Cockburn may refer to:

People

* Cockburn (surname), a surname of Scottish origin

Places

Australia

* City of Cockburn, Local Government Area of Western Australia, named after Admiral

Sir George Cockburn Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a British Royal Navy officer. As a captain he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars an ...

* Electoral district of Cockburn, seat in the Western Australian parliament *

Cockburn, South Australia Cockburn ( ) is a town and locality in the east of the Australian state of South Australia immediately adjacent to the border with New South Wales near Broken Hill. It was established because the New South Wales government refused to allow loco ...

, a locality on the NSW-SA state border *

Cockburn River Cockburn River ( ) is a perennial river that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the west slopes of Moonbi Range, near L ...

, tributary of the Namoi River, NSW * Cockburn Central, Western Australia, in the southern suburbs of Perth

Canada

* Cockburn Island (Ontario), a island in Lake Huron * Cape Cockburn (Nunavut), a cape at the southern end of Bathurst Island in Nunavut *

Cockburn River (Nunavut) Cockburn River ( ) is a perennial river that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the west slopes of Moonbi Range, near ...

, a river in north-central

Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...

in Nunavut

Caribbean

* Cockburn Gardens, a district in the eastern part of

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

Cockburn Harbour Cockburn Harbour is a settlement in the Turks and Caicos. It is the largest community on the island of South Caicos, with some 811 people. It has the best natural harbour of the Caicos Islands, and was once an important centre for regional trade ...

, a settlement in the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Cockburn Town Cockburn Town ( ) is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands, spreading across most of Grand Turk Island. It was founded in 1681 by salt collectors. Geography Cockburn Town is located on the largest island in the Turks Islands archipelago, ...

, the capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands * Cockburn Town, Bahamas on

San Salvador Island San Salvador Island (known as Watling's Island from the 1680s until 1925) is an island and district of The Bahamas. It is widely believed that during Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World, this island was the first land he s ...

in the Bahamas, named after Sir Francis Cockburn

Other places

Cockburn Island (Antarctica) Cockburn Island is an oval island long, consisting of a high plateau with steep slopes surmounted on the northwest side by a pyramidal peak high, lying in the north-east entrance to Admiralty Sound, south of the north-east end of the Antarc ...

Cockburn Island (Polynesia) Fangataufa (or Fangatafoa) is an uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. The atoll has been fully-owned by the French state since 1964. From 1966 to 1996 it was used as a nuclear test site by t ...

, the name given by the British to Fangataufa atoll in

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of Frenc ...

Cockburn School Cockburn School (formerly Cockburn High School) is a mixed secondary school located in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The original school on this site was Parkside secondary modern, which was an all-boys school. The he ...

, a secondary school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England *

Cockburn Channel The Cockburn Channel () is a channel that separates the Brecknock Peninsula, which is the westernmost projection of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, from Clarence Island, Capitán Aracena Island and other minor islands in Chile. It is located ...

, a 64 km long sea channel in

Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla G ...

Other uses

Cockburn Collection Cockburn may refer to: People *Cockburn (surname), a surname of Scottish origin Places Australia *City of Cockburn, Local Government Area of Western Australia, named after Admiral Sir George Cockburn *Electoral district of Cockburn, seat in th ...

, a collection of

tartan Tartan ( gd, breacan ) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Sc ...

patterns * Cockburn's Port, a brand of port wine produced by Symington Family Estates