Jervis Bay

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 (ACT) New South Wales
Coordinates	35°03′55″S 150°44′05″E / 35.06528°S 150.73472°E / -35.06528; 150.73472[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 (ACT) 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.