Pigface Island Conservation Park

Pigface Island Conservation Park
South Australia
Pigface Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Port Lincoln
Coordinates 32°41′42″S 134°16′41″E / 32.69500°S 134.27806°E / -32.69500; 134.27806Coordinates: 32°41′42″S 134°16′41″E / 32.69500°S 134.27806°E / -32.69500; 134.27806
Established 2 May 1968 [1]
Area 16 ha (40 acres)[1]
Managing authorities Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Pigface Island Conservation Park is a protected area associated with Pigface Island located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north north-east west of Streaky Bay. It was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 1972 for the purpose of conserving a ‘sea bird roosting habitat’. The land under protection had previously been dedicated as a Fauna Conservation Reserve on 2 May 1968. A statement of significance published in 1980 advises: ‘a small island utilised by silvergulls and black-faced cormorants as a breeding area and by other seabirds as a roosting and feeding habitat.’ The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "CAPAD 2012 South Australia Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pigface Island Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  4. ↑ Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. p. 4. ISBN 1-921238-18-6.
  5. ↑ 6750 "Register of the National Estate (Non-statutory archive), Pigface Island Conservation Park, Streaky Bay, SA, Australia" Check |url= value (help). Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 25 October 2014.


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