Shoal Bay is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.[3]

Shoal Bay Darwin, Northern Territory
Shoal Bay
Coordinates	12°21′57″S 131°03′17″E[1]
Population	0 (2016 census)[2]
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0830[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	20 km (12 mi) E of Darwin
LGA(s)	Litchfield Municipality[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Nelson[4]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6] 32.1 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,725.1 mm 67.9 in
Suburbs around Shoal Bay: Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf Murrumujuk Murrumujuk Micket Creek Knuckey Lagoon Shoal Bay Koolpinyah Knuckey Lagoon Holtze Howard Springs Koolpinyah
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs[7][8]

The locality is named after the nearby bay which was named in 1839 by Commander Wickham and Lieutenant Stokes during HMS Beagle's third survey expedition.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Shoal Bay had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Shoal Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]

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