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===Places named after Cook=== Cook's name has been given to the [[Cook Islands]], [[Cook Strait]], [[Cook Inlet]], [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]], and [[Cook (crater)|Cook crater]] on the Moon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1292 |title=Planetary Names: Crater, Craters: Cook on Moon |work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher=[[USGS]]/NASA |access-date=21 September 2011 |archive-date=17 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117182806/http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1292 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Aoraki / Mount Cook]], the highest summit in New Zealand, is named for him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtcooknz.com/mackenzie/Mount_Cook/ |title=Aoraki Mount Cook National Park & Mt Cook Village, New Zealand |access-date=21 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001060533/http://www.mtcooknz.com/mackenzie/Mount_Cook/ |archive-date=1 October 2011 }}</ref> Another [[Mount Cook (Saint Elias Mountains)|Mount Cook]] is on the border between the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian [[Yukon]] territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geodata.us/canada_names_maps/maps.php?featureid=KABJR&f=311 |title=Map of Mount Cook, Yukon, Mountain β Canada Geographical Names Maps |access-date=21 September 2011 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118224628/http://www.geodata.us/canada_names_maps/maps.php?featureid=KABJR&f=311 |url-status=live}}</ref> Hawaii has a town named [[Captain Cook, Hawaii|Captain Cook]], near his place of death.
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