| Type: | protected |
| Beatrice Islet Conservation Park | |
| State: | sa |
| Iucn Category: | Ia |
| Iucn Ref: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | -35.6397°N 137.6794°W |
| Relief: | yes |
| Nearest Town Or City: | Kingscote[2] |
| Area: | 1.03 |
| Established: | 16 March 1967 |
| Established Footnotes: | [3] |
Beatrice Islet Conservation Park is a protected area occupying the Beatrice Islets and adjoining intertidal areas in Nepean Bay on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. It is located about 4km (02miles) east of the town of Kingscote.
It was dedicated in 1967 for 'conservation of wildlife habitat' replacing previous statutory protection dating back to 1909. A management philosophy for the conservation park published in 1987 supports the use of the park as a 'feeding and roosting habitat for waterbirds'. The conservation park which is about 103ha in size, occupies part of a sandspit extending from Cape Rouge to the immediate north of Kingscote. The Beatrice Islets which originally supported bushes of African boxthorn which, when cleared in either the 1960s or the 1970s, resulted in erosion and destabilisation of both islets to the extent that both were described as being 'a mudflat/cocklebed' which is submerged at high water.[4] [5] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1]