Nuytsland Nature Reserve

Nuytsland Nature Reserve
Western Australia
The Great Australian Bight at Toolina Cove, Nuytsland Nature Reserve, 2010
Nuytsland Nature Reserve
Nearest town or city Esperance
Coordinates 32°18′0″S 125°52′0″E / 32.30000°S 125.86667°E / -32.30000; 125.86667Coordinates: 32°18′0″S 125°52′0″E / 32.30000°S 125.86667°E / -32.30000; 125.86667
Area 6,253.44 km2 (2,414.5 sq mi)
Managing authorities Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)
See also List of protected areas of
Western Australia

Nuytsland Nature Reserve is a protected area of Western Australia in the far south-eastern part of the state, on the south coast.

Nominally located at 32° 18' S 125° 52' E, it has an area of 6,253.44 km², and takes in over 500 kilometres of coastline from Cape Pasley to Red Rocks Point.[1]

It was gazetted in 1969. Significant features include Twilight Cove and the Eyre Bird Observatory.[2][3] It lies within the Nuyts cadastral division of the state.

The reserve has been surveyed for the western ground parrot.[4]


Notes

  1. Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (2010), Cape Arid and Eucla National Parks, Israelite Bay, Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 2 March 2017
  2. Harris, Alex (1979-03-02), "Life in the most remote bird observatory", West Australian (2 Mar 1979): 7, 10, retrieved 2 March 2017
  3. Riley, Kathy (2007-01-01), "Nature in the raw.(Nuytsland Nature Reserve)(Geographic overview)", Australian Geographic, Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd (85): 94–99, ISSN 0816-1658
  4. Newbey, Brenda; Chemello, David; Barth, Michael (2006), Search for the western ground parrot in Nuytsland Nature Reserve and Cape Arid National Park, 2005-2006, Birds Australia, Western Australia, retrieved 2 March 2017

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