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Stokes Bay
Stokes BayLocation in South Australia
Location	Investigator Strait, South Australia
Coordinates	35°37′16.05″S 137°12′02.40″E / 35.6211250°S 137.2006667°E / -35.6211250; 137.2006667
Type	Bay
Etymology	"Mr Stokes"
Part of	Investigator Strait
Basin countries	Australia
Max. length	about 300 metres (980 ft) (west-east)
Max. width	about 100 metres (330 ft) (north-south)
Settlements	Stokes Bay

Stokes Bay is a bay in South Australia on the northern coast of Kangaroo Island located about 38 kilometres (24 mi) west of the town of Kingscote. It is described as being the largest of a number of coves located along the coast between Cape Dutton about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) to the west and Cape Cassini about 7 nautical miles (13 km) to the east. The source of the bay's name is reported as taking its names from "supposedly takes its name from the first mate of the Hartley which arrived in South Australia in October 1837" and is not to be confused with a Henry Stokes (c.1808-1898), a sealer who lived on Kangaroo Island prior to 1836 or a John Stokes who arrived on the island in 1817 and who is reported as residing at Stokes Bay.

References

1. ^ "Search result for "Stokes Bay" (BAY) (Record Number SA0064691)". Land Services, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Resources. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. ^ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. chart 22, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
3. Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 175: North, West, and South Coasts of Australia (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 217.
4. "Stokes Bay, Nomenclature". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

v t e Kangaroo Island
Major townships	American River Kingscote Parndana Penneshaw
Beaches	American Beach Baudin Beach Brown Beach D'Estrees Bay Emu Bay Island Beach Nepean Bay Vivonne Bay
Coastal features	Western end of island Cape Borda Cape du Couedic Cape Gantheaume D'Estrees Bay Fides Bluff Maupertuis Bay Nepean Bay Pelican Lagoon Point Marsden Ravine des Casoars Stokes Bay Vivonne Bay Dudley Peninsula Cape St Albans Cape Willoughby Kangaroo Head Moncrieff Bay Pink Bay
Protected areas	National parks Flinders Chase Conservation parks Baudin Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Cygnet Estuary Dudley Kelly Hill Lashmar Lathami Lesueur Mount Taylor Nepean Bay Parndana Pelican Lagoon Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Vivonne Bay Marine parks Encounter Western Kangaroo Island Southern Kangaroo Island Wilderness Protection Areas Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Ravine des Casoars Western River
Islands adjacent to Kangaroo Island coast	Beatrice Islets Busby Islet Casuarina Islets Douglas Rock Nobby Islet Paisley Islet Pelican Lagoon Islets Pelorus Islet
Related and uncategorised	2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires County of Carnarvon Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island Hundred of Dudley Kangaroo Island Council Kangaroo Island wine region Kingscote Airport Middle River Reservoir
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