Mount Jagged, South Australia

Mount Jagged is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 55 kilometres (34 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide and about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) north-west and 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) north respectively of the municipal seats of Goolwa and Victor Harbor.[3][4]

Mount Jagged
South Australia
Mount Jagged
Coordinates35°25′15″S 138°37′47″E[1]
Population377 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Tooperang”) (2011 census)[2]
Established1998[3]
Postcode(s)5211 [4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Alexandrina Council[3]
City of Victor Harbor[3]
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[5]
CountyCounty of Hindmarsh[3]
State electorate(s)Finniss[6]
Federal Division(s)Mayo[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
20.6 °C
69 °F		 10.3 °C
51 °F		 551.8 mm
21.7 in
Suburbs around Mount Jagged:
Mount Compass Mount Compass Tooperang
Mount Compass
Hindmarsh Tiers		 Mount Jagged Mosquito Hill
Middleton
Hindmarsh Valley Port Elliot
Hindmarsh Valley		 Middleton
FootnotesLocations[4][3]
Adjoining localities[3]

The boundaries were created in August 1998 for the part in the District Council of Victor Harbor and then again in August 2000 for the part in the Alexandrina Council. Its name is derived from Mount Jagged, a hill located within its boundaries.[3][9]

The Victor Harbor Road passes through the locality.[3] Land use within Mount Jagged is limited to non-broadacre farming and horticulture due to its location within a zone for the protection of groundwater intended to supply the needs of the town of Mount Compass.[10][3]

Mount Jagged is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government areas of the Alexandrina Council and the City of Victor Harbor.[7][6][3]

References
  1. "Search results for 'Chiton, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tooperang". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. "Search result for "Mount Jagged (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0036465) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Road labels", "Development Plan Layers" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "Postcode for Mount Jagged, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. "Search result for "Mount Jagged (MT)" (Record no SA0010346) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  10. "Development Plan, Alexandrina Council Consolidated – 7 May 2015". [Government of South Australia. pp. 363, 290, 463–468. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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