{{About-distinguish|the bay in South Australia|Aldinga Beach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date= November 2014}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Aldinga Bay | image = Sellicks Beach.jpg | image_size = | caption = Aldinga Bay looking south from [[Sellicks Beach, South Australia|Sellicks Beach]] | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[South Australia]] | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[South Australia]] | coords = {{coord|35|19|47|S|138|25|47|E|type:waterbody_region:AU-SA|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gazateer>{{Gazetteer of Australia|name= Aldinga Bay |feature= SA0000670 }}</ref> | type = [[Bay]] | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = [[Australia]] | length = about {{convert|13|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=chart15/> | width = about {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=chart15/> | area = | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|16.4|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=chart15>DMH, 1985, chart 15</ref> | volume = | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | temperature_high = | temperature_low = | frozen = | islands = | trenches = | benches = | cities = [[Aldinga Beach]]<br>[[Sellicks Beach, South Australia|Sellicks Beach]]<br>[[Myponga Beach, South Australia|Myponga Beach]] }}
'''Aldinga Bay''' is a [[bay]] located on the east coast of [[Gulf St Vincent]] in [[South Australia]] about {{convert|40|km|abbr=off}} south-southwest of [[Adelaide city centre]].
==Extent & description== Aldinga Bay lies between Snapper Point<ref group="note">{{coord|-35.2708|138.4444}}</ref> in the suburb of [[Aldinga Beach, South Australia|Aldinga Beach]] at its northern extremity and the remains of Myponga Jetty<ref group="note">{{coord|-35.37182|138.38401}}</ref> at [[Myponga Beach, South Australia|Myponga Beach]] at its southern extremity.<ref name=NGA>{{cite enroute|175|2017|223}}</ref><ref name=MB>{{cite web|title=Property Location Browser Report - Placename Details: Myponga Beach, LOCB |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |publisher=The Government of South Australia |access-date=5 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 }}</ref>
==Ports and other settlements== The bay has no infrastructure for maritime use apart from access to the beach from the road network to launch and retrieve small boats at specific locations permitted by the local government authority, the [[City of Onkaparinga]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vehicles on beaches |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/onka/discover/beaches/vehicles_on_beaches.jsp |publisher=City of Onkaparinga |access-date=5 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020233146/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/onka/discover/beaches/vehicles_on_beaches.jsp |archive-date=20 October 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The following [[human settlement|settlements]] are located along its coastline from north to south: Aldinga Beach and [[Sellicks Beach, South Australia|Sellicks Beach]] in the City of Onkaparinga and Myponga Beach in the [[District Council of Yankalilla]].<ref name=suburbmap>{{cite web|title=City of Onkaparinga suburb boundaries map |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/public/download.jsp?id=61222&sstat=503543 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060506/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/public/download.jsp?id=61222&sstat=503543 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |publisher=City of Onkaparinga |access-date=8 October 2014 |date=9 January 2014 }}</ref><ref name=MB/> ==Protected areas== The waters of Aldinga Bay are within the [[Encounter Marine Park]]. The south-eastern part of the [[Aldinga Beach, South Australia#Aldinga Reef aquatic reserve|Aldinga Reef aquatic reserve]] is within the bay.<ref>{{cite web|title= MARINE PARK 15, Encounter |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/9a3a8c59-0f34-4e4a-85e2-a1170127270a/mp-gen-map-15-encounter.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|author1=Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) |title=Aquatic Reserve: Aldinga Reef |publication-date=2007 |publisher=Primary Industries and Regions South Australia |url=http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/65415/11._AqResWeb.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405180345/http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/65415/11._AqResWeb.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2015 }}</ref>
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==Citations and references== ===Citations=== {{reflist|2}}
===References=== *{{Citation | author1=South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH)| title=The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs | publication-date=1985 | publisher=Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia |isbn=978-0-7243-7603-2}}
{{Bays of South Australia|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aldinga Bay}} [[Category:Bays of South Australia]] [[Category:Gulf St Vincent]]