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Cooktown
Town in Queensland, Australia

Cooktown

Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.

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Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. Both the town and Mount Cook which rises up behind the town were named after James Cook.

How locals move

Getting around Cooktown the local way

  • Go nextIt's possible to go into the Cape Melville National Park along tracks, with a 4wd, or return to the Peninsula Developmental Road at Lakefield, to continue north to Weipa.

From Wikivoyage: Cooktown, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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