| Type: | suburb |
| Poltalloch | |
| State: | SA |
| Est: | 2002[1] |
| Postcode: | 5259[2] |
| Timezone: | ACST |
| Utc: | +9:30 |
| Timezone-Dst: | ACST |
| Utc-Dst: | +10:30 |
| Dist1: | 87 |
| Dir1: | south-east |
| Location1: | Adelaide |
| Lga: | Coorong District Council |
| Stategov: | Hammond[3] |
| Fedgov: | Barker[4] |
| Maxtemp: | 20.8 |
| Mintemp: | 10.3 |
| Rainfall: | 468.3 |
| Coordinates: | -35.5273°N 139.3194°W |
| Near-N: | Wellington East |
| Near-Ne: | Ashville |
| Near-E: | Ashville |
| Near-Se: | Waltowa |
| Near-S: | Lake Albert |
| Near-Sw: | Lake Albert |
| Near-W: | Lake Alexandrina Lake Albert |
| Near-Nw: | Lake Alexandrina |
| Footnotes: | Distances Coordinates Climate[5] Adjoining localities |
Poltalloch is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on land between the water bodies of Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert about 87km (54miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide.[2] [1]
Poltalloch began as a private sub-division in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Malcolm. Its boundaries were created in August 2000 in respect to “the long established name.”[1]
Poltalloch is bounded by Lake Alexandrina to the north, by Lake Albert to the south-west and by the Princes Highway to the south-east.[1] A road named the Poltalloch Road runs between the Princes Highway in the north along the coastline with Lake Alexandrina to Point Malcolm in the south-west where a ferry service operates to provide access to Narrung.[1] The principal land use within the locality is agriculture with a strip of land on the coastlines with both lakes being zoned for conservation purposes.[6]
The locality includes the following places listed on the South Australian Heritage Register - Point Malcolm Lighthouse, Poltalloch Homestead and Poltalloch Station Complex.[7] [8] [9]
Poltalloch is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.[4] [3] [1]