Flinders Chase, South Australia

{{about|the locality in South Australia|the associated protected area | Flinders Chase National Park}} __NOTOC__ {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= March 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place |type=town | name = Flinders Chase | state = SA |map_type=nomap|local_map=yes | image = Remarkable Rocks 03.jpg | caption = Remarkable Rocks | est = 2002<ref name=PLB>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Flinders Chase (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058416) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas" and "Road Labels"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|work=Property Location Browser|publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]]|date=|accessdate=8 March 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | postcode = 5223<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title= Flinders Chase, South Australia (Postcode) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/kangaroo+island/cape+borda |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> | elevation = | elevation_footnotes = | timezone = [[UTC9:30|ACST]] | utc = +9:30 | timezone-dst = [[UTC10:30|ACST]] | utc-dst = +10:30 | dist1 = 192 | dir1 = south-west | location1 = [[Adelaide city centre]] | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2= | lga = [[Kangaroo Island Council]]<ref name=PLB/> | 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|accessdate=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 |accessdate=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|accessdate=2 August 2015}}</ref> | maxtemp = 22.1 | mintemp = 11.5 | rainfall = 534.0 | coordinates = {{coord|35.752910|S|136.593390|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | near-n = [[Cape Borda, South Australia|Cape Borda]] Gosse | near-ne = [[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]] | near-e = [[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]] [[Karatta, South Australia|Karatta]] | near-se =''Ocean'' | near-s =''Ocean'' | near-sw =''Ocean'' | near-w =''Ocean'' | near-nw =''Ocean'' | footnotes = Distances<ref name=postcode/> Coordinates<ref name=PLB/> Climate<ref>{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics CAPE BORDA (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022823.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> Adjoining localities<ref name=PLB/> }} '''Flinders Chase''' is a locality in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located in south-western [[Kangaroo Island]] overlooking the body of water known in [[Australia]] as the [[Southern Ocean]] and by international authorities as the [[Great Australian Bight]].<ref name=iho>{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|type=PDF|pages=35–36|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|accessdate=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=ahs>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf|title=AHS – AA609582|publisher=The Australian Hydrographic Service|date=5 July 2012|accessdate=30 May 2013|type=PDF|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313130704/http://www.hydro.gov.au/factsheets/WFS_Names_and_Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas_Around_Australia.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is located about {{convert|210|km|abbr=off}} south-west of the state capital of [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]].<ref name=postcode/>

Its boundaries were created in 2002 in respect to “the long established name” which is reported to be derived from the [[Flinders Chase National Park]].<ref name=PLB/> Its northern boundary is formed by the [[Playford Highway]] while its eastern boundary is formed by the West End Highway in the northern and by the Sanderson Fire Access Track in the south.<ref name=PLB/>

The principal land use within the locality is [[conservation (ethic)|conservation]] with its full extent being occupied by the following [[protected area]]s - the southern part of the Flinders Chase National Park in the south and the [[Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area]] in the north.<ref name=PLB/><ref name=pages5-6>{{cite web|title= Flinders Chase National Park, Kelly Hill Conservation Park, Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area and Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area Management Plans |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/937b2d35-3d3e-41f0-9e9e-9e4f00b1a9a9/PARKS_PDFS_KI_MISC_MP.pdf |publisher= Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs |accessdate=1 May 2014|pages=5 & 6|year=1999}}</ref>

The locality includes the five following [[South Australian Heritage Register|state heritage places]] - [[David Kilpatrick's Grave]] being the burial place of a passenger who survived the loss of the [[barque]], [[Loch Sloy]] in 1899 but died after reaching land, the [[Rocky River Homestead]], the [[Cape du Couedic Lighthouse]], the [[Cape du Couedic Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages, Stable and Store]], and the [[Weirs Cove Jetty, Funnelway and Store Ruin]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16030 | title=David Kilpatrick's Grave, Flinders Chase National Park| publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16024 | title=Cape du Couedic Lighthouse, Flinders Chase National Park | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16029 | title=Rocky River Homestead, Flinders Chase National Park | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16025 | title=Cape du Couedic Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages, Stable & Store, Flinders Chase National Park | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16026 | title=Weirs Cove Jetty, Funnelway & Store Ruin, Flinders Chase National Park | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref>

Flinders Chase 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=AEC/><ref name=EDBC/><ref name=PLB/>

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