Balls Head
Balls Head is a cape in New South Wales, Australia. Balls Head is situated nearby to the suburb McMahons Point, as well as near the locality Berry Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMAS Waterhen and Sydney Observatory.
HMAS Waterhen
Military installation
Photo: Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMAS Waterhen is a Royal Australian Navy base located in Waverton on Sydney's lower north shore, within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. Constructed on the site of a quarry used to expand Garden Island in the 1930s, the location was used during World War II as a boom net maintenance and storage area.
Sydney Observatory
Museum
The Sydney Observatory is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical observatory, function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Art gallery
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berry Island and Millers Point.
Berry Island
Locality
Berry Island is a locality in Wollstonecraft on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was originally one of Sydney's Harbour Islands, but it is now connected to the mainland by a constructed isthmus.
Millers Point
Suburb
Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
North Sydney
Town
Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore.
Balls Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.84665° or 33° 50′ 48″ southLongitude
151.19539° or 151° 11′ 43″ eastOpen location code
4RRH553W+85OpenStreetMap ID
node 1712374538OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2177061
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