Antechamber Bay, South Australia

Antechamber Bay
Town
Antechamber Bay
Coordinates: 35°47′16″S138°03′31″E / 35.787690°S 138.058680°E / -35.787690; 138.058680
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [1]
LGA	Kangaroo Island Council
Location	108 km (67 mi) south of Adelaide 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Penneshaw
Established	2002 [2]
Government
•  State electorate	Mawson [3]
•  Federal division	Mayo [4]
Population
• Total	13 (SAL 2021) [5]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode	5222 [6]
County	Carnarvon [2]
Mean max temp	18.1 °C (64.6 °F)
Mean min temp	12.8 °C (55.0 °F)
Annual rainfall	538.4 mm (21.20 in)
Localities around Antechamber Bay Cuttlefish Bay Cuttlefish Bay Backstairs Passage Cuttlefish Bay Dudley East Antechamber Bay Backstairs Passage Dudley East Willoughby Willoughby
Coordinates [2] Locations [6] Climate [7] Adjoining localities [2]

Antechamber Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Backstairs Passage about 108 kilometres (67 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) east of Penneshaw. ^{[2] [6]}

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 while its name was derived from Antechamber Bay, a bay located on its coastline with Backstairs Passage. ^[2]

The main land uses within the locality are agriculture and conservation. The latter land use includes the Lashmar Conservation Park and other land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to "conserve the natural features of the coast". ^{[8] [2] [9]}

The locality includes a wetland system which is listed on the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia and consists of two parts – the Lashmar Lagoon which reported as being the “largest lagoon on the eastern end of the island” and the Chapman River which drains into Antechamber Bay. ^[10]

Antechamber Bay is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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1. "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "Search result for "Antechamber Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058053) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
3. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
4. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Antechamber Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
6. "Postcode for Antechamber Bay, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
8. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 307–310. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
9. "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
10. "Search result for Lashmar Lagoon and Chapman River – SA031". Australian Government, Department of Environment. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2016.