Iron Knob
| Iron Knob South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°44′01″S 137°08′57″E / 32.733502°S 137.149293°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 110 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 11 February 1915 (town) 29 July 2004 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5611 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||||
| County | Manchester | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
Iron Knob is a town in the Australian state of South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula immediately south of the Eyre Highway. At the 2006 census, Iron Knob and the surrounding area had a population of 199. The town obtained its name from its proximity to large deposits of iron ore, most notably Iron Monarch which outcropped prominently from the relatively flat, surrounding landscape.