HMAS Waterhen
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.Photo: Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Australian naval base
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waverton railway station and Goat Island.
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. Waverton railway station is situated 460 metres northeast of HMAS Waterhen.
Goat Island
Islet
Goat Island is a heritage-listed island located in Port Jackson, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located northwest of the Sydney central business district, Goat Island is about 300m wide in a north/south direction and 180m long in an east/west direction; and covers an area of 5.4 hectares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berry Island and North Sydney.
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.
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.
Crows Nest
Suburb
Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also part of the North Sydney region, 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
HMAS Waterhen
- Category: naval base
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.84071° or 33° 50′ 27″ southLongitude
151.19382° or 151° 11′ 38″ eastInception
1962Operator
Royal Australian NavyOpen location code
4RRH555V+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 4338554OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q5630658
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“HMAS Waterhen” goes by many names.
- French: “base navale de Waterhen”
- French: “Base navale de Waterhen”
- Japanese: “HMAS ウォーターヘン”
- Turkish: “HMAS Waterhen”
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