Jervis Bay
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Jervis Bay looking through the heads, with 10 Royal Australian Navy ships at anchor, on 6 February 2006. Visible on the horizon are Bowen Island and Point Perpendicular.
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 Jervis Bay
Location off the coast of New South Wales
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Jervis Bay from orbit
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| Location | Jervis Bay Territory; New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 35°03′55″S 150°44′05″E / 35.06528°S 150.73472°ECoordinates: 35°03′55″S 150°44′05″E / 35.06528°S 150.73472°E |
| Type | Oceanic bay |
| Primary outflows | Tasman Sea |
| Basin countries | Australia |
Jervis Bay (/ˈdʒɑːrvᵻs/ or local /ˈdʒɜːrvəs/) is a 102-square-kilometre (39 sq mi) oceanic bay and village on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, said to possess the whitest sand in the world.
A 70-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) area of land around the southern headland of the bay is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia known as the Jervis Bay Territory. The Australian Navy base, HMAS Creswell, is in the Jervis Bay Territory between Jervis Bay Village and Greenpatch Point.
In the Jervis Bay Territory on the southern side of the bay are the settlements of Greenpatch, Hyams Beach, and Bowen Island. From north to south on the New South Wales shore of the bay are Callala Beach, Callala Bay, Huskisson and Vincentia. Beecroft Peninsula, on the northern side of the bay, has been used as a bombing range by the Australian Navy.Point Perpendicular forms the southern end of the peninsula.
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