| Type: | suburb |
| Menzies | |
| State: | SA |
| Pop: | 560 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Nepean Bay”) |
| Est: | 2002[1] |
| Postcode: | 5223 [2] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 136 |
| Dir1: | south-west |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Dist2: | 19 |
| Dir2: | west |
| Region: | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3] |
| County: | Carnarvon |
| Stategov: | Mawson[4] > |
| Fedgov: | Mayo[5] |
| Maxtemp: | 21.0 |
| Mintemp: | 9.0 |
| Rainfall: | 444.0 |
| Coordinates: | -35.6957°N 137.434°W |
| Near-N: | Wisanger |
| Near-Ne: | Wisanger Kingscote |
| Near-E: | Cygnet River |
| Near-S: | Kohinoor |
| Near-Sw: | Kohinoor |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates Locations Climate[6] Adjoining localities |
Menzies is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 136km (85miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19km (12miles) west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.[1] [2]
Its boundaries were created in May 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Menzies.[1]
The principal land use in the locality is primary production.[7] [1]
Menzies 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] [4] [1]