List of places named after Horatio Nelson explained

This is a list of places named after Horatio Nelson (Lord Nelson) (1758-1805), the British admiral.

Populated places

• Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
• Nelson, New Zealand
• Nelson, Lancashire, England, named after a public house, itself named after Lord Nelson
• Nelson, Caerphilly, Wales, a village named after a public house, itself named after Lord Nelson
• Nelson, New Hampshire
• Nelson, New York

Geographic features

• Mount Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
• Nelson Head, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Nelson Island (British Columbia), Canada
• Nelson's Island, Egypt

Roads and streets

• Nelson Street, Hong Kong
• There are numerous other Nelson Roads, Streets, Avenues, and Squares in Great Britain and other English-speaking countries.

Historic sites

• Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua
• Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Fort Nelson, Hampshire, England
• Nelson Place West, Bath, England
• Nelson Garden, Monmouth, Wales
• Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
• Nelson Hügel (Nelson Hill) Vockerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany