page_title: Jervis Bay
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Jervis Bay / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: The en:Royal Australian Navy in Jervis Bay: 10 ships (inc one en:submarine) off HMAS Creswell on Sunday en:5 February en:2006. Left to right: HMAS Success (AOR-304), HMAS Westralia (AO 195), HMAS Manoora (LPA-52), HMAS Stuart (FFH 153), HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152), HMAS Hawkesbury (M-83), HMAS Yarra,(en:Huon class minehunter), HMAS Townsville (P 205), HMAS Dechaineux (SSG 73). Land in background (L-R): Point Perpendictlar, Bowen Island, Governor's Head; point at right: HMAS Creswell and naval boat harbour
context_page_description: Jervis Bay is a 102-square-kilometre oceanic bay and village on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, said to possess the whitest sand in the world. It is surrounded by Jervis Bay Village and Wreck Bay Village.
  A 70-square-kilometre 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.
context_section_description: 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. Jervis Bay is approximately a three-hour drive south of Sydney. A door to door shuttle service is available between Sydney Airport and the South Coast everyday.
caption: 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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