North Cape, South Australia

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date= June 2016}}

{{Infobox Australian place

|type=town

| name = North Cape

| state = SA

| image =

| caption =

| est = 2002{{cite web |title=Search result for "North Cape (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058077 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |date= |accessdate=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| postcode = 5223 {{cite web|title= Postcode for North Cape, South Australia (Postcode) |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/kangaroo+island/north+cape |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |accessdate=2 June 2016}}

| elevation =

| elevation_footnotes =

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 116

| dir1 = south-west

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 9

| dir2 = north

| location2= Kingscote

| lga = Kangaroo Island Council

| 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|accessdate=9 September 2016}}

| county = Carnarvon

| 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 |date=2016 |accessdate=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|accessdate=2 August 2015}}

| maxtemp = 198.1

| mintemp = 11.6

| rainfall = 488.9

| coordinates = {{coord|35.580820|S|137.595050|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Investigator Strait

| near-ne = Investigator Strait

| near-e = Nepean Bay

| near-se = Bay of Shoals (body of water)

| near-s = Bay of Shoals
Nepean Bay

| near-sw = Bay of Shoals

| near-w = Emu Bay

| near-nw = Investigator Strait

| footnotes = Coordinates
Locations
Climate{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022807.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=20 April 2016}}
Adjoining localities

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North Cape is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about {{convert|116|km|abbr=off}} south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about {{convert|9|km|abbr=off}} north of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which was derived from the most northerly headland on the coastline.{{cite web |title=Search result for "North Cape (Cape)" (Record no SA0050510 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |date= |accessdate=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

North Cape occupies land bounded by Investigator Strait to the north and by Nepean Bay and its subsidiary, the Bay of Shoals, to the east and the south-east respectively. Its coastline includes features such as Point Marsden and Cape Rouge. Land use is divided between conservation and agriculture with the former applying to the coastline in order to “enhance and conserve the natural features of the coast” and latter applying to land in the locality’s southwest.{{cite web|title=Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council, Consolidated – 20 February 2014 |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 |accessdate=8 March 2016|pages=114, 152 and 246–251}}

The coastline from Point Marsden in the east to Cape D'Estaing in the adjoining locality of Emu Bay in the west is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register as a site of “geological and outstanding palaeontological significance.”{{cite web | url= http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16023 | title=

Cape d'Estaing to Emu Bay (west) and Emu Bay (east) to Boxing Bay Coastline (designated place of palaeontological significance)| publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register |accessdate=2 June 2016}}

North Cape is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.