Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Queensland
• Level 2: Cook Shire

Current local time in Cooktown:

02:19 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Cooktown on map:^[1]

Cooktown GPS coordinates^[2]

15° 27' 56.52" South, 145° 14' 59.424" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	-14.78694°,	144.54672°
Center:	-15.4657°,	145.24984°
Lower-right:	-16.14224°,	145.95297°
Map W x H:	150.7×150.7 km	= 93.6×93.6mi

max Lat:	-10.58257°   ⇑2% North
Cooktown:	-15.4657°
min Lat:	⇓98% South -43.31423°

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min Long	Cooktown	max Long
113.53327°	145.24984°	153.61246°
W 38%⇐		⇒62% E

Elevation

Elevation of Cooktown is 1 m = 3 ft, and this is 121 m = 397 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1715 m = 5627 ft	99.9%
Avg.	122 m = 400 ft
Cooktown	1 m = 3 ft
Min E:	-2 m = -7 ft	0.1%

See also: Australia elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Cooktown is located in South Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Capricorn). Distance of this Southern Tropic circle is 886.3 km =550.7 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Cooktown
Equator	1719.6	1068.5	to North
Tropic Capricorn	886.3	550.7	to South
Antarctic Circle	5681.5	3530.3	to South
South Pole	8287.4	5149.6	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Cooktown: (largest is in red/bold)

• Biboohra 156.8 km =97.4 mi, 172°
• Clifton Beach 151.1 km =93.9 mi, 162°
• Cooya Beach 110.5 km =68.7 mi, 171°
• Craiglie 121.5 km =75.5 mi, 168°
• Hope Vale 24.1 km =15 mi, 321°
• Julatten 127.3 km =79.1 mi, 175°
• Kewarra Beach 153.6 km =95.4 mi, 162°
• Kuranda 156.2 km =97.1 mi, 164°
• Laura 112.8 km =70.1 mi, 266°
• Mossman 111.6 km =69.3 mi, 173°
• Mowbray 124.1 km =77.1 mi, 168°
• Palm Cove 149.6 km =93 mi, 162°
• Port Douglas 115.6 km =71.8 mi, 168°
• Trinity Beach 154.7 km =96.1 mi, 162°
• Yorkeys Knob 156.9 km =97.5 mi, 161°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Куктаун
• In Chinese: 庫克敦