Aldinga Bay is a
bay located on the east coast of
Gulf St Vincent
Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger S ...
in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
about south-southwest of
Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre (Kaurna: Tarndanya) is the inner city locality of Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Ad ...
.
Extent & description
Aldinga Bay lies between Snapper Point
in the suburb of
Aldinga Beach
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Aldinga Beach is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga and has the postcode 5173. At the , Aldinga Beach had a population of 10,557. It lies about a kilometre west of the smaller ...
at its northern extremity and the remains of Myponga Jetty
at
Myponga Beach at its southern extremity.
Ports and other settlements
The bay has no infrastructure for maritime use apart from access to the beach from the road network to launch and retrieve small boats at specific locations permitted by the local government authority, the
City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga () is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It ...
.
The following
settlements are located along its coastline from north to south: Aldinga Beach and
Sellicks Beach
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Sellicks Beach, formerly spelt Sellick's Beach, is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located within Adelaide metropolitan area about from the Adelaide city centre. It is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide and ...
in the City of Onkaparinga and Myponga Beach in the
District Council of Yankalilla
The District Council of Yankalilla is a local government area centred on the town of Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.
It was created on 23 October 1856, when the District Council of Yankalilla and Myponga was divided i ...
.
Protected areas
The waters of Aldinga Bay are within the Encounter Marine Park
Encounter Marine Park is a marine park in South Australia. It is in the Fleurieu Peninsula in state of South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part ...
. The south-eastern part of the Aldinga Reef aquatic reserve is within the bay.
Notes
Citations and references
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Bays of South Australia
Gulf St Vincent