Coronado Explained

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 States

• Coronado Butte, a summit in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
• Coronado, California, a city
• Coronado Heights, Kansas, a hill with a public park
• Coronado, Kansas, an unincorporated community
• Coronado Cave, Arizona
• Coronado Historic Site, New Mexico
• Coronado National Forest, in Arizona and New Mexico

Mexico

• Coronado Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Coronado Islands, island group in Tijuana municipality, Baja California, Mexico
• Isla Coronado, an island and volcano in Ensenada municipality, Baja California, Mexico
• Isla Coronados, Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Elsewhere

• Coronado, Alberta, Canada, a locality
• Vázquez de Coronado (canton), commonly shortened to Coronado, a canton in Costa Rica
• Coronado, Panama, a city
• Coronado (São Romão e São Mamede), a civil parish in Trofa, Portugal
• Coronado, Uruguay, a village in Artigas Department

Arts and entertainment

• , collection of short stories by Dennis Lehane
• Coronado (1935 film), an American comedy film
• Coronado (2003 film), a German-American adventure film
• Fender Coronado, an electric guitar
• "Coronado" is a song by American indie rock band Deerhunter

Military

• Operation Coronado, a series of military operations in the Vietnam War
• , several naval vessels
• Consolidated PB2Y Coronado, a World War II United States Navy flying boat
• Naval Base Coronado, a United States Navy base in California

Transportation

• Convair 990 Coronado, a passenger jet
• Coronado Yachts, an American sailboat manufacturer
• Freightliner Coronado, a model of truck
• Coronado Railroad, a former railroad in Arizona

Other uses

• Cisthene coronado, a moth of the family Erebidae
• Coronado High School (disambiguation)
• Coronado School (Albuquerque, New Mexico), an elementary school on the National Register of Historic Places
• Coronado Theatre, Rockford, Illinois, United States
• Coronado, an electronics brand of retailer Gamble-Skogmo