Name

Address

Notes

Hoogkeppel

Laagkeppel

Gelderland,

Holland

In the Municipality of Hummelo en Keppel.

Keppeldorf

Austria

47° 16' 60N. 15° 43' 0E. Altitude 692m

Keppel Harbour

Singapore

Named after Admiral Sir Henry Keppel who first visited the area in 1832 and helped clear the Straits of pirates. 

Keppel Bay & Great Keppel Island

Queensland, Australia

The first European to travel through the area was Captain James Cook who sailed through the Keppel group between 25 - 27 May 1770.  He named Great Keppel Island and Keppel Bay after Admiral Augustus Keppel - first Lord of the Admiralty.

Keppel Point

Papua New Guinea

Presumably named by Captain Cook as above

Keppel Street

Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

 

Keppel Street

London, England

 

Keppel Street

South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK.

 

Keppel Falls

Marysville, Victoria, Australia

Named after the brothers who settled here in the 1880s

Keppel Island

Newfoundland, Canada

Keppel Island lies offshore from the community of Port Saunders

Keppel Township

Grey/Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

Named after William Coutts Keppel, then Lord Bury, later 7th Earl of Albemarle. Secretary General of the province of Canada in the 1850s.

Keppel (Town/Village?)

Russia

?????

 

Keppel Island

Falkland Islands

Named after Viscount Keppel who accompanied Admiral Anson around the world in 1740, this large uninhabited island is a haven for wildlife.

 

 

 

 

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