| Jervis Bay | |
|---|---|
 Hyams Beach, Booderee National Park & the Jervis Bay Marine Park | |
  Jervis Bay Location off the coast of New South Wales | |
 Jervis Bay from orbit | |
| Location | Jervis Bay Territory New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 35°03′55″S 150°44′05″E / 35.06528°S 150.73472°E[1] |
| Type | Oceanic bay |
| Primary outflows | Tasman Sea |
| Basin countries | Australia |
Jervis Bay (/ˈdʒɜːrvɪs, ˈdʒɑːr-/)[2][3][4] is a 102-square-kilometre (39 sq mi)[5] oceanic bay and village in the Jervis Bay Territory and on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. In the Dhurga language of the Aboriginal inhabitants of the area, it is called Booderee, which translates as "bay of plenty".[6]
A 70-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) area of land around the southern headland of the bay is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, known as the Jervis Bay Territory, which is administered by, but is not a part of, the Australian Capital Territory.[7] The Territory includes the settlements of Jervis Bay Village and Wreck Bay Village. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base, HMAS Creswell, is in the Jervis Bay Territory between Jervis Bay Village and Greenpatch Point.
- ^ "Jervis Bay (NSW)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary (Fourth ed.). Melbourne: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. 2005. ISBN 1-876429-14-3.
- ^ The Australian Broadcasting Commission Standing Committee on Spoken English; Mitchell, AG; Australian Broadcasting Commission (1957), A guide to the pronunciation of Australian place names, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, p. 61, retrieved 17 June 2013
- ^ "You say Jervis, I say Jarvis…". 2 October 2013.
- ^ Crabb 2007, p. 1.
- ^ "Our history". Booderee National Park. Parks Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Jervis Bay Territory governance and administration". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Government. 11 November 2023.