Edgecumbe Bay

Edgecumbe Bay is a bay in Queensland, Australia. It is located between Cape Edgecumbe and Cape Gloucester and is part of the Coral Sea.

The bay was named by Captain James Cook on 4 June 1770 in honour of George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.[1]

References
  1. "James Cook's Toponyms" (PDF). ANPS Placenames Reports. Retrieved 21 February 2021.


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