| Type: | suburb |
| Bay of Shoals | |
| State: | SA |
| Pop: | 2034 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Kingscote”) |
| Est: | 2002[1] |
| Postcode: | 5223 [2] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 121 |
| Dir1: | south-west |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Dist2: | 7 |
| Dir2: | north |
| Region: | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3] |
| County: | Carnarvon |
| Stategov: | Mawson[4] |
| Fedgov: | Mayo[5] |
| Maxtemp: | 19.8 |
| Mintemp: | 11.6 |
| Rainfall: | 488.9 |
| Coordinates: | -35.6064°N 137.5659°W |
| Near-N: | Emu Bay North Cape |
| Near-Ne: | North Cape |
| Near-E: | Bay of Shoals (body of water) |
| Near-Se: | Bay of Shoals (body of water) |
| Near-Nw: | Emu Bay |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates Locations Climate[6] Adjoining localities |
Bay of Shoals is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the Bay of Shoals about 121km (75miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 7km (04miles) north of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1] [2]
Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the "long established name" which was derived from the adjoining bay.[1] The locality occupies land on the western shore line of the Bay of Shoals.[1]
The principal land use is agriculture while a strip of land along the coastline is zoned for conservation in order to "enhance and conserve the natural features of the coast."[7]
Bay of Shoals is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.[5] [1]