Kingston SE
Kingston SE is a small coastal town in the state of South Australia, known for its long sandy beaches, relaxed fishing culture, and as the home of the famous giant lobster sculpture.Photo: Riana dzasta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 1,640 residents
- Description: town in South Australia
- Also known as: “Kingston Se, South Australia”, “Kingston SE, South Australia”, “Kingston Se, South Australia, Australia”, “Kingston South East”, and “Port Caroline”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Jaffa Lighthouse and Big Lobster.
Cape Jaffa Lighthouse
Museum
Photo: Mike Switzerland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Jaffa Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse formerly located on Margaret Brock Reef near Cape Jaffa on the southeast coast of South Australia and whose tower has been located in the town of Kingston SE since 1976.
Big Lobster
Photo: Riana dzasta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Big Lobster is a tourist attraction located in the town of Kingston SE, South Australia. Known locally as Larry the Lobster, the sculpture of a spiny lobster stands 17 metres tall, and is regarded as one of the most impressive of Australia's Big Things.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandy Grove.
Sandy Grove
Locality
Sandy Grove is a locality located within the Kingston District Council in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. Sandy Grove is situated 4 km south of Kingston SE.
Kingston SE
- Category: locality
- Location: Kingston District Council, Limestone Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.8392° or 36° 50′ 21″ southLongitude
139.8471° or 139° 50′ 50″ eastPopulation
1,640Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
4QMX5R6W+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 319480549OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2068414Wikidata ID
Q1028160
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Satellite Map
Discover Kingston SE from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Walloon—“Kingston SE” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kingston”
- Albanian: “Kingston”
- Aragonese: “Kingston”
- Asturian: “Kingston SE”
- Basque: “Kingston SE”
- Basque: “Kingston”
- Breton: “Kingston”
- Catalan: “Kingston”
- Chinese: “東南京士敦”
- Chinese: “金斯敦 SE”
- Chinese: “金斯顿 SE”
- Croatian: “Kingston”
- Czech: “Kingston”
- Danish: “Kingston”
- Dutch: “Kingston”
- Esperanto: “Kingston”
- Estonian: “Kingston”
- Finnish: “Kingston”
- French: “Kingston SE”
- French: “Kingston”
- Galician: “Kingston”
- German: “Kingston SE”
- Hungarian: “Kingston”
- Icelandic: “Kingston”
- Irish: “Kingston”
- Italian: “Kingston SE”
- Japanese: “キングストン・SE”
- Lithuanian: “Kingston”
- Lombard: “Kingston”
- Low German: “Kingston”
- Luxembourgish: “Kingston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kingston”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kingston”
- Persian: “کینگستن اسایی”
- Persian: “کینگستون اسایی”
- Piemontese: “Kingston”
- Polish: “Kingston SE”
- Portuguese: “Kingston”
- Romanian: “Kingston”
- Russian: “Кингстон-Саут-Ист”
- Russian: “Кингстон”
- Scots: “Kingston SE”
- Slovak: “Kingston”
- Slovenian: “Kingston”
- Spanish: “Kingston South East”
- Spanish: “Kingston”
- Swedish: “Kingston”
- Swiss German: “Kingston”
- Turkish: “Kingston”
- Walloon: “Kingston”
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