Governor Head
Governor Head is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. Governor Head is situated nearby to the locality Bristol Point, as well as near the hamlet Green Patch.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape St George Lighthouse.
Cape St George Lighthouse
Photo: John Eggers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape St George Lighthouse was a lighthouse that stood near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia. It was located about 3 kilometres south of the southern entrance to Jervis Bay. Cape St George Lighthouse is situated 3 km south of Governor Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point Perpendicular and Jervis Bay Village.
Point Perpendicular
Locality
Point Perpendicular is a point at the southern tip of the Beecroft Peninsula and at the northern entry to Jervis Bay, in New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of Point Perpendicular Light, a historic lighthouse which was active from 1889 to 1993, and a replacement skeletal tower which is active. Point Perpendicular is situated 5 km northeast of Governor Head.
Jervis Bay Village
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Jervis Bay Village is situated 5 km west of Governor Head.
Jervis Bay Territory
Locality
Photo: Rufusferret, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Territory is situated 6 km southwest of Governor Head.
Governor Head
- Type: Locality
- Category: cape
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.12454° or 35° 7′ 28″ southLongitude
150.76381° or 150° 45′ 50″ eastOpen location code
4RPGVQG7+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 918248588OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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