HMAS Stirling
HMAS Stirling is an aerodrome in City of Rockingham, Western Australia. HMAS Stirling is situated nearby to the locality Garden Island, as well as near the suburb Peron.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Western Australia
- Also known as: “Fleet Base West” and “YGAD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mushroom Rock and Peron Battery.
Peron Battery
Bunker
Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Peron Battery, at Cape Peron, was the southernmost of the Fremantle Fortress coastal defence batteries in Western Australia. Also referred to as K Heavy Battery, it was established in January 1943 and, like the Challenger Battery on near-by Garden Island, it was equipped with two mobile 155 mm guns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden Island and Peron.
Garden Island
Locality
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Garden Island is a narrow island about 10 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide, lying about 5 kilometres off the Western Australian coast, to which it is linked by an artificial causeway and bridge.
Peron
Suburb
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Peron is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located within the City of Rockingham. The suburb was gazetted in 1974.
Shoalwater
Suburb
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Shoalwater is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. Shoalwater is located within the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park which includes Shoalwater Bay, Warnbro Sound, Cape Peron and several small islands being Penguin island, Seal Island and Shag Rock.
HMAS Stirling
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: City of Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-32.2404° or 32° 14′ 26″ southLongitude
115.6851° or 115° 41′ 6″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Operator
Royal Australian NavyOpen location code
4PVQQM5P+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 617556060OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldWikidata ID
Q62073571
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“HMAS Stirling” goes by many names.
- French: “YGAD”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rockingham and Safety Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garden Island Microgrid and Demagnetization facility.
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