Kingscote, South Australia
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Dauncey Street | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 35°39′11″S 137°38′03″E / 35.65306°S 137.63417°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1836 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,915 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5223 | ||||||||||||
| County | Carnarvon | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 19.1 °C (66.4 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 11.6 °C (52.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 484 mm (19.1 in) | ||||||||||||
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Kingscote is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 119 kilometres (74 mi) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide. It is South Australia's oldest European settlement and the island's largest town. It is a well-established tourist centre and the administrative and communications centre. It is home to a colony of the smallest penguins in the world, the Australian little penguin.
The town is served by Kingscote Airport with passenger flights on two airlines.