Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia

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Cuttlefish Bay
South Australia
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Cuttlefish Bay
Coordinates 35°44′36″S138°01′29″E / 35.743320°S 138.024850°E / -35.743320; 138.024850
Population13 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established2002 [2]
Postcode(s) 5222 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Kangaroo Island Council [2]
Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [4]
County Carnarvon [2]
State electorate(s) Mawson [5]
Federal division(s) Mayo [6]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
18.1 °C
65 °F		12.8 °C
55 °F		538.4 mm
21.2 in
Localities around Cuttlefish Bay:
Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage
Ironstone
Dudley East 		Cuttlefish Bay Backstairs Passage
Antechamber Bay
Dudley East Dudley East Antechamber Bay
FootnotesCoordinates [2]
Locations [3]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Cuttlefish 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 106 kilometres (66 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) east of Penneshaw. [2] [3] Its boundaries were created in March 2002 while its name was derived from Cuttlefish Bay, a bay located on its coastline with Backstairs Passage. [2] Land use within the locality is concerned with agriculture while land adjoining the coastline has additional statutory constraints to “conserve the natural features of the coast.” [8] [2] Cuttlefish 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] [5] [6]

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References

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    1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cuttlefish Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search result for "Cuttlefish Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058072) 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. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    4. ↑ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
    5. 1 2 Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
    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, 152–153 and 302–305 and 307–310. Retrieved 8 March 2016.


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