Seal Bay (South Australia)

This article is about the bay in South Australia. For the adjacent protected area, see Seal Bay Conservation Park.

For other uses, see Seal Bay.

Seal Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island about 164 kilometres (102 miles) southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of the municipal seat of Kingscote.^[1][3]

Seal Bay
View to the west along the Seal Bay coastline towards Nobby Islet
Seal Bay Location in South Australia
Location	Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Coordinates	35°59′45″S 137°19′09″E[1]
Type	Bay
Basin countries	Australia
Max. length	about 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi)[2]
Islands	Nobby Islet[2]

The name ‘Seal Bay’ refers to the section of coastline associated with both the visitor facilities and the prohibited areas located within the Seal Bay Conservation Park.^[2][4]

The name was gazetted in 1992 after being in use since at least the 1950s.^[1][5]

Protected areas located within the bay’s extent include the Seal Bay Aquatic Reserve and the South Kangaroo Island Marine Park.^[2][6]

References

1. "Search result for "Seal Bay (BAY)" (Record no SA0060908) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
2. Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) (9 October 2016), Aquatic Reserve: Seal Bay - Bales Beach (PDF), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (published 2007), archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015
3. "Postcode for (the locality of ) Seal Bay, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
4. South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Resource Conservation and Management Group; South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. South Region (1993), Seal Bay Conservation Park management plan : amendment to plan of management, Kangaroo Island, South Australia (PDF), S. Aust. Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources, p. 4, ISBN 978-0-7308-2732-0
5. "Ex-soldiers are happy settlers". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. [?]. Australia. 22 October 1958. p. 17. Retrieved 13 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). pp. 5, 6, 23 and 24. Retrieved 9 October 2016.