Kangaroo Island Council

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{{about|the local government area|the associated island|Kangaroo Island}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga

| name = Kangaroo Island Council

| state = sa

| image = Kangaroo Island LGA.png

| caption = Location of Kangaroo Island Council

| pop =

| density =1,11

| area = 4400.1

| est = 1996

| seat = Kingscote

| mayor = Michael Pengilly{{cite web | url=http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/electedmembers | title=Elected Members | publisher=Kangaroo Island Council | access-date=9 April 2016}}

| region = Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island{{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=10 October 2014}}

| logo = KI council logo.jpg

| url = http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au

| stategov = Mawson {{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 |year=2016 |access-date=2 March 2018}}

| fedgov = Mayo{{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}}

| near-nw =

| near-n = Investigator Strait

| near-ne = District Council of Yankalilla

| near-e =

| near-w = Southern Ocean

| near-sw = Southern Ocean

| near-s = Southern Ocean

| near-se = Southern Ocean

}}

The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Kingscote and the District Council of Dudley. Its first meeting held on 11 December 1996. {{Cite web | last = Kangaroo Island Council | title = About Council | url = http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/about | access-date = 3 December 2015 | archive-date = 21 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121181412/http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/about | url-status = dead }}

The seat of the council is located in the island's largest town, Kingscote. The district's population at the 2016 census was approximately 4,700.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA42750|name=Kangaroo Island (DC)|accessdate=16 November 2017|quick=on}}