Entering from the east, its mile-wide opening is flanked by the Kurnell and La Perouse peninsulas.  
One of the first books about this body of water was written by Watkin Tench, who produced a famous narrative of his expedition to it.  Its "savage shore" was located at the "farthest limits of the world" and was "unbroken by the plough" and "undelved by hand," according to a set of eclogues by Robert Southey.  Entering from the east, its mile-wide opening is flanked by the Kurnell and La Perouse peninsulas.  Fed by the Georges and Cooks Rivers, its north shore is home to Kingsford Smith airport.  It was deemed uninhabitable by Captain Arthur Philip in 1788, who established a colony at Port Jackson instead of here.  Originally named Stingray Harbor by a party which sighted it from the HMS Endeavor in 1770, FTP, name this inlet of the Tasman Sea located south of Sydney, whose name refers to the diversity of new plant species found there.
One of the first books about this body of water was written by Watkin Tench, who produced a famous narrative of his expedition to it.  
Botany Bay