Botany Bay (Sydney)
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Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay. Two runways of Sydney Airport extend into the bay.
On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of James Cook's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the continent of Australia, after his extensive navigation of New Zealand. Later the British planned Botany Bay as the site for a penal colony. Out of these plans came the first European habitation of Australia at Sydney Cove.
On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of James Cook's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the continent of Australia, after his extensive navigation of New Zealand. Later the British planned Botany Bay as the site for a penal colony. Out of these plans came the first European habitation of Australia at Sydney Cove.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany_Bay
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Coordinates: 33°58'54"S 151°11'45"E
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- Port Stephens 164 km
- Western Port 715 km
- Waratah Bay 716 km
- Port Phillip Bay 740 km
- Corio Bay 763 km
- Moreton Bay 783 km
- Encounter Bay 1163 km
- St. Vincent Gulf 1246 km
- Spencer Gulf 1416 km
- Port Botany 1.9 km
- Port Botany NSW 2036 2.2 km
- Bayside Council 3.5 km
- Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport (YSSY) 3.9 km
- Kurnell Terminal 4.4 km
- Botany Bay National Park 4.8 km
- Towra Point Nature Reserve 4.9 km
- Randwick City Council 5.8 km
- Sutherland Shire 15 km
- Greater Sydney 59 km