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.

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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

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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.

Lady Bay Beach

Beach

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Eastern Channel Pile Light

Lighthouse

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The Eastern Channel Pile Light, also known as the East Wedding Cake due to its shape, is an active pile lighthouse located on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, off Laings Point, Vaucluse. It marks the eastern end of the Sow and Pigs Reef. Eastern Channel Pile Light is situated 1 km southwest of HMAS Watson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manly and Balgowlah.

Manly

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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

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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

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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″ south

Longitude

151.28136° or 151° 16′ 53″ east

Operator

Royal Australian Navy

Open location code

4RRH576J+WG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 95481474

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=base

Wikidata 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.

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