title: Edgecumbe Bay
text: # Edgecumbe Bay
  
  Edgecumbe Bay is a bay in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
  
  ## Geography
  
  It is located between Cape Edgecumbe and Cape Gloucester and is part of the Coral Sea.
  
  ## History
  
  The bay was named by Lieutenant James Cook on 4 June 1770 in honour of George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.
  
  