Oyster Bay
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Place names
In Australia- Oyster Bay, New South WalesOyster Bay, New South WalesOyster Bay is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Oyster Bay is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.-Location:...
, a suburb of Sydney, Australia - Great Oyster BayGreat Oyster BayGreat Oyster Bay is a broad and sheltered bay on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia which opens onto the Tasman Sea. The Tasman Highway runs close to the West Coast of the bay with spectacular views of the rugged granite peaks of the Hazards and Schouten Island of the Freycinet Peninsula which...
, a bay on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia
In South Africa
- Oyster Bay, Eastern CapeOyster Bay, Eastern CapeOyster Bay is a small coastal hamlet and resort located about 14 km west of St Francis Bay on the Eastern Cape Coast of South Africa. It forms part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Cacadu District in the Eastern Cape....
, South Africa, a small coastal hamlet and resort located about 14km west of St Francis Bay on the Eastern Cape Coast
In Tanzania
- Oyster Bay, TanzaniaOyster Bay, TanzaniaOyster Bay is an affluent neighborhood in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is known for an attractive beach. Europeans have resided here since colonial times...
, a popular resort town and suburb of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
In the United States
- Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York, a hamlet on the north shore of Long Island, in the Town of Oyster Bay, New York
- Oyster Bay (town), New YorkOyster Bay (town), New YorkThe Town of Oyster Bay is easternmost of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County that extends from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the town population was...
, a town in Nassau County on Long Island, New York - Oyster Bay (inlet), New YorkOyster Bay (inlet), New YorkOyster Bay, also known as Oyster Bay Harbor, is an inlet of Long Island Sound on the north shore of Long Island in New York in the United States.The bay lies in Nassau County...
, also Oyster Bay Harbor, an inlet on the north shore of Long Island, New York - South Oyster BaySouth Oyster BaySouth Oyster Bay is a natural harbor along the western portion of the south shore of Long Island in New York in the United States. The harbor is formed by Jones Beach Island, a barrier island on the southern side of Long Island. It is approximately 3 mi wide between the two islands, and...
, a lagoon off the southern shore of Long Island, New York - Massapequa, New YorkMassapequa, New YorkMassapequa is a hamlet located in the suburban Nassau County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 21,685.Massapequa is located on the South Shore of Long Island....
, which was called South Oyster Bay until late in the 19th century - Oyster Bay, WashingtonOyster Bay, Washington-Reference:* Findlay, Jean Cammon, and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound, Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7385-5607-6....
, a small bay in Totten InletTotten InletTotten Inlet lies in the southern end of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. The inlet extends southwest from the western end of Squaxin Passage, and much of the county line between Mason and Thurston counties runs down the center of it. A spit extends west for about from Steamboat...
, at the south end of Puget Sound in Washington - Oyster Bay, Florida, a bay in Lee County, Florida
Ships
- USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6)USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6)USS Oyster Bay , originally and later AVP-28, was a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender in commission from 1943 to 1946.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
, a United States Navy ship in commission as a motor torpedo boat tender (AGP-6) from 1943 to 1946 and out of commission in reserve as a seaplane tender (AVP-28) from 1949 to 1957