Balls Head Bay
Balls Head Bay, formerly known as Oyster Cove, Wollstonecraft Bay, Sugarworks Bay, Powder Works Bay and Kerosene Bay, is a bay located to the west of the Waverton Peninsula, west of Balls Head and to the east of Berry Island, on the north of Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Sydney, Australia
- Also known as: “Kerosene Bay”, “Table Bay”, and “Wollstonecraft Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMAS Waterhen and Waverton railway station.
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.
Waverton railway station
Railway station
Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waverton railway station is a heritage-listed suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Waverton in New South Wales, Australia.
Yurulbin Park
Park
Photo: Amitch, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yurulbin Park is a 0.61-hectare public open space located at the end of Yurulbin Point on the Balmain Peninsula in the suburb of Birchgrove in the Inner West Council local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berry Island and Harbour Islands.
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.
Harbour Islands
Photo: Coekon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harbour Islands are Sydney's best kept secret. There are several in the harbour that you can visit to explore, for a picnic, or just to take in the history and the view.
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 Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.84077° or 33° 50′ 27″ southLongitude
151.19105° or 151° 11′ 28″ eastElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
4RRH555R+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 11607140581OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
Discover Balls Head Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Balls Head Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balls Head Bay”
- Swedish: “Balls Head Bay”
- Turkish: “Balls Head Koyu”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Waverton and Wollstonecraft.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Berry Island Reserve and Coal Loader Pier.
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