Carnarvon and Caernarvon are forms of the name Caernarfon which are no longer used for the town in north Wales, but remain in use in other contexts. The first two forms are in English orthography and the third is the

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

spelling, adopted in English since the 1970s. Most places and things named after Caernarfon use one of the former spellings.

Places

Australia

;Queensland * Carnarvon Range *

Carnarvon Highway Carnarvon Highway is a state highway in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, linking the township of Rolleston in Queensland's Central Highlands Region, via the town of St George, eventually to Moree in northern New South Wales. It is th ...

, state highway * Carnarvon National Park **

Carnarvon Gorge Carnarvon Gorge is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in Central Queensland (Australia), 593 km northwest of Brisbane. Primarily created by water erosion, Carnarvon Gorge is around 30 kilometres long, located in Carnarvon Natio ...

* Carnarvon Park, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region *

Carnarvon Station Reserve Carnarvon Station Reserve is a 59,000–hectare nature reserve in the Great Dividing Range of south-eastern Central Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to Carnarvon National Park, and includes most of the Channin Creek valley. It is 600 km ...

;South Australia * County of Carnarvon (South Australia), a cadastral unit of land administration on Kangaroo Island ;Western Australia * Carnarvon (biogeographic region), IBRA region * Carnarvon, Western Australia, coastal town **

Carnarvon Airport (Australia) Carnarvon Airport is an airport at Carnarvon, Western Australia. The airport is publicly owned, meaning that the local government, Shire of Carnarvon, controls it. Airlines and destinations Former Airlines The following airlines have ser ...

Carnarvon County, Western Australia Carnarvon County was one of the 26 counties of Western Australia that were designated in 1829 as cadastral divisions. It approximately corresponds to southern part of the Yilgarn Land District The lands administrative divisions of Western Aust ...

Carnarvon Range (Western Australia) The Little Sandy Desert (LSD) is a desert region in the state of Western Australia, lying to the east of the Pilbara and north of the Gascoyne regions. It is part of the Western Desert cultural region, and was declared an interim Australian ...

Carnarvon Tracking Station The Carnarvon Tracking Station was an Earth tracking station in Australia, located 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) south of Carnarvon, Western Australia. It operated from 1963 until 1975, during which it supported the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab ...

* Carnarvon xeric shrublands, deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion *

OTC Earth Station Carnarvon The OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon, an Earth station in Australia, was established to meet the need for more reliable and higher quality communications for the Apollo program. NASA contracted Australia's Overseas Telecommunications Com ...

* Shire of Carnarvon, local government area

Canada

Caernarvon (Edmonton) Caernarvon is a residential neighbourhood in the Castledowns area of north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is named for a castle in Wales. According to the 2001 federal census, the majority of residential construction in the neighbourhood occurred ...

, residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta *

Carnarvon Elementary School The Vancouver School Board (VSB; officially School District 39 Vancouver) is a school district based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A board of nine trustees normally manages this district that serves the city of Vancouver and the Uni ...

, Vancouver, British Columbia * Carnarvon (Ontario), Hamlet in

Minden Hills Minden Hills is a township in and the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgam of the townships of Snowdon, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon and Minden. It is usually referred to as Minden, after its largest community. The to ...

, Haliburton County, Ontario

Hong Kong

* Carnarvon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

New Zealand

* Carnarvon, former name of the small town of

Himatangi Himatangi is a small settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located at the junction of State Highways 1 and 56, 25 kilometres west of Palmerston North, and seven kilometres east of the coastal sett ...

South Africa

Carnarvon, Northern Cape Carnarvon is a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. History Carnarvon was established in 1853 on a route between Cape Town and Botswana that was followed by early explorers and traders. It was originally established as a ...

, town in the Karoo region **

Carnarvon Airport (South Africa) Carnarvon Airport is a small South African airport located in Carnarvon (Pixley ka Seme District Municipality), Northern Cape. The airport is managed by the Carnarvon Flying Club. It mainly accommodates light and ultra-light aircraft. The ...

United Kingdom (Wales)

* Caernarfon, town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales ** Caernarfon Airport **

Caernarfon Castle Caernarfon Castle ( cy, Castell Caernarfon ) – often anglicised as Carnarvon Castle or Caernarvon Castle – is a medieval fortress in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north-west Wales cared for by Cadw, the Welsh Government's historic environ ...

, castle constructed by King Edward I of England **

Caernarvon railway station Caernarvon railway station was a station on the former Bangor and Carnarvon Railway between Caernarfon, Gwynedd and Menai Suspension Bridge near Bangor. The station was closed to all traffic in January 1972. The station has since been demoli ...

(closed 1970, originally spelled "Carnarvon") **

Caernarfon railway station Caernarfon Station is the northern terminus of the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, located in the town of Caernarfon. It was opened on 11 October 1997 when the line was constructed from Dinas. History The railway between Caernarfon and ...

(Welsh Highland Railway, opened 1997) ** Carnarvon (Pant) railway station a temporary terminus on the town's southern outskirts in the late 1860s **

Carnarvon (Morfa) railway station Caernarvon (Morfa) was the temporary western terminus of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, located on the southern fringe of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. The line from Llanberis to Caernarfon was built from the country end, as were the othe ...

a temporary terminus on the town's southern edge in the late 1860s ** Carnarvon Castle railway station, northern passenger terminus of the Nantlle Railway in the mid-nineteenth century **

Caernarfon Town F.C. Caernarfon Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Caernarfon) is a semi-professional Welsh football club based in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. The club is nicknamed "the Canaries" because of its yellow and green strip, a nickname that dates fr ...

, football team in the League of Wales **

CR Caernarfon Caernarfon Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Caernarfon) is a rugby union team from the town of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales. They currently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division One North League. The club was formed in 1973, and the ...

, rugby union team in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four North League *

Caernarfon Bay Caernarfon Bay (occasionally Caernarvon Bay) is an inlet of the Irish Sea defined by the Llŷn peninsula and Anglesey. The gentle coastline surrounding it is home to villages including Nefyn, Pistyll, Trefor, Gwynedd, Trefor, Llithfaen , and ...

, inlet of the Irish Sea defined by the Llŷn peninsula and Anglesey * Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency) * Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency) * Caernarfonshire, also spelt Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire, one of thirteen historic counties of Wales

United States of America

Carnarvon, Iowa Carnarvon is an unincorporated community in Sac County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. History A post office was established at Carnarvon in 1888. The community was named after Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in ...

Caernarvon, Louisiana Caernarvon is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The name of the community is from a plantation originally located here. The plantation's name is widely believed to be from a similarly named town and cast ...

Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Caernarvon Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,252 at the 2020 census. It is often referred to as Morgantown, the township's largest village. History Caernarvon was so named by Welsh settlers after the t ...

* Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

People

* Earl of Carnarvon, a title created more than once ** Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610–1643) ** Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1632–1709) **

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, (6 January 16739 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated ...

, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1673–1744) **

Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

(1741–1811) ** Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1772–1833) **

Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, FRS (8 June 1800 – 10 December 1849), styled Lord Porchester from 1811 to 1833, was a British writer, traveller, nobleman, and politician. Background and education Herbert was born in London ...

(1800–1849) ** Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831–1890) ** George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923), financed the excavations which discovered Tutankhamun's tomb **

Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (7 November 1898 – 22 September 1987), was a British peer. He was the son of George, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and Almina Wombwell. Life Styled Lord Porchester from birt ...

(1898–1987) ** Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon (1924–2001) ** George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 1956)

Ships

* , Royal Navy cruiser * , Royal Navy frigate, launched 1945

Other

Carnarvonshire Railway The Carnarvonshire Railway was a railway connecting Caernarvon railway station (terminus of the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway line from Bangor) with Afon Wen. History The Carnarvonshire Railway was absorbed into the LNWR in 1869. At the gro ...

1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election The 1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 April 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Caernarvon Boroughs. Previous MP The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Liberal Member ...

Caernarvon tank The FV 214 Conqueror, also known as "Tank, Heavy No. 1, 120 mm Gun, Conqueror" was a British heavy tank of the post-World War II era. It was developed as a response to the Soviet IS-3 heavy tank. The Conqueror's main armament, an L1 120 ...

, a developmental UK heavy tank of 1952 *

Carnarvonia (disambiguation) ''Carnarvonia'' may refer to: * Carnarvonia (plant), ''Carnarvonia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Proteaceae * Carnarvonia (animal), ''Carnarvonia'' (animal), an extinct genus of arthropod {{Genus disambiguation ...

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