Jervis Bay Territory
The Jervis Bay Territory is an internal territory of Australia. It was established in 1915 by the transfer of jurisdiction from the state of New South Wales to the federal Commonwealth of Australia, in order to give the federal government control of a port in the vicinity of the landlocked Australian Capital Territory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 544 residents
- Description: internal territory of Australia
- Also known as: “J.B.T.”, “JBT”, “Jervis Bay”, “Jervis Bay Territory, Other Territories”, “Jervis Bay Village”, “Jervis Bay, Other Territories”, and “Jervis Bay, Other Territories, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jervis Bay Airfield.
Jervis Bay Airfield
Aerodrome
Jervis Bay Airfield is a military aerodrome in the Jervis Bay Territory in Australia. It is the only aerodrome in the territory and is located about 10 km east of Sussex Inlet; and about 2 km south of Jervis Bay Village and HMAS Creswell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jervis Bay Village and Wreck Bay Village.
Jervis Bay Village
Village
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Jervis Bay Village is a village in the Jervis Bay Territory, Australia. HMAS Creswell Royal Australian Navy base is located in the village. Apart from the navy base there is an Aboriginal community in the village.
Wreck Bay Village
Village
Wreck Bay Village, formerly Wreck Bay Aboriginal Reserve, is an Aboriginal village in the Jervis Bay Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census the population was 152. Wreck Bay Village is situated 2½ km southwest of Jervis Bay Territory.
Sanctuary Point
Village
Sanctuary Point is a town in New South Wales, Australia, under the jurisdiction of the City of Shoalhaven, on the shores of St Georges Basin. It is roughly 25 km south of Nowra, and approximately 200 km south of Sydney. Sanctuary Point is situated 8 km northwest of Jervis Bay Territory.
Jervis Bay Territory
- Categories: mainland territory of Australia and territory of Australia
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.14944° or 35° 8′ 58″ southLongitude
150.70853° or 150° 42′ 31″ eastPopulation
544Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU JEBOpen location code
4RPGVP25+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 2049929146OpenStreetMap feature
place=territory
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Jervis Bay Territory” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Territori i Gjirit të Jervisit”
- Arabic: “إقليم خليج جرفيس”
- Arabic: “إقليم خليج جيرفيس”
- Aragonese: “Territorio d’a Badía de Jervis”
- Armenian: “Ջերվիս Բեյ տարածք”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon Celuk Jervis”
- Basque: “Jervis Badiako Lurraldea”
- Belarusian: “Тэрыторыя Джэрвіс-Бэй”
- Bosnian: “Jervis Bay teritorija”
- Bosnian: “Teritorija Jervis Bay”
- Bulgarian: “Територия Джървис Бей”
- Catalan: “Territori de Jervis Bay”
- Cebuano: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Central Kurdish: “ناوچەی کەنداوی جێرڤیس”
- Chinese: “Jervis-oan Léng-thó͘”
- Chinese: “傑維斯灣地區”
- Chinese: “傑維斯灣領地”
- Chinese: “杰維斯海灣領地”
- Chinese: “杰维斯湾领地”
- Croatian: “Jervis Bay teritorij”
- Croatian: “Teritorij Jervis Bay”
- Czech: “Teritorium Jervisova zátoka”
- Danish: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Dimli (individual language): “Erdê Jervis Bay”
- Dutch: “Jervis Bay Territorium”
- Dutch: “Jervis Bayterritorium”
- Dutch: “Jervisbaaiterritorium”
- Esperanto: “Teritorio de Golfeto Jervis”
- Estonian: “Jervise lahe ala”
- Finnish: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- French: “Territoire de la baie de Jarvis”
- French: “Territoire de la baie de Jervis”
- Galician: “Territorio da Baía Jervis”
- Georgian: “ჯერვის-ბეი”
- Georgian: “ჯერვის-ბეის ტერიტორია”
- German: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- German: “Jervis-Bay-Territorium”
- Greek: “Επικράτεια Όρμου Τζέρβις”
- Hebrew: “טריטוריית מפרץ ג’רביס”
- Hebrew: “טריטוריית מפרץ ג’רוויס”
- Hindi: “जर्विस बे टेरिटरी”
- Hungarian: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Hungarian: “Jervis Bay terület”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Teluk Jervis”
- Italian: “Territorio della Baia di Jervis”
- Japanese: “ジャービス湾”
- Japanese: “ジャービス湾特別地域”
- Kirghiz: “Жервис-Бей аймагы”
- Korean: “저비스베이 준주”
- Latvian: “Džervisa līča teritorija”
- Ligurian: “Tæritöio da Baja de Jervis”
- Ligurian: “Teritöio da Baja de Jervis”
- Lithuanian: “Džarvio įlankos teritorija”
- Macedonian: “Територија Џервис Беј”
- Malay: “Wilayah Teluk Jervis”
- Manx: “Thalloo Baie Jervis”
- Manx: “Thalloo Vaie Jervis”
- Marathi: “जार्व्हिस बे प्रदेश”
- Mazanderani: “جرویس دریامونا سامون”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Jervis-uăng Liāng-tū”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jervis-oan Léng-thó͘”
- Mingrelian: “ჯერვის ბეიშ ტერიტორია”
- Mongolian: “Жервис Булангийн Нутаг Дэвсгэр”
- Moroccan Arabic: “لأرض دخليج جارڤيس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Norwegian: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Iervis Byht Landscipe”
- Panjabi: “ਜਾਰਵਿਸ ਖਾੜੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ”
- Persian: “قلمرو خلیج جرویس”
- Persian: “قلمروی خلیج جرویس”
- Polish: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Polish: “Terytorium Jervis Bay”
- Portuguese: “Território da Baía de Jervis”
- Portuguese: “Território da Baía Jervis”
- Russian: “Территория Джервис-Бей”
- Scots: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Serbian: “Територија Џервис Беј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Teritorija Jervis Bay”
- Sinhala: “ජර්විස් බේ බලප්රදේශය”
- Slovak: “Teritórium Jervis Bay”
- Slovenian: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Slovenian: “Ozemlje Jervisovega zaliva”
- Spanish: “Territorio de Jervis Bay”
- Spanish: “Territorio de la Bahía de Jervis”
- Swedish: “Jervis Bay Territory”
- Tamil: “ஜேர்விஸ் குடா பிரதேசம்”
- Tok Pisin: “Jervis Be Teritori”
- Turkish: “Jervis Bay Toprağı”
- Turkish: “Jervis Körfezi Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Територія Джервіс-Бей”
- Urdu: “خلیج جروس علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Lãnh thổ Vịnh Jervis”
- Western Frisian: “Jervis Bay Territoarium”
- Wu Chinese: “杰维斯湾领地”
- Yue Chinese: “傑維斯灣地區”
- “ma Jewipe”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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