Cape Jervis

Cape Jervis
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State :  Australia State : South Australia Founded : 1853
Coordinates : 35 ° 36 ′  S , 138 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 36 ′  S , 138 ° 6 ′  E Area : 42  km²
Residents : 264 (2016) Population density : 6.3 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC +9: 30) Postal code : 5204 LGA : Yankalilla District Council
Cape Jervis

Cape Jervis is a small coastal town with just under 250 inhabitants in the Australian state of South Australia . Cape Jervis is located about 110 kilometers south of Adelaide on the southwestern tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula . The place is in the administrative region (LGA) Yankalilla District Council .

Matthew Flinders named Cape Jervis in 1802 after John Jervis , an admiral in the British Navy.

Cape Jervis is particularly important as a ferry port to cross over to Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island . Cape Jervis is also the starting point of the Heysen Trail , a 1,200-kilometer hiking trail that ends in the Flinders Ranges .

There are two beaches near the town, sandy Morgan's Beach and pebble Fisheries Beach . There you can also find the remains of an old whaling station .

Web links

Commons : Cape Jervis, South Australia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Cape Jervis ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.