Cape Flattery
Cape Flattery is a cape in northern Queensland approximately 40 kilometres north of Cooktown, Queensland. The headland was named by James Cook on 10 August 1770 as he charted the eastern Australian coast to acknowledgement his misjudgement, believing the ship was "clear of all danger…but this we soon found otherwise".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Cape Flattery
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in northern Queensland, Australia
- Category: cape
- Location: Hope Vale, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Cape Flattery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “弗拉特里角 (昆士蘭州)”
- Dutch: “Cape Flattery”
- Japanese: “フラタリー岬”
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