Map of Kangaroo Island

Fast Facts.

• Kangaroo Island is seven times larger than Singapore.
• There are echidnas, platypus, goannas, wallabies and kangaroos.
• The Island was named by British navigator Matthew Flinders in 1802.
• More than 1/3 of the Island is National or Conservation Park.
• The average July and August minimum teperature is 8 C and maximum is 15 C
• Southern right whales pass by on their migration from Antartica to the Great Australian Bight to calve then they go back again.
• Travel to Kangaroo is by large vehicle and passenger ferries and takes 45 minutes.
• By air from Adelaide airport to the Island's capital Kingscote takes 30 minutes.
• It is the third largest island off the coast of Australia.
• Kangaroo Island is 155 kilometers long and 55 kilometers wide.
• Kangaroo Island is 4,500 square kilometers in size.
• There are 1,600 kilometers of roads on the Island.