Cape Howe is a coastal
headland
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in eastern
Australia
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, forming the south-eastern end of the
Black-Allan Line, a portion of the border between
New South Wales
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and
Victoria.
History
Cape Howe was named by
Captain Cook
Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer famous for his three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans, conducted between 1768 and 1779. He complet ...
when he passed it on 20 April 1770, honouring
Admiral Earl Howe who was
Treasurer of the British Royal Navy at the time. The coordinates Cook gave are almost exactly the modern surveyed location.
See also
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Cape Howe Marine National Park
References
East Gippsland
South Coast (New South Wales)
Howe
Howe
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