Cape Manifold
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Cape Manifold is a coastal headland in central Queensland
, Australia
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It was named by Captain Cook when he saw it from Keppel Bay
(to the south) on 27 May 1770, "from the Number of high Hills over it". He spelt it both Manyfold and Manifold in different journal entries, today Manifold is usual.
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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It was named by Captain Cook when he saw it from Keppel Bay
Keppel Bay
Keppel Bay is a broad bay in Central Queensland, Australia at the mouth of the Fitzroy River. Cape Keppel is at the Eastern end of the bay.The bay and the nearby Keppel Islands were named by Captain Cook when he was there on 27 May 1770, after Admiral Augustus Keppel of the British Royal...
(to the south) on 27 May 1770, "from the Number of high Hills over it". He spelt it both Manyfold and Manifold in different journal entries, today Manifold is usual.