Coronado may refer to:

People

Coronado (surname) Coronado is a Spanish surname derived from the village of Cornado, near A Coruña, Galicia. People with the name * Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado" * Abraham Coronado (born 1992), ...

Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján (; 1510 – 22 September 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 15 ...

(1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado" *

Coronado Chávez Coronado Chávez (1807–1881) was President of Honduras from 8 January 1845 to 1 January 1847. For the week prior to his taking office he had been a member of the council of ministers that was running Honduras along with Casto Alvarado. He was ...

(1807–1881), President of Honduras from 1845 to 1847

Places

United States

Coronado Butte Coronado Butte is a -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, United States. It is situated west of the Moran Point overlook on the canyon's South Rim, and one mile northeast of Sinking Ship, its nearest hig ...

, a summit in the Grand Canyon, Arizona *

Coronado, California Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States, across the San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 24,697 at the ...

, a city *

Coronado Heights Coronado Heights is a hill northwest of Lindsborg, Kansas, United States. It is alleged to be near the place where Francisco Vásquez de Coronado gave up his search for the seven cities of gold and turned around to return to Mexico. Coronado H ...

, Kansas, a hill with a public park *

Coronado, Kansas Coronado is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It is located a couple of miles east of Leoti. History Platted in 1885, Coronado was involved in one of the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the Am ...

, an unincorporated community *

Coronado Cave Coronado Cave () is located in Cochise County in southern Arizona near the Mexican border. Walking in the cave is rather easy and the temperature is consistent. Some rooms require crawling in order to enter. The cave has both stalactites and stal ...

, Arizona *

Coronado Historic Site Coronado Historic Site is the Tiwa pueblo of Kuaua and a historic site that is part of the State-governed Museum of New Mexico system. It is located along U.S. Federal Route 550, 1 mile west of Bernalillo and 16 miles north of Albuquerque. Histo ...

, New Mexico *

Coronado National Forest The Coronado National Forest is a United States National Forest that includes an area of about 1.78 million acres (7,200 km2) spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is located in parts of C ...

, in Arizona and New Mexico

Mexico

Coronado Municipality Coronado is one of the 67 Municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Coronado José Esteban Coronado or Villa Coronado is a town and seat of the municipality of Coronado, in the northern Mexican state of ...

, Chihuahua, Mexico *

Coronado Islands The Coronado Islands (''Islas Coronado'' or ''Islas Coronados''; en, Islands of the Coronation(s); Kumeyaay: Mat hasil ewik kakap) are a group of islands located off the northwest coast of the Mexican state of Baja California. Battered by the ...

, island group in Tijuana municipality, Baja California, Mexico *

Isla Coronado Isla Coronado, occasionally referred to as “Smith Island”, is just off the eastern shoreline of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula near Bahía de los Ángeles in the Gulf of California. The island is approximately 7 kilometers long and it ...

, an island and volcano in Ensenada municipality, Baja California, Mexico *

Isla Coronados Isla Coronados, is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula in Baja California Sur state, Mexico. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Loreto Municipality. Ecology Reptilian life Isla Coronados has 16 ...

, Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Elsewhere

* Coronado, Alberta, Canada, a locality *

Vázquez de Coronado (canton) Vázquez de Coronado, and commonly known just as Coronado, is the eleventh canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Isidro. Toponymy Named in honor of the first Spanish colonial governor of Costa Ri ...

, commonly shortened to Coronado, a canton in Costa Rica * Coronado, Panama, a city *

Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede) Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede) is a civil parish in the municipality of Trofa Trofa () is a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal, 18 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 38,999, in an area of ...

, a civil parish in Trofa, Portugal *

Coronado, Uruguay Coronado is a village in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay. Its name comes from Hipólito Coronado (1840-1876). Its main activity is horticultural production. Geography The village is located on the shores of the Uruguay River and share ...

, a village in Artigas Department

Arts and entertainment

* '' Coronado: Stories'', collection of short stories by Dennis Lehane * ''Coronado'' (1935 film), an American comedy film * ''Coronado'' (2003 film), a German-American adventure film *

Fender Coronado The Fender Coronado is a double-cutaway thin-line hollow-body electric guitar, announced in 1965. It is manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. The aesthetic design embodied in the Coronado represents a departure from previous F ...

, an electric guitar

Military

Operation Coronado Operation Coronado was a series of 11 operations conducted by the American Mobile Riverine Force in conjunction with various units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) in the waterways of the Mekong Delta in the south of the coun ...

, a series of military operations in the Vietnam War * , several naval vessels *

Consolidated PB2Y Coronado The PB2Y Coronado is a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft, and used by the US Navy during World War II in bombing, antisubmarine, and transport roles. Obsolete by the end of the war, Coronados were quickly taken o ...

, a World War II United States Navy flying boat *

Naval Base Coronado Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, in Los Angeles County, California, to the Mountain Warfa ...

, a United States Navy base in California

Transportation

Convair 990 Coronado The Convair 990 Coronado is an American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American company General Dynamics. It was a stretched version of its earlier Convair 880 produced in respon ...

, a passenger jet *

Coronado Yachts Coronado Yachts was a US sailboat manufacturer located in Southern California which produced several popular lines in the 1960s and early 1970s. Many of the boats they built are still sailing and racing today. In the 1970s Playvisa obtained a li ...

, an American sailboat manufacturer *

Freightliner Coronado The Freightliner Coronado is a Class 8 conventional truck, intended for long haul and vocational use. It was introduced in January 2001, with production starting for the 2002 model year. It featured Cummins, Caterpillar, and Detroit engine opt ...

, a model of truck *

Coronado Railroad Coronado Railroad was a railroad which operated in a copper mining region of eastern Arizona. The Coronado Railroad was one of the first railroads in Arizona, constructed by Henry Lesinsky in 1879 along Chase Creek, between mines and a smel ...

, a former railroad in Arizona

Other uses

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Cisthene coronado ''Cisthene coronado'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carroll B. Knowlton in 1967. It is found in the US state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United S ...

'', a moth of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

Coronado High School (disambiguation) Coronado High School is the name of several high schools in the United States of America, including: * Coronado High School (Arizona), located in Scottsdale, Arizona * Coronado High School (California), located in Coronado, California * Coronado Hi ...

Coronado School (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Coronado Elementary School is a historic elementary school in the Barelas neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Built in 1936–37 as a Public Works Administration project, it is the city's third-oldest operating elementary school. Coronado Sch ...

, an elementary school on the National Register of Historic Places *

Coronado Theatre The Coronado Performing Arts Center (originally the Coronado Theatre), in Rockford, Illinois, is a 2,400-seat theatre, designed by architect Frederic J. Klein. The theatre cost $1.5 million to build, and opened on October 9, 1927. Interior The t ...

, Rockford, Illinois, United States *

Coronado Coronado may refer to: People * Coronado (surname) * Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred to simply as "Coronado" * Coronado Chávez (1807–1881), President of Honduras from 1845 to 1847 Places United ...

, an electronics brand of retailer Gamble-Skogmo