Bay of Shoals, South Australia
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  Bay of Shoals | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°36′23″S 137°33′57″E / 35.606440°S 137.565920°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2002[2] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 30 (SAL 2021)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5223[6] | ||||||||||||
| County | Carnarvon[2] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 19.8 °C (67.6 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 11.6 °C (52.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 488.9 mm (19.25 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Coordinates[2] Locations[6] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2] | |||||||||||||
Bay of Shoals is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the Bay of Shoals about 121 kilometres (75 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) north of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[2][6]
Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the "long established name" which was derived from the adjoining bay.[2] The locality occupies land on the western shore line of the Bay of Shoals.[2]
The principal land use is agriculture while a strip of land along the coastline is zoned for conservation in order to "enhance and conserve the natural features of the coast."[8]
Bay of Shoals is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[4][2]
