Antechamber Bay, South Australia

__NOTOC__ {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= May 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place |type=town | name = Antechamber Bay | state = SA | use_lga_map = yes | image = | caption = | est = 2002<ref name=PLB>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Antechamber Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058053) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]] |access-date=4 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 }}</ref> | postcode = 5222<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title= Postcode for Antechamber Bay, South Australia |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/antechamber+bay |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref> | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = [[UTC9:30|ACST]] | utc = +9:30 | timezone-dst = [[UTC10:30|ACST]] | utc-dst = +10:30 | dist1 = 108 | dir1 = south | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] | dist2 = 15 | dir2 = east | location2= [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]] | lga = Kangaroo Island Council | region = [[Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region|url= http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> | county = [[County of Carnarvon (South Australia)|Carnarvon]]<ref name=PLB/> | stategov = [[Electoral district of Mawson|Mawson]]<ref name=EDBC>{{cite map |url=http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/mawson-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Mawson |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |date=2016 |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> | fedgov = [[Division of Mayo|Mayo]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> | maxtemp = 18.1 | mintemp = 12.8 | rainfall = 538.4 | coordinates = {{coord|35.787690|S|138.058680|E|display=inline,title}} | near-n = [[Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia|Cuttlefish Bay]] | near-ne = ''[[Backstairs Passage]]'' | near-e = ''[[Backstairs Passage]]'' | near-se = [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] | near-s = [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] | near-sw = [[Dudley East, South Australia|Dudley East]] | near-w = [[Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia|Cuttlefish Bay]]<br/>[[Dudley East, South Australia|Dudley East]] | near-nw = [[Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia|Cuttlefish Bay]] | footnotes = Coordinates<ref name=PLB/><br/>Locations<ref name=postcode/><br/> Climate<ref>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE WILLOUGHBY (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022803.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref><br/>Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB/> }}

'''Antechamber Bay ''' is a locality in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on the north coast of [[Dudley Peninsula]] on [[Kangaroo Island]] overlooking [[Backstairs Passage]] about {{convert|108|km|abbr=off}} south of the state capital of [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]] and about {{convert|15|km|abbr=off}} east of [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]].<ref name=PLB/><ref name=postcode/>

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 while its name was derived from Antechamber Bay, a bay located on its coastline with Backstairs Passage.<ref name=PLB/>

The main land uses within the locality are [[agriculture]] and [[conservation (ethic)|conservation]]. The latter land use includes the [[Lashmar Conservation Park]] and other land adjoining the coastline which has additional statutory constraints to "conserve the natural features of the coast".<ref name =DP>{{cite web|title=Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council |url=http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/249975/Kangaroo_Island_Council_Development_Plan.pdf |publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]] |access-date=8 March 2016| pages=114–117, 135, 152–153, 179 and 307–310}}</ref><ref name=PLB/><ref name=PA2015>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/bf6977cb-f1f9-4700-9b5f-a35500fda94f/protected-areas-of-south-australia-map.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>

The locality includes a [[wetland]] system which is listed on the [[Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia]] and consists of two parts – the Lashmar Lagoon which reported as being the “largest [[lagoon]] on the eastern end of the island” and the Chapman River which drains into Antechamber Bay.<ref name=DIWA>{{cite web|title=Search result for Lashmar Lagoon and Chapman River – SA031 |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/wetlands/report.pl|publisher=Australian Government, Department of Environment |date=30 May 2005 |access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref>

Antechamber Bay is located within the federal [[division of Mayo]], the state [[electoral district of Mawson]] and the local government area of the [[Kangaroo Island Council]].<ref name=PLB/><ref name=EDBC/><ref name=AEC/>

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[[Category:Towns on Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]]

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