Endeavour River

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The Endeavour River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia, historically notable as the site where Captain James Cook beached and repaired HMS Endeavour in 1770.

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Endeavour River canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith HMS Endeavour ⓘ
James Cook ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
countryCode AU ⓘ
countrySubdivision Shire of Cook ⓘ
dateOfEuropeanLanding 1770 ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans James Cook ⓘ
drainageBasin Great Barrier Reef lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Great Barrier Reef
event repair of HMS Endeavour in 1770 ⓘ
flowsInto Coral Sea ⓘ
hasEcosystemType estuarine system ⓘ
tropical river ⓘ
hasEstuary Endeavour River estuary ⓘ
hasFeature freshwater upper reaches ⓘ
mangrove-lined estuary ⓘ
tidal lower reaches ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent careening of HMS Endeavour ⓘ
scientific observations by Cook’s crew ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance site where HMS Endeavour was beached and repaired in 1770 ⓘ
hasNotableFor role in James Cook’s first Pacific voyage ⓘ
hasTributary Endeavour River tributaries ⓘ
hasWildlife mangrove species ⓘ
saltwater crocodile ⓘ
tropical fish species ⓘ
isInProtectedAreaRegion Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area ⓘ
linked to: Great Barrier Reef
languageRegion Guugu Yimithirr language region ⓘ
locatedIn Far North Queensland ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
locatedInBioregion Wet Tropics ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Coral Sea ⓘ
mouthNear Cooktown ⓘ
namedAfter HMS Endeavour ⓘ
namedBy James Cook ⓘ
nearestTown Cooktown ⓘ
partOf Great Barrier Reef catchment ⓘ
linked to: Great Barrier Reef
region Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
traditionalOwners Guugu Yimithirr people ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
visitedBy Daniel Solander ⓘ
Joseph Banks ⓘ
yearNamed 1770 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cooktown → locatedOn → Endeavour River ⓘ
Cooktown Botanic Gardens → locatedOn → Endeavour River ⓘ
Grassy Hill Lighthouse → locatedNear → Endeavour River ⓘ
Grassy Hill Lighthouse → viewOver → Endeavour River ⓘ
Endeavour River National Park → namedAfter → Endeavour River ⓘ
Endeavour River National Park → contains → Endeavour River ⓘ