West Island Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
West Island Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:IA
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-35.6057°N 138.5954°W
Nearest Town Or City:Victor Harbor
Area:16ha
Area Footnotes:[2]
Established:10 November 1966
Established Footnotes:[3]

West Island Conservation Park is a protected area occupying both West Island and Seal Island in coastal waters near Victor Harbor in South Australia. The park was proclaimed in 1972 following the enactment of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 with the protection initially applying to West Island only which itself previously had reserve status under the Fauna Conservation Act 1964-1965. Seal Island was added to the park in 1979. The purpose of the park is to protect the breeding populations of bird species present on both islands such as little penguins, silver gulls, crested terns, Caspian terns and fairy terns. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[4] [1] In 1982, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016.
  2. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 26 March 2014. 7.
  3. Web site: Shard . A.J. . FAUNA CONSERVATION ACT, 1964-1965: HUNDRED OF WAITPINGA—FAUNA RESERVE DECLARED . The South Australian Government gazette . Government of South Australia . 28 September 2019 . 1881 . 10 November 1966 . West Island (reserve for Government purposes as proclaimed in Government Gazette, 31st July, 1913), section 360, hundred of Waitpinga, county of Hindmarsh..
  4. Book: Island conservation parks of Backstairs Passage and Encounter Bay management plans. 1983 . National Parks and Wildlife Service . Adelaide . 0-7243-4588-4. ll, 11 & 12.
  5. 28 September 1982. 28 September 2018.