๐ฆ๐บ Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea. It is the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. The location of the first European settlement and colony on the Australian mainland, Port Jackson has continued to play a key role in the history and development of Sydney.
Port Jackson, in the early days of the colony, was also used as a shorthand for Sydney and its environs. Thus, many botanists, see, e.g, Robert Brown's Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen, described their specimens as having been collected at Port Jackson.
Many recreational events are based on or around the harbour itself, particularly Sydney New Year's Eve celebrations. The harbour is also the starting point of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
The waterways of Port Jackson are managed by Transport for NSW. Sydney Harbour National Park protects a number of islands and foreshore areas, swimming spots, bushwalking tracks and picnic areas.
Cruise ship terminals Permanent cruise ship terminals are located at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, Sydney Cove and at the White Bay Cruise Terminal at White Bay. White Bay's evolution to a cruise terminal came with the closure of Darling Harbour terminal to make way for the Barangaroo development.
Other port facilities White Bay and adjacent Glebe Island have been working ports since the mid-1800s, handling just about everything from timber and paper, coal, sugar and cement to cars and containers. The NSW Government identified both as vital to the City's economy and in March 2013 announced its commitment to maintaining both as working ports as it frees up neighbouring bays for public access. Glebe Island is Sydney's last remaining deepwater port able to supply the City's ongoing demand for dry bulk goods such as sugar, gypsum and cement.
Most of Sydney's port infrastructure has moved south to Botany Bay since the construction of the first container terminals there in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
๐ฆ๐บ City of Auburn -33.85
๐ฆ๐บ Merrylands -33.833
๐ฟ๐ฆ Durbanville -33.817
๐ฆ๐บ Parramatta -33.815
๐ฟ๐ฆ Motherwell -33.804
๐ฟ๐ฆ Nelson Mandela Bay -33.804
๐ฆ๐บ Fairfield City -33.867
๐ฆ๐บ Leichhardt -33.883
๐ฆ๐บ Central Coast 151.343
๐ฆ๐บ Lake Macquarie 151.592
๐ฆ๐บ Charlestown 151.685
Locations Near: Port Jackson 151.233,-33.85
๐ฆ๐บ Mosman 151.244,-33.829 d: 2.5
๐ฆ๐บ Sydney 151.207,-33.87 d: 3.2
๐ฆ๐บ Randwick 151.237,-33.916 d: 7.4
๐ฆ๐บ Chatswood 151.18,-33.801 d: 7.3
๐ฆ๐บ Leichhardt 151.15,-33.883 d: 8.5
๐ฆ๐บ Botany 151.199,-33.945 d: 11
๐ฆ๐บ Ashfield 151.125,-33.889 d: 10.9
๐ฆ๐บ Gordon 151.149,-33.757 d: 12.9
Antipodal to: Port Jackson -28.767,33.85
๐ต๐น Ponta Delgada -25.673,37.736 d: 19500.7
๐ต๐น Angra do Heroรญsmo -27.217,38.65 d: 19463.6
๐ต๐น Madeira -17,32.75 d: 18915.3
๐ต๐น Funchal -16.905,32.648 d: 18904.6
๐ฎ๐จ Arona -16.667,28.1 d: 18697.5
๐ฎ๐จ San Cristรณbal de La Laguna -16.314,28.478 d: 18689.5
๐ฎ๐จ Santa Cruz de Tenerife -16.25,28.467 d: 18683.5
๐ฎ๐จ San Bartolomรฉ de Tirajana -15.573,27.926 d: 18595.8
๐ฎ๐จ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -15.44,28.13 d: 18596.1
๐ฎ๐จ Las Palmas -15.44,28.13 d: 18596.1