North Cape, South Australia

North Cape is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 116 kilometres (72 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) north of the municipal seat of Kingscote.^[2][3]

North Cape South Australia
North Cape
Coordinates	35°34′51″S 137°35′42″E
Population	2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established	2002[2]
Postcode(s)	5223 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	116 km (72 mi) south-west of Adelaide 9 km (6 mi) north of Kingscote
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 temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 198.1 °C 389 °F 11.6 °C 53 °F 488.9 mm 19.2 in
Suburbs around North Cape: Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Investigator Strait Emu Bay North Cape Nepean Bay Bay of Shoals Bay of Shoals Nepean Bay Bay of Shoals (body of water)
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2]

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the most northerly headland on the coastline.^[2][8]

North Cape occupies land bounded by Investigator Strait to the north and by Nepean Bay and its subsidiary, the Bay of Shoals, to the east and the south-east respectively. Its coastline includes features such as Point Marsden and Cape Rouge. Land use is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former applying to the coastline in order to “enhance and conserve the natural features of the coast” and latter applying to land in the locality’s southwest.^[9]

The coastline from Point Marsden in the east to Cape D'Estaing in the adjoining locality of Emu Bay in the west is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register as a site of “geological and outstanding palaeontological significance.”^[10]

North Cape is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[6][5][2]

See also

• North Cape (disambiguation)

References

Notes

1. For the 2011 census, the “State Suburb of Kingscote” consisted of the localities of Bay of Shoals, Emu Bay, Kingscote, North Cape and Wisanger.

Citations

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kingscote". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
2. "Search result for "North Cape (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058077 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
3. "Postcode for North Cape, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 2 June 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 KINGSCOTE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
8. "Search result for "North Cape (Cape)" (Record no SA0050510 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
9. "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114, 152 and 246–251. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
10. "Cape d'Estaing to Emu Bay (west) and Emu Bay (east) to Boxing Bay Coastline (designated place of palaeontological significance)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2016.