S 153.63889°E﻿ / -28.63278; 153.63889﻿ (Cape Byron) | 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 (Mount Warning) | |
| 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 (Point Danger) | 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 (Point Lookout) | North-eastern point of North Stradbroke Island |
| Morton Bay | 17 May | James Douglas, 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 (Morton Bay (Moreton Bay)) | 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 (Cape Morton (Cape Moreton)) | 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 (Glasshouse Bay (Moreton Bay)) | 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 (The Glass Houses (Glass House Mountains)) | 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 (Double Island Point) | |
| 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) | 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 (Indian Head) | 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 (Sandy Cape) | 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 (Break Sea Spit) | 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 (Hervey Bay) | |
| 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 (1770 (Round Hill Head)) | Now known as Round Hill Head, 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 (Bustard Bay) | |
| 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 (North Head (Bustard Head)) | 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 (Cape Capricorn) | 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 (Keppel Isles) | 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 (Keppel Bay) | |
| 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 (Cape Manyfold (Cape Manifold)) | |
| The Two Brothers | 28 May | | 22°42′S 150°59′E﻿ / ﻿22.700°S 150.983°E﻿ / -22.700; 150.983﻿ (The Two Brothers) | |
| Island Head | 28 May | | 22°20′S 150°39′E﻿ / ﻿22.333°S 150.650°E﻿ / -22.333; 150.650﻿ (Island Head) | |
| Cape Townshend | 28 May | Charles Townshend, Lord of the Admiralty 1765-1770 | 22°12′S 150°29′E﻿ / ﻿22.200°S 150.483°E﻿ / -22.200; 150.483﻿ (Cape Townshend) | 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 (Shoalwater Bay) | |
| Northumberland Isles | 28 May | | 21°40′S 150°10′E﻿ / ﻿21.667°S 150.167°E﻿ / -21.667; 150.167﻿ (Northumberland Isles (Northumberland Islands)) | |
| 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 (Thirsty Sound) | |
| 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 (Bay of Inlets) | 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 (Long Isle (Long Island)) | |
| Broad Sound | 1 June | | 22°10′S 149°45′E﻿ / ﻿22.167°S 149.750°E﻿ / -22.167; 149.750﻿ (Broad Sound) | |
| 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 (Cape Palmerston) | SE of Carmila |
| Slade Point | 2 June | | 21°03′S 149°13′E﻿ / ﻿21.050°S 149.217°E﻿ / -21.050; 149.217﻿ (Slade Point) | |
| 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 (Cape Hillsborough) | 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 (Repulse Bay) | |
| 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 (Cape Conway) | |
| Whitsundays Passage | 4 June | discovered on Whitsunday | 20°17′S 148°52′E﻿ / ﻿20.283°S 148.867°E﻿ / -20.283; 148.867﻿ (Whitsundays Passage) | 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 (Cumberland Isles) | Originally the name for what are now called the Whitsunday Islands; Cook only called the passage Whitsundays. |
| 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 (Cape Gloucester) | 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 (Holburn Isle (Holbourne Island)) | |
| 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 (Edgecumbe Bay) | |
| 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 (Mount Upstart) | |
| Cape Bowling Green | 5 June | | 19°18′S 147°24′E﻿ / ﻿19.300°S 147.400°E﻿ / -19.300; 147.400﻿ (Cape Bowling Green) | |
| 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. | 19°10′S 147°00′E﻿ / ﻿19.167°S 147.000°E﻿ / -19.167; 147.000﻿ (Cape Cleveland) | Cook spelled the name with an "e", adding to the confusion |
| Cleveland Bay | 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. | 19°13′S 146°55′E﻿ / ﻿19.217°S 146.917°E﻿ / -19.217; 146.917﻿ (Cleveland Bay) | Cook spelled the name with an "e", adding to the confusion |
| 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 (Magnetical Island (Magnet Island)) | Now called Magnetic Island |
| Palm Isles | 6 June | | 18°44′S 146°35′E﻿ / ﻿18.733°S 146.583°E﻿ / -18.733; 146.583﻿ (Palm Isles) | |
| 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 (Halifax Bay) | |
| Point Hillock | 8 June | | 18°25′S 146°21′E﻿ / ﻿18.417°S 146.350°E﻿ / -18.417; 146.350﻿ (Point Hillock) | 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 (Cape Sandwich) | on Hinchinbrook Island |
| Family Islands | 8 June | | 18°01′S 146°10′E﻿ / ﻿18.017°S 146.167°E﻿ / -18.017; 146.167﻿ (Family Islands) | |
| 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 (Dunk Island) | |
| 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 (Rockingham Bay) | |
| Double Point | 8 June | | 17°40′S 146°09′E﻿ / ﻿17.667°S 146.150°E﻿ / -17.667; 146.150﻿ (Double Point) | |
| 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 (Frankland Islands) |
| 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 (Cape Grafton) | |
| Fitzroy Island | 9 June | | 16°56′S 146°00′E﻿ / ﻿16.933°S 146.000°E﻿ / -16.933; 146.000﻿ (Fitzroy Island) | |
| 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 (Green Island) | |
| Trinity Bay | 10 June | discovered on Trinity Sunday | 16°54′S 145°47′E﻿ / ﻿16.900°S 145.783°E﻿ / -16.900; 145.783﻿ (Trinity Bay) | |
| 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 (Cape Tribulation) | 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 (Hope Island) | |
| Weary Bay | 13 June | | 15°54′S 145°22′E﻿ / ﻿15.900°S 145.367°E﻿ / -15.900; 145.367﻿ (Weary Bay) | |
| 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 (Endeavour River) | 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 Bedford) | |
| 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 (Cape Flattery) | |
| Islands of Direction | 10 August | | 14°44′S 145°30′E﻿ / ﻿14.733°S 145.500°E﻿ / -14.733; 145.500﻿ (Islands of Direction) | 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 (Point Lookout) | 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) | 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 (Eagle Island) | |
| Providential Channel | 17 August | providence | 12°36′S 143°49′E﻿ / ﻿12.600°S 143.817°E﻿ / -12.600; 143.817﻿ (Providential Channel) | |
| 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 (Cape Weywouth) | |
| 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 (Weymouth Bay) | |
| 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 (Forbes Islands) | |
| Bolt Head | 19 August | | 12°15′S 143°06′E﻿ / ﻿12.250°S 143.100°E﻿ / -12.250; 143.100﻿ (Bolt Head) | |
| Sir Charles Hardy's Isles | 18 August | | 11°55′S 143°28′E﻿ / ﻿11.917°S 143.467°E﻿ / -11.917; 143.467﻿ (Sir Charles Hardy's Isles (Sir Charles Hardy Islands)) | |
| 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 (Template Bay) | |
| 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 (Cockburn Islands) | |
| Cape Grenville | 19 August | George Grenville | 11°58′S 143°15′E﻿ / ﻿11.967°S 143.250°E﻿ / -11.967; 143.250﻿ (Cape Grenville) | |
| Shelburne Bay | 20 August | | 11°49′S 142°58′E﻿ / ﻿11.817°S 142.967°E﻿ / -11.817; 142.967﻿ (Shelburne Bay) | |
| Orfordness | 20 August | | 11°17′S 142°49′E﻿ / ﻿11.283°S 142.817°E﻿ / -11.283; 142.817﻿ (Orfordness) | |
| New Castle Bay | 21 August | | 10°53′S 142°36′E﻿ / ﻿10.883°S 142.600°E﻿ / -10.883; 142.600﻿ (New Castle Bay (Newcastle Bay)) | |
| 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 (York Cape (Cape York)) | The northern tip of Australia's east coast now known as Cape York was named by Cook. Cape York Peninsula is the entire promontory between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea (Pacific Ocean) and was not named by Cook (who did not enter the Gulf of Carpentaria), but its name is derived from the name Cook gave to its northern tip. |
| 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 (York Isles) | |
| 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 $Wales^1"$ However, the Admiralty's instructions did not authorized Cook to annex New Holland (Australia), so there was no possession ceremony. Cook re-wrote his hilltop signalling drill as a possession ceremony when he learnt that the French had preceded him across the Pacific. | 10°43′36″S 142°23′49″E﻿ / ﻿10.72667°S 142.39694°E﻿ / -10.72667; 142.39694﻿ (Possession Island) | $^1"The$ 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 (Prince of Wales's Isles) | |
| Cape Cornwall | 22 August | | 10°46′S 142°11′E﻿ / ﻿10.767°S 142.183°E﻿ / -10.767; 142.183﻿ (Cape Cornwall) | 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 (Wallis Isles) | |
| Endeavours Strait | 23 August | HMB Endeavour | 10°49′S 142°06′E﻿ / ﻿10.817°S 142.100°E﻿ / -10.817; 142.100﻿ (Endeavours Strait (Endeavour Strait)) | |
| 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 (Booby Island) | |
