Sungai Endeavour
sungai di Australia
Sungai Endeavour adalah sebuah aliran sungai yang terletak di Cape York Peninsula di Far North Queensland, Australia.
| Endeavour (Wabalumbaal) | |
| Endeavours | |
| Sungai | |
 Sungai Endeavour di Marton, 2004
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| Nama asal: HMS Endeavour[1] | |
| Negara | Australia |
|---|---|
| Negara bagian | Queensland |
| Region | Far North Queensland |
| Primary source | Cabang Kanan Sungai Endeavour |
| - location | barat laut Hopevale, Queensland |
| - elevation | 327 m (1.073 ft) |
| Secondary source | Cabang Utara Sungai Endeavour |
| - location | below Honeysuckle Flat |
| - elevation | 160 m (525 ft) |
| Additional source | Cabang Selatan Sungai Endeavour |
| - location | dekat Alderbury |
| - elevation | 109 m (358 ft) |
| Sumber konfluensi | Cabang Kanan dari Sungai Endeavour |
| - lokasi | Taman Nasional Sungai Endeavour |
| Muara | Laut Karang |
| - lokasi | Cooktown |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Panjang | 140 km (87 mi) |
| DAS | 1.315 km2 (508 sq mi) |
| National park | Taman Nasional Sungai Endeavour |
| Wikimedia Commons: Sungai Endeavour | |
| [2][3][4][5] | |
Sejarah sunting
James Cook, RN menamai sungai tersebut pada 1770 setelah ia terpaksa melabuhkan kapalnya, HMS Endeavour,[1] untuk perbaikan di mulut sungainya, setelah terbentur di Karang Endeavour.[6] Joseph Banks menamai sungai tersebut Sungai Endeavours[7]
Referensi sunting
- ^ a b Shay, John; Shay, Bev (ed.). The Endeavour at the Endeavour: Cook's and Bank's journals from 11 June to 4 August 1770. Cooktown and District Historical Society.
- ^ "Map of Endeavour River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Diakses tanggal 27 Oktober 2015.
- ^ "Map of Endeavour River Right Branch, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Diakses tanggal 27 Oktober 2015.
- ^ "Map of Endeavour River South Branch, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Diakses tanggal 27 Oktober 2015.
- ^ "Map of Endeavour River North Branch, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Diakses tanggal 27 Oktober 2015.
- ^ Collingridge, Vanessa (February 2003). Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer. Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-188898-0.
- ^ The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks