Places Named After The Dutch
Other places were given Dutch names by later explorers or colonists in honour of the Dutch. These include:
- Duyfken Point - 12°34′S 141°35′E / 12.567°S 141.583°E / -12.567; 141.583 near Weipa where Willem Janszoon first sighted the Australian coast in 1606.
- Tasmania - Australian state, along with 31 other places with the name of Tasman in Tasmania
- Zeehan, Tasmania - 41°53′S 145°20′E / 41.883°S 145.333°E / -41.883; 145.333 town and nearby Mount Zeehan, named by George Bass and Matthew Flinders after Abel Tasman's ship Zeehaen. It is near where Tasman first sighted Tasmania.
- Geelvink Channel was named after a ship, but the ship was named after Joan Geelvinck
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