Lake Gilles, South Australia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lake Gilles South Australia
Lake Gilles (water body)
Lake Gilles Location in South Australia
Established	26 April 2013
Postcode(s)	5611
Area	655.27 km2 (253.0 sq mi)
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	278 km (173 mi) north-west of Adelaide 35 km (22 mi) north-east of Kimba
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area District Council of Kimba
Region	Far North
County	Buxton Hore-Ruthven
State electorate(s)	Giles
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.7 °C 75 °F 10.3 °C 51 °F 344.8 mm 13.6 in
Suburbs around Lake Gilles: Uno Uno Corunna Station Corunna Station Uno Moseley Lake Gilles Corunna Station Gilles Downs Cooyerdoo Kelly Barna Cooyerdoo
Footnotes	Location Adjoining localities

Lake Gilles is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula about 278 kilometres (173 miles) north west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 35 kilometres (22 miles) to the north-east of the town of Kimba.

Lake Gilles consists of the water body known as Lake Gilles and a parcel of land to the lake's immediate south all of which is within the boundaries of the protected area, the Lake Gilles Conservation Park. Accordingly, the sole land use within the locality is conservation. The section of the Eyre Highway between Kimba in the west and Iron Knob in the east passes through the locality.

The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the lake of the same name which is located within the boundaries of the locality.

Lake Gilles is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the District Council of Kimba, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.