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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Carnarvon''' and '''Caernarvon''' are forms of the name '''[[Caernarfon]]''' which are no longer used for the town in north Wales, but remain in use in other contexts. The first two forms are in [[English orthography]] and the third is the [[Welsh orthography|Welsh]] spelling, adopted in English since the 1970s. Most places and things named after Caernarfon use one of the former spellings.<br />
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==Places==<br />
===Australia===<br />
;Queensland<br />
* [[Carnarvon Range]]<br />
* [[Carnarvon Highway]], state highway <br />
* [[Carnarvon National Park]]<br />
** [[Carnarvon Gorge]]<br />
* [[Carnarvon Park, Queensland]], a locality in the Central Highlands Region<br />
* [[Carnarvon Station Reserve]]<br />
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;South Australia<br />
*[[County of Carnarvon (South Australia)]], a cadastral unit of land administration on Kangaroo Island<br />
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;Western Australia<br />
* [[Carnarvon (biogeographic region)]], IBRA region<br />
* [[Carnarvon, Western Australia]], coastal town <br />
** [[Carnarvon Airport (Australia)]]<br />
* [[Carnarvon County, Western Australia]]<br />
* [[Carnarvon Range (Western Australia)]]<br />
* [[Carnarvon Tracking Station]]<br />
* [[Carnarvon xeric shrublands]], deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion<br />
* [[OTC Earth Station Carnarvon]]<br />
* [[Shire of Carnarvon]], local government area<br />
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===Canada===<br />
* [[Caernarvon (Edmonton)]], residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta<br />
* Carnarvon Avenue, [[Upper Lonsdale]], [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|District of North Vancouver]], British Columbia<br />
* [[Carnarvon Elementary School]], Vancouver, British Columbia<br />
* Carnarvon Park (next to [[Vancouver School Board|Carnarvon Elementary School]]), [[Vancouver]], British Columbia<br />
* Carnarvon Park, [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|District of Oak Bay]], [[Vancouver Island]], British Columbia<br />
* Carnarvon Street, [[Victoria, British Columbia|City of Victoria]] and [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|District of Oak Bay]], [[Vancouver Island]], British Columbia<br />
* Carnarvon (Ontario), hamlet in [[Minden Hills]], Haliburton County, Ontario<br />
* [[Mount Carnarvon]], Yoho National Park, Kootenay Land District, British Columbia<br />
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===Hong Kong===<br />
* Carnarvon Road, [[Tsim Sha Tsui]], Kowloon<br />
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===New Zealand===<br />
* Carnarvon, former name of the small town of [[Himatangi]]<br />
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===South Africa===<br />
* [[Carnarvon, Northern Cape]], town in the Karoo region<br />
** [[Carnarvon Airport (South Africa)]]<br />
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===United Kingdom (Wales)===<br />
* [[Caernarfon]], town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales<br />
** [[Caernarfon Airport]]<br />
** [[Caernarfon Castle]], castle constructed by King Edward I of England<br />
** [[Caernarvon railway station]] (closed 1970, originally spelled "Carnarvon")<br />
** [[Caernarfon railway station]] (Welsh Highland Railway, opened 1997)<br />
** [[Carnarvon (Pant) railway station]] a temporary terminus on the town's southern outskirts in the late 1860s<br />
** [[Carnarvon (Morfa) railway station]] a temporary terminus on the town's southern edge in the late 1860s<br />
** [[Carnarvon Castle railway station]], northern passenger terminus of the Nantlle Railway in the mid-nineteenth century<br />
** [[Caernarfon Town F.C.]], football team in the League of Wales<br />
** [[CR Caernarfon]], rugby union team in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four North League<br />
* [[Caernarfon Bay]], inlet of the Irish Sea defined by the Llŷn peninsula and Anglesey<br />
* [[Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)]]<br />
* [[Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)]]<br />
* [[Caernarfonshire]], also spelt Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire, one of thirteen historic counties of Wales<br />
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===United States of America===<br />
* [[Carnarvon, Iowa]]<br />
* [[Caernarvon, Louisiana]]<br />
* [[Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania]]<br />
* [[Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]<br />
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==People==<br />
* [[Earl of Carnarvon]], a title created more than once<br />
** [[Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon]] (1610–1643)<br />
** [[Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon]] (1632–1709)<br />
** [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]], 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1673–1744)<br />
** [[Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon]] (1741–1811)<br />
** [[Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon]] (1772–1833)<br />
** [[Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon]] (1800–1849)<br />
** [[Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon]] (1831–1890)<br />
** [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]] (1866–1923), financed the excavations which discovered Tutankhamun's tomb<br />
** [[Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon]] (1898–1987)<br />
** [[Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon]] (1924–2001)<br />
** [[George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon]] (born 1956)<br />
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==Ships==<br />
* {{HMS|Carnarvon|1903}}, Royal Navy cruiser<br />
* {{HMS|Carnarvon Bay|K630}}, Royal Navy frigate, launched 1945<br />
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==Other==<br />
* [[1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election]]<br />
* [[Caernarvon tank]], a developmental UK heavy tank of 1952<br />
* [[Carnarvonia (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Carnarvonshire Railway]]<br />
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