Hallett Cove, South Australia

Hallett Cove Adelaide, South Australia
Hallett Cove
Coordinates	35°04′37″S 138°30′07″E / 35.077°S 138.502°E / -35.077; 138.502
Population	12,512 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5158
Area	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Location	21 km (13 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of Marion
State electorate(s)	Black
Federal division(s)	Kingston
Suburbs around Hallett Cove: Marino Marino O'Halloran Hill Gulf St Vincent Hallett Cove Sheidow Park Lonsdale Lonsdale Reynella

Hallett Cove is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia located in the City of Marion 21 kilometres (13 miles) south of the Adelaide city centre. It has a population of more than 12,000 people. Adjoining suburbs are Marino to the north, Trott Park and Sheidow Park to the east and Lonsdale to the south.

The name Kareildung has been mistakenly ascribed to Hallett Cove as an Indigenous name. The Kaurna name of Murrkangga was derived from the meaning of Kareildung and applied specifically to the Amphitheatre in the Hallett Cove Conservation Park.

Sites within the conservation park are of great geological and archaeological significance, as well as containing sites of great cultural significance to the Kaurna people, including a significant site on the Tjilbruke Dreaming Track. The park features Aboriginal artefacts used by the Kaurna people about 2,000 and the Kartan people up to 40,000 years ago. Geological features include glacial striations on the clifftop which form part of the evidence for the Permian glaciation of southern Australia, then part of Gondwana.

Hallett Cove itself is a small rocky beach, named after John Hallett, who came across it in 1837 whilst searching for missing stock. The Field River runs out to sea at the southern end. The cliffs to the north are part of the conservation park.

The Hallett Cove Shopping Centre is the suburb's largest shopping centre, and includes underground parking, a food court, a Big W department store, and Woolworths and Foodland supermarkets.