Cape Jaffa is a locality in the Australian state of

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located on the headland of

Cape Jaffa Cape Jaffa is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located at the south end of Lacepede Bay on the state's south east coast about south west of the town centre of Kingston SE. The cape is described as being "a low sandy poin ...

on the state's south east coastline overlooking the body of water known in

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as the

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and by international authorities as the

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. It located about south south-east of the state capital of

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and about south west of the town centre of Kingston SE. The locality includes a

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located on the north side of the headland overlooking Lacepede Bay which is also known as Cape Jaffa. The settlement includes a jetty and a marina. The locality includes part of the Bernouilli Conservation Reserve. The Marina (known as Cape Jaffa Anchorage) received development approval in January 2006. The plans allow for several stages of development. At least the first stage exists, and the marina is considered to still be "under construction" in 2018. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Cape Jaffa had a population of 54 people. Cape Jaffa is located within the federal

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, the state MacKillop and the local government area of the Kingston District Council.

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