Goose Island Conservation Park

Goose Island Conservation Park
South Australia
Goose Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Port Victoria
Coordinates 34°27′16″S 137°21′48″E / 34.45444°S 137.36333°E / -34.45444; 137.36333Coordinates: 34°27′16″S 137°21′48″E / 34.45444°S 137.36333°E / -34.45444; 137.36333
Established 27 April 1972[1]
Area 35 ha (86 acres)[1]
Visitation ‘a few hundred a year’ (in 2009)[2]
Managing authorities Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Footnotes Coordinates[3]
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Goose Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. located on Goose Island and other islets in the vicinity of Wardang Island in Spencer Gulf. The constituent islands are located within 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) to 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) in the sector between west and north west of Port Victoria.[2][4]

The conservation park was proclaimed in 1972 to ‘conserve an offshore breeding and refuge area for sea-birds and the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea).’ The conservation park consists of the following islands: Goose Island, Little Goose Island, Seal Rocks and White Rocks located to the immediate north of Wardang Island with Beatrice Rock, Island Point and Rocky Island all located to the east of Wardang Island, and Boat Rock and Bikini Islets being located on the west side of Wardang Island.[2]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[3]

Non-statutory arrangements

The Goose Island Conservation Park have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it is considered to support over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants, holding up to 750 breeding pairs. It is also a frequently used site for fairy terns which have been recorded as breeding there.[5]

See also

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. 1 2 3 Management Plan - Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment & Heritage. 2009. pp. 1, 2, 4 & 29. ISBN 978-1-921466-76-2.
  3. 1 2 "CAPAD 2012 South Australia Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Goose Island Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  5. ↑ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Goose Island (Spencer Gulf)". BirdLife International. 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.


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