Type: | protected |
Troubridge Island Conservation Park | |
State: | sa |
Iucn Category: | III |
Iucn Ref: | [1] |
Coordinates: | -35.1178°N 137.8272°W |
Relief: | yes |
Nearest Town Or City: | Edithburgh |
Area: | 2.59 |
Established: | 16 December 1982 |
Visitation Num: | estimated 350-400 |
Visitation Year: | 2009 |
Visitation Footnotes: | [2] |
Url: | http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Yorke_Peninsula/Troubridge_Island |
Troubridge Island Conservation Park is a protected area includes all of Troubridge Island and some adjoining waters about 8km (05miles) East-southeast of Edithburgh in South Australia and about 74km (46miles) southwest of Adelaide. The park was proclaimed in 1982 under National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 ‘to conserve sea-bird rookeries and to preserve heritage values of a lighthouse and associated keepers’ cottages’. In 1986 the park was extended to include an area of intertidal waters around the island. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[1] [3]