American Beach, South Australia

American Beach
South Australia
American Beach
Coordinates 35°46′08″S 137°52′49″E / 35.76878°S 137.880240°E / -35.76878; 137.880240Coordinates: 35°46′08″S 137°52′49″E / 35.76878°S 137.880240°E / -35.76878; 137.880240
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
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 American Beach:
Nepean Bay[2] Nepean Bay[2] Kangaroo Head[2]
Nepean Bay[2] American Beach Dudley West[2]
Baudin Beach[2] Dudley West[2] Dudley West[2]
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Locations[3]
Climate[6]

American Beach is a locality in South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Nepean Bay about 115 kilometres (71 mi) south-west of the Adelaide city centre.[2][3] Its boundaries were created in March 2002. The name is derived from the nearby beach of the same name. It is “not to be confused with the former American Beach Estate subdivision” which was also gazetted in 2002 as Baudin Beach.[2] As of 2015, American Beach consists of a strip of land located between the coastline with Nepean Bay and the Hog Bay Road. The locality is zoned for conservation purposes with the view of providing limited built development intended principally for tourism uses, which has a minimal impact and where provided, compliments the environment of the locality.[2][7] American Beach 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. ↑ The State Suburb of Island Beach covers the full extent of the Dudley Peninsula with the exception of Penneshaw.
Citations
  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Island Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Search result for "American Beach(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058055) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for American Beach, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District of Finniss Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "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 20 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114, 115, 305 and 386. Retrieved 8 March 2016.


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