Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook is the name of several places and ships, ultimately named for Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Viscount Hinchinbrooke:
- Places
- Hinchinbrook, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
- Hinchinbrook Island, an island in tropical north Queensland, Australia
- Electoral district of Hinchinbrook a state parliamentary district in North Queensland Australia
- Hinchinbrook Shire a local government area in North Queensland, centred on Ingham, Queensland
- Hinchinbrook Island, a barrier island protecting Prince William Sound in Alaska
- Hinchinbrook Channel, a channel adjacent to Hinchinbrook Island
- Ships
- HMS Hinchinbrook, one of four vessels of the British Royal Navy
- Hinchinbrook, an East Indiaman of the British East India Company that the French captured at the battle of Porto Praya, the British recaptured within days, and that was wrecked in 1783.
See also
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