The Filing Cabinet: The North: Significant Centres
Coen
Located on Kaanju country on the Peninsula Developmental Road within the Cook Shire's boundaries on the Cape York Peninsula, Coen is 395 kilometres south-southeast of Thursday Island, 427 kilometres northwest of Cairns and 204 kilometres southeast of Weipa.
The town's name traces back to Jan Carstensz's 1623 voyage down Cape York Peninsula's west coast. Carstensz named a river estuary — today's Archer River — after Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Today's Coen River, which flows past the township, is one of its tributaries.
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