# Cape Jervis

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This article is about the town in South Australia. For the nearby headland, see [Cape Jervis (headland)](/source/Cape_Jervis_(headland)). For the nearby lighthouse, see [Cape Jervis Lighthouse](/source/Cape_Jervis_Lighthouse).

Town in South Australia

Town in South Australia, Australia

Cape Jervis Town Sealink Terminal, Cape Jervis Cape Jervis Coordinates: 35°36′0″S 138°06′0″E / 35.60000°S 138.10000°E / -35.60000; 138.10000[2] Country Australia State South Australia Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[1] LGA District Council of Yankalilla[2] Location 88 km (55 mi) from Adelaide[3] Established 1954 (sub-division) 5 August 1999 (locality)[4][5] Government • State electorate Mawson[6] • Federal division Mayo[7] Population • Total 264 (2016 census)[9] Time zone UTC+9:30 (ACST) • Summer (DST) UTC+10:30 (ACST) Postcode 5204[3] County Hindmarsh[2] Mean max temp 17.5 °C (63.5 °F)[10] Mean min temp 10.2 °C (50.4 °F)[10] Annual rainfall 818.9 mm (32.24 in)[10] Localities around Cape Jervis Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent Rapid Bay Rapid Bay Gulf St Vincent Investigator Strait Cape Jervis Delamere Silverton Deep Creek Investigator Strait Backstairs Passage Backstairs Passage Adjoining localities[2]

**Cape Jervis** is a town in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) located near the western tip of [Fleurieu Peninsula](/source/Fleurieu_Peninsula) on the southern end of the [Main South Road](/source/South_Road%2C_Adelaide) approximately 88 kilometres (55 mi) south of the state capital of [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide_city_centre).[11]

It is named after the [headland](/source/Cape_Jervis_(headland)) (also known by its [Aboriginal](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) name Parewarangk[12]) at the western tip[13] of Fleurieu Peninsula which was named by [Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders) after [John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent](/source/John_Jervis%2C_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent) on 23 March 1802.[14]

It overlooks the coastline adjoining the following three bodies of water – [Gulf St Vincent](/source/Gulf_St_Vincent), [Investigator Strait](/source/Investigator_Strait), and [Backstairs Passage](/source/Backstairs_Passage). It also overlooks the following facilities both located at the headland of Cape Jervis – the [Cape Jervis Lighthouse](/source/Cape_Jervis_Lighthouse) and the port used by [Kangaroo Island SeaLink](/source/Kangaroo_Island_SeaLink) which operates the ferry service to [Penneshaw](/source/Penneshaw%2C_South_Australia) on [Kangaroo Island](/source/Kangaroo_Island).[15][16][17]

The [2016 Australian census](/source/2016_Australian_census) which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Cape Jervis had 264 people living within its boundaries.[9]

Cape Jervis is the starting point for the [Heysen Trail](/source/Heysen_Trail), a walking track of 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) in length which finishes at [Parachilna Gorge](/source/Parachilna_Gorge) in the [Flinders Ranges](/source/Flinders_Ranges).[18] Venues of interest to visitors to the town include the [Deep Creek Conservation Park](/source/Deep_Creek_Conservation_Park), the [Talisker Conservation Park](/source/Talisker_Conservation_Park) and two nearby beaches – Morgan's Beach (with the remains of the trawler *[Ellen](/source/Ellen_(1883))*) and Fisheries Beach (with remains of an old whaling station).[15] Cape Jervis is also notable as a point of [embarkment](/source/Embarkment) for [fishing charters](/source/Recreational_boat_fishing).[15]

Cape Jervis is located within the federal [division of Mayo](/source/Division_of_Mayo), the state electoral district of [Mawson](/source/Electoral_district_of_Mawson) and the local government area of the [District Council of Yankalilla](/source/District_Council_of_Yankalilla).[7][2][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190321125647/https://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf) (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from [the original](http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf) (PDF) on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LMV_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LMV_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LMV_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LMV_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-LMV_2-4) ["Search results for 'Cape Jervis, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', "Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'"](http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/). *Location SA Map Viewer*. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-postcode_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-postcode_3-1) ["Cape Jervis, South Australia (Postcode)"](http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/adelaide/cape+jervis). postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-manning_4-0)** [Manning, Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_Manning). ["South Australian Names – J"](http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/J.pdf) (PDF). *Manning Index of South Australian History*. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SAGG-1999_5-0)** Sarneckis, Kos (5 August 1999). ["GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places (within the District Council of Yankalilla)"](http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1999/107/657.pdf) (PDF). *The South Australian Government Gazette*. Government of South Australia. p. 657. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EDBC_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EDBC_6-1) [*Mawson*](http://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/mawson-map-2016-pdf/download.html) (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AEC_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AEC_7-1) ["Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011"](http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf) (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Cape Jervis (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL40221). *Australian Census 2021 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ABS_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ABS_9-1) [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (27 June 2017). ["Cape Jervis (State Suburb)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/SSC40220). *2016 Census QuickStats*. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-climate_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-climate_10-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-climate_10-2) ["Summary (climate) statistics PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS)"](http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_023875.shtml). [Commonwealth of Australia](/source/Commonwealth_of_Australia), [Bureau of Meteorology](/source/Bureau_of_Meteorology). Retrieved 8 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*Development Plan, Yankililla (DC) Consolidated – 10 January 2013*](https://web.archive.org/web/20141216134234/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/11033/Yankalilla_Council_Development_Plan.pdf) (PDF). Government of South Australia. 2014. p. 54. Archived from [the original](http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/11033/Yankalilla_Council_Development_Plan.pdf) (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Coastal Management Study, HallettCove, SA](https://cdn.marion.sa.gov.au/sp/Hallett-Cove-Beach-Coastal-Management-Study-Report.pdf) (PDF) (Report). Report No. R11‐008‐01‐01. Coastal Environment Pty Ltd. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2020. Prepared for the [City of Marion](/source/City_of_Marion).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NGA_13-0)** [*Sailing Directions (Enroute),*Pub. 175:*North, West, and South Coasts of Australia*](https://msi.nga.mil/api/publications/download?key=16694491/SFH00000/Pub175bk.pdf&type=view) (PDF). *[Sailing Directions](/source/Sailing_Directions)*. [United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency). 2017. p. 222-223.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Jervis, Cape (The Manning Index of South Australian History)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141111064343/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/j/j1.htm). The State Library of South Australia. Archived from [the original](http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/j/j1.htm#jervisC) on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DCY_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DCY_15-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DCY_15-2) ["Towns"](http://www.yankalilla.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=505). The District Council of Yankalilla. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rowlett_16-0)** Rowlett, Russ. ["Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia"](https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/sa.htm). *The Lighthouse Directory*. [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). Retrieved 27 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Getting You to iconic Kangaroo Island"](http://www.sealink.com.au/kangaroo-island-ferry). Sealink Travel Group. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["The Heysen Trail"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141122041134/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Visiting/Bushwalking/The_Heysen_Trail). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from [the original](http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Visiting/Bushwalking/The_Heysen_Trail) on 22 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

v t e Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia Major Townships Cape Jervis Middleton (part) Myponga Normanville Port Elliot Victor Harbor Yankalilla Minor Townships Carrickalinga Deep Creek Delamere Hayborough Inman Valley McCracken Rapid Bay Second Valley Waitpinga Local Government Alexandrina Council (part) City of Victor Harbor District Council of Yankalilla Geographical features Ingalalla Waterfalls Coastal features Cape Jervis Rosetta Head (The Bluff) Protected areas Conservation parks Deep Creek Eric Bonython Gum Tree Gully Mount Billy Myponga Newland Head Spring Mount Stipiturus Talisker Waitpinga Yulte Other Fleurieu Art Prize Fleurieu wine zone (part) Islands of South Australia Southern Fleurieu wine region (part) Leafy Sea Dragon Festival Heysen Trail (part)

v t e Towns and localities of the District Council of Yankalilla Back Valley (part) Bald Hills Cape Jervis Carrickalinga Deep Creek Delamere Hay Flat Inman Valley (part) Mount Compass (part) Myponga Myponga Beach Normanville Lady Bay Pages Flat (part) Parawa Rapid Bay Second Valley Sellicks Hill (part) Silverton Torrens Vale Tunkalilla Waitpinga (part) Wattle Flat Willow Creek Wirrina Cove Yankalilla

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