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Jervis Bay National Park, [1] formerly known as Jervis Bay National Park (NSW), consists of several protected areas on the western and northern foreshores of Jervis Bay, on the south coast of New South Wales. The park is close to the town of Huskisson and includes Hyams Beach, renowned for its white sand, whale watching and fishing ...
Jervis Bay Marine Park is a marine protected area established by the Government of New South Wales in 1998. [2] and the current zoning plan has been in place since 1 October 2002. [3] The marine park is approximately 210 km 2 (81 sq mi) in area and spans over 100 km (62 mi) of coastline from Kinghorn Point in the north to Sussex Inlet. [2]
Cliff faces and vegetation at the Booderee National Park. Jervis Bay is a drowned river valley and formed 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. [29] The bay took on its present appearance around 4000 BC after the sea levels had risen 120 metres (390 ft), and as sand dune barriers created the southern peninsula. [30]
the Bherwerre Peninsula, on the southern foreshore of Jervis Bay, Bowen Island and the waters of the south of the bay; lands bordered by Wreck Bay to the south, St Georges Basin to the north and Sussex Inlet to the west; What is now a national park was declared as a nature reserve in 1971. In 1992, Jervis Bay National Park was declared.
Beecroft Peninsula is the northern headland of Jervis Bay, on Australia's east coast.On the western and southern sides of the peninsula steep sandstone cliffs rise out of the ocean, up to 91 metres at its southernmost point, Point Perpendicular.
Jervis Bay in New South Wales, Australia, where both settlements are located. [1] Octopolis and Octlantis are two non-human settlements occupied by gloomy octopuses (Octopus tetricus) in Jervis Bay, on the south coast of New South Wales. The first site, named "Octopolis" by biologists, was found in 2009.
Currarong is surrounded by 14 white sand beaches, most notable are Warrain Beach and sheltered Abrahams Bosom beach. Currarong is also famous for its rock pool, the beaches and cliffs off the walking tracks around the Beecroft peninsula, and for the many protected beaches a few minutes drive away on the other side of the headland in Jervis Bay, including Long Beach, Cabbage Tree Beach and the ...
The basin covers a catchment area of 316 square kilometres (122 sq mi) and contains approximately 215,079 megalitres (7,595.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of water over an estimated surface area of 40.9 square kilometres (15.8 sq mi); and at an average depth of 5.3 metres (17 ft).