HMAS Watson
HMAS Watson is a Royal Australian Navy base on Sydney Harbour at South Head, near Watsons Bay in Sydney, Australia. Commissioned in 1945, the base served as the RAN's radar training school.Photo: Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Australian Navy base on Sydney Harbour
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Head Lower Light and Lady Bay Beach.
South Head Lower Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hornby Lighthouse, also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station, is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on the tip of South Head, New South Wales, Australia, a headland to the north of the suburb Watsons Bay. South Head Lower Light is situated 460 metres north of HMAS Watson.
Watsons Bay ferry wharf
Transport stop
Photo: charliebrewer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watsons Bay ferry wharf is located on the southern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of Watsons Bay. Watsons Bay ferry wharf is situated 650 metres south of HMAS Watson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manly and Balgowlah.
Manly
Photo: Jc8136, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manly is a harbour and ocean-side suburb and locality of Sydney and the southernmost of Sydney's Northern Beaches. It is known for its beaches and for its surfing culture.
Balgowlah
Suburb
Photo: MD111, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling. Balgowlah is situated 5 km north of HMAS Watson.
Lower North Shore
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
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.
HMAS Watson
- Category: naval base
- Location: Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.83772° or 33° 50′ 16″ southLongitude
151.28136° or 151° 16′ 53″ eastOperator
Royal Australian NavyOpen location code
4RRH576J+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 95481474OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q2886649
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Satellite Map
Discover HMAS Watson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“HMAS Watson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “華森灣基地”
- French: “base navale de Watson”
- French: “Base navale de Watson”
- French: “HMAS Watson”
- Japanese: “ワトソン海軍基地”
- Turkish: “HMAS Watson”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include HMAS Watson Chapel and Camp Cove Beach Lookout.
Nearby Places
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