Antechamber Bay, South Australia

Antechamber Bay South Australia
Antechamber Bay
Coordinates	35°47′16″S 138°03′31″E / 35.78769°S 138.058680°ECoordinates: 35°47′16″S 138°03′31″E / 35.78769°S 138.058680°E
Population	319 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Island Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established	2002[2]
Postcode(s)	5222[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	108 km (67 mi) south of Adelaide city centre 15 km (9 mi) east of Penneshaw
LGA(s)	Kangaroo Island Council[2]
State electorate(s)	Finniss[4]
Federal Division(s)	Mayo[5]
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 Antechamber Bay: Cuttlefish Bay Cuttlefish Bay Backstairs Passage Cuttlefish Bay Dudley East Antechamber Bay Backstairs Passage Dudley East Willoughby Willoughby
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[2]

Antechamber Bay is a locality in South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Backstairs Passage about 108 kilometres (67 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of Penneshaw.^[2][3]

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.”^[7][2][8]

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.^[9]

Antechamber Bay is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[2][4][5]

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. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 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. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
3. "Postcode for Antechamber Bay, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
4. "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
5. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "Search result for Lashmar Lagoon and Chapman River - SA031". Australian Government, Department of Environment. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2016.