Jones Beach
Jones Beach, also known as Boyds Beach, is a beach on the south-eastern coast of Australia, facing the Tasman Sea. The beach is east of the settlement of Kiama Downs and about 2 kilometres south by east of the settlement of Minnamurra in the Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: located in the Illawarra / South Coast regions of New South Wales
- Also known as: “Boyds Beach” and “Jones beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bombo Headland Quarry Geological Site and Bombo Beach.
Bombo Headland Quarry Geological Site
Nature reserve
Photo: Norskatt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bombo Headland Quarry Geological Site is a heritage-listed former quarry and now geological site located on a coastal headland at Bombo, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Kiama Blowhole
The Kiama Blowhole is a blowhole in the town of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. The name 'Kiama' has long been translated as "where the sea makes a noise". Kiama Blowhole is situated 3½ km south of Jones Beach.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiama and Shellharbour.
Kiama
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kiama is the beachside city in the Illawarra region, south of Wollongong. With the area established with farming, it has been a tourist destination for day trips and weekends from Sydney for over a century.
Shellharbour
Shellharbour is a coastal city of 76,271 in between Wollongong and the Shoalhaven, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales halfway between Wollongong and Kiama.
Jamberoo
Village
Jamberoo is a village on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Municipality of Kiama. It is approximately 11.3 km inland from Kiama. At the 2021 census, Jamberoo had a population of 1,910. Jamberoo is situated 7 km west of Jones Beach.
Jones Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.63967° or 34° 38′ 23″ southLongitude
150.85575° or 150° 51′ 21″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
4RQG9V64+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 87849657OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jones Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jones Beach (lapyahan sa Awstralya, State of New South Wales, Kiama)”
- Cebuano: “Jones Beach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جونز بيتش”
- Swedish: “Jones Beach (strand i Australien, New South Wales, Kiama)”
- Swedish: “Jones Beach”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kiama Downs and The Boneyard.
Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jones Beach”. Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.