Seal Bay, South Australia

{{about|the locality in South Australia|the associated protected area|Seal Bay Conservation Park}}

{{Other uses|Seal Bay (disambiguation){{!}}Seal Bay}}

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

|type=town

| name = Seal Bay

| state = SA

| image = Seal Bay Conservation Park from lookout1.jpg

| caption = View (looking west) from within the Seal Bay Conservation Park

| est = 2002{{cite web|title=Search result for "Seal Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058095) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Road Labels" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#|publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=16 April 2016}}

| postcode = 5223{{cite web|title= Postcode for Seal Bay, South Australia |url= http://www.postcodes-australia.com/areas/sa/kangaroo+island/seal+bay |publisher= postcodes-australia.com |access-date=16 April 2016}}

| elevation =

| elevation_footnotes =

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| timezone-dst = ACST

| utc-dst = +10:30

| dist1 = 164

| dir1 = south-west

| location1 = Adelaide

| dist2 = 50

| dir2 =south

| 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|access-date=9 September 2016}}

| county = County of 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 |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}}

| maxtemp = 21.0

| mintemp = 8.9

| rainfall = 444.0

| coordinates = {{coord|35.957480|S|137.321610|E|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Seddon

| near-ne = MacGillivray

| near-e = MacGillivray

| near-se = MacGillivray

| near-s = Ocean

| near-sw = Ocean

| near-w = Vivonne Bay

| near-nw = Seddon

| footnotes = Location{{cite journal|title=Management Plan, Seal Bay and Cape Gantheaume Conservation Parks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia|date=1977|page=11 |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/9fbaeba4-b9cf-436f-8d78-9e4f00b1ef55/PARKS_PDFS_SEAL_BAY_GANTHEA_MP.pdf |publisher=National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment (NPWS) |access-date=10 June 2016}}
Coordinates
Climate{{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE AERO (nearest station) |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_022841.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=16 April 2016}}
Adjoining localities

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Seal Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight.{{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|access-date=29 December 2020 }}{{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|access-date=30 May 2013|type=PDF}} It is located about {{convert|164|km|abbr=off}} southwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about {{convert|50|km|abbr=off}} south of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

Its boundaries were created in 2002 in respect to “the long established name.”

The majority land use within the locality is conservation while a smaller amount of land within the centre of the locality is zoned for agriculture. The former use consists of the full extent of the Seal Bay Conservation Park and part of the western end of the Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area which occupies part of the eastern side of the locality.{{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=Government of South Australia |access-date=8 March 2016|pages=135, 152 and 319–327}}{{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}}

Seal 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.