Cape Borda is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about south-west of the state capital of Adelaide.
Its boundaries were created in 2002 in respect to âÂÂthe long established nameâ which is reported to be derived from the navigation aid within its boundaries - the Cape Borda Lightstation.
The major land uses within the locality includes conservation and primary production with the former land use including the following protected areas - the Flinders Chase National Park, the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area and the Cape Torrens Wilderness Protection Area. Part of the southern boundary of Cape Borda is formed by the Playford Highway.
The locality includes the three following state heritage places - Harveys Return Cemetery, the Cape Borda Lighthouse and the Harveys Return Landing Site.
Cape Borda is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.
Cape Borda has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb) with tepid, dry summers and mild, relatively wet winters. On average, the town experiences 181.0 cloudy days and only 49.2 clear days per annum. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 28 January 2009 to on 12 June 1999. The wettest recorded day was 23 March 1877 with of rainfall.
The original weather station recorded temperature, precipitation, solar exposure, 9 am and 3 pm conditions. It was closed in 2007.
A newer weather station was opened in 2002. It records temperature, precipitation and solar exposure.
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