Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia

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.^[1][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.^[1] 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][1] 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.^[1][5][6]

Cuttlefish Bay South Australia
Cuttlefish Bay
Coordinates	35°44′36″S 138°01′29″E / 35.743320°S 138.024850°E / -35.743320; 138.024850
Population	319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)^[2]>^[a]
Established	2002^[1]
Postcode(s)	5222^[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	106 km (66 mi) south of Adelaide 8 km (5 mi) east of Penneshaw
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council^[1]
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island^[4]
County	Carnarvon^[1]
State electorate(s)	Mawson^[5]
Federal division(s)	Mayo^[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 18.1 °C 65 °F 12.8 °C 55 °F 538.4 mm 21.2 in
Suburbs around Cuttlefish Bay: Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage Ironstone Dudley East Cuttlefish Bay Backstairs Passage Antechamber Bay Dudley East Dudley East Antechamber Bay
Footnotes	Coordinates^[1] Locations^[3] Climate^[7] Adjoining localities^[1]

References

Notes

1. For the 2011 census, the State Suburb of Island Beach covered the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw - refer Dudley Peninsula#Demographics for more information

Citations

1. . Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.  
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. Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
6. "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.