Port Elliot, South Australia

Port Elliot
South Australia
Horseshoe Bay taken from Freemans Nob, facing towards Commodore Point
Port Elliot
Coordinates35°32′04″S 138°40′44″E / 35.534569°S 138.67876°E / -35.534569; 138.67876
Population2,251 (SAL 2021)
EstablishedBy 1852 (town)
9 September 1993 (locality)
Postcode(s)5212
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location84 km (52 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island
CountyHindmarsh
State electorate(s)Finniss
Federal division(s)Mayo
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.6 °C
69 °F
10.3 °C
51 °F
551.7 mm
21.7 in
Localities around Port Elliot:
Hindmarsh Valley Mount Jagged Middleton
Hindmarsh Valley
Chiton
Port Elliot Middleton
Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay Encounter Bay Encounter Bay
FootnotesAdjoining localities

Port Elliot is a town in South Australia toward the eastern end of the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is situated on the sheltered Horseshoe Bay, a small bay off the much larger Encounter Bay. Pullen Island lies outside the mouth of the bay. At the 2021 census, Port Elliot had a population of 2251.

Lady Bay is a small bay at the south-western end of Horseshoe Bay, past the jetty.