HMAS Cairns
HMAS Cairns is a Royal Australian Navy base located adjacent to the Trinity Inlet on the shore of Trinity Bay in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Although used regularly as a port-of-call since before World War II, a permanent RAN presence was not established until 1971, when a maintenance and support base for patrol boats was set up.
Fosnez, Public domain.- Military installation
- …is operated by Royal Australian Navy
- Description: Royal Australian Navy base in Queensland
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cairns Hospital and Cairns Control Room.
Cairns Hospital
Cairns Hospital, known as the Cairns Base Hospital… Cairns Hospital is situated 3 km northwest of HMAS Cairns.
Cairns Control Room
Cairns Control Room is a heritage-listed military… Cairns Control Room is situated 2 km north of HMAS Cairns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmith and Cairns City.
Portsmith
Suburb
Portsmith is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
Parramatta Park
Suburb
Parramatta Park is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
HMAS Cairns
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Latitude
-16.93603° or 16° 56′ 10″ south
Longitude
145.77827° or 145° 46′ 42″ east
Open location code
5RM73Q7H+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=base
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“HMAS Cairns” goes by many names.
- French: “Base navale de Cairns”
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