Jervis Bay Airfield
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Australia
- Also known as: “Jervis Bay Airport”, “Jervis Bay Territory Airport”, and “YJBY”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jervis Bay Territory and Jervis Bay Village.
Jervis Bay Territory
Locality
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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.
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.
Jervis Bay Airfield
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.14873° or 35° 8′ 55″ southLongitude
150.69669° or 150° 41′ 48″ eastElevation
59 metres (194 feet)Operator
RANICAO airport code
YJBYOpen location code
4RPGVM2W+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 442138410OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Jervis Bay Airfield” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jervis Bay Airport”
- Czech: “Letiště Jervisova Zátoka”
- Dutch: “Jervis Bay Airport”
- French: “YJBY”
- Indonesian: “YJBY”
- Japanese: “ジャービス湾空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Jervis Bay”
- Persian: “فرودگاه خلیج جرویس”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Jervis Bay”
- Portuguese: “Jervis Bay Airfield”
- Swedish: “Jervis Bay Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи халеҷ ҷруис”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community and Scribbly Gum Lawn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jervis Bay Airfield and Safe Base Charlie.
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