Rocky Island (South) Conservation Park

Rocky Island (South) Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Rocky Island (South) Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Coffin Bay.
Coordinates	34°48′37″S 134°43′1″E / 34.81028°S 134.71694°E / -34.81028; 134.71694Coordinates: 34°48′37″S 134°43′1″E / 34.81028°S 134.71694°E / -34.81028; 134.71694
Established	16 March 1967^[1]
Area	22 ha (54 acres)^[2]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Rocky Island (South) Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Rocky Island which is located off the west coast of Eyre Peninsula about 72 kilometres (45 miles) west-southwest of Coffin Bay. The conservation park was proclaimed in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 to ‘conserve New Zealand fur seal breeding areas and associated island habitat’. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED" (PDF). THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. Government of South Australia. 16 March 1967. pp. 961–962. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
↑ "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Rocky Island (South) Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. p. 7. ISBN 1-921238-18-6.
↑ "CAPAD 2012 South Australia Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

External links

Rocky Island (South) Conservation Park webpage on protected planet

Protected areas of South Australia
National parks	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Belair Canunda Coffin Bay Coorong Flinders Chase Ikara-Flinders Ranges Gawler Ranges Great Australian Bight Marine Innes Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens Lincoln Malkumba-Coongie Mount Remarkable Murray River Naracoorte Caves Nullarbor Onkaparinga River Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges Witjira
Conservation parks	Aberdour Acraman Creek Aldinga Scrub Althorpe Islands Angove Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bakara Bandon Bangham Barwell Bascombe Well Baudin Baudin Rocks Beachport Beatrice Islet Belt Hill Beyeria Big Heath Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Black Rock Boondina Breakaways Busby Islet Butchers Gap Calectasia Calpatanna Waterhole Cap Island Cape Blanche Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Caralue Bluff Carappee Hill Carpenter Rocks Carribie Carcuma Caroona Creek Chadinga Charleston Christmas Rocks Cleland Clements Gap Clinton Cocata Cooltong Corrobinnie Hill Cox Scrub Cromer Cudlee Creek Custon Cygnet Estuary Danggali Darke Range Dingley Dell Deep Creek Desert Camp Douglas Point Dudley Eba Island Ediacara Elliot Price Eric Bonython Ettrick Eurilla Ewens Ponds Fairview Ferguson Ferries-McDonald Finniss Fort Glanville Fowlers Bay Franklin Harbor Furner Gambier Islands Gawler Ranges Giles Glen Roy Goose Island Gower Grass Tree Greenly Island Guichen Bay Gum Laqoon Hacks Lagoon Hale Hallett Cove Heggaton Hincks Hogwash Bend Hopkins Creek Horsnell Gully Ironstone Hill Kaiserstuhl Kapunda Island Karte Kathai Kellidie Bay Kelly Hill Kelvin Powrie Kenneth Stirling Kinchina Kulliparu Kungari Kyeema Lake Gilles Lake Hawdon South Lake Newland Lashmar Lathami Laura Bay Lawari Lesueur Leven Beach Lincoln Lipson Island Little Dip Lowan Malgra Mamungari Mantung Marino Martindale Hall Mary Seymour Media Island Middlecamp Hills Minlacowie Moana Sands Monarto Monarto Woodlands Montacute Moody Tank Morialta Mount Brown Mount Dutton Bay Mount Magnificent Mount Scott Mount Taylor Mullinger Swamp Munga-Thirri—Simpson Desert Munyaroo Murrunatta Mylor Myponga Nene Valley Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Nicolas Baudin Island Ngarkat Nixon-Skinner Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Para Wirra Paranki Lagoon Parndana Peachna Peebinga Penola Penambol Penguin Island Pelican Lagoon Pigface Island Pike River Pine Hill Soak Point Bell Point Davenport Point Labatt Piccaninnie Ponds Pinkawillinie Pualco Range Pullen Island Pureba Ramco Point Ramsay Reedy Creek Rilli Island Rocky Island (North) Rocky Island (South) Roonka Rudall Salt Lagoon Islands Sceale Bay Scott Creek Seal Bay Searcy Bay Seddon Shannon Sheoak Hill Simpson Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Mere Spring Gully Talapar Talisker Tallaringa Telford Scrub Telowie Gorge The Dutchmans Stern The Knoll The Pages The Plug Range Thidna Tilley Swamp Torrens Island Troubridge Island Tucknott Scrub Tumby Island Venus Bay Verran Tanks Vivigani Ardune Vivonne Bay Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Wahgunyah Waitpinga Waldegrave Islands Wanilla Wanilla Land Settlement Warren Warrenben West Island Wharminda Whidbey Isles Whyalla Wiljani Wills Creek Winninowie Wirrabara Range Wittelbee Wolseley Common Yeldulknie Yalpara Yulte Yumbarra
Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Chowilla Currency Creek Lake Robe Loch Luna Moorook Mud Islands Poocher Swamp Tolderol
Recreation parks	Anstey Hill Blackwood Forest Brownhill Creek Caratoola Cobbler Creek Granite Island Greenhill Long Island O'Halloran Hill Onkaparinga River Shepherds Hill Sturt Gorge Totness
Regional Reserves	Chowilla Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Strzelecki Yellabinna
Conservation reserves	Bernouilli Buckleboo Bunbury Bunkers Cortlinye Cox Scrub Cunyarie Desert Camp Hardings Springs Lacroma Moongi Mootra Pinkawillinie Reservoir Poolgarra Tola Former conservation reserves
Wilderness Protection Areas	Billiatt Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Danggali Hambridge Hincks Investigator Group Memory Cove Nullarbor Nuyts Archipelago Ravine des Casoars Western River Yellabinna
Other protected areas	Arkaroola Protection Area
Related topics	Marine protected areas of South Australia List of protected areas in Adelaide

Marine protected areas of South Australia
Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet-St Kilda Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Coobowie Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Encounter Bay Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf
Historic shipwrecks with protected zones	HMAS Hobart Shipwreck Reserve Zanoni Shipwreck Reserve
Marine parks	Eastern Spencer Gulf Encounter Far West Coast Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Group Investigator Lower South East Lower Yorke Peninsula Neptune Islands Group Nuyts Archipelago Sir Joseph Banks Group Southern Kangaroo Island Southern Spencer Gulf Thorny Passage Upper Gulf St Vincent Upper South East Upper Spencer Gulf West Coast Bays Western Kangaroo Island
Terrestrial reserves with marine extensions	Beatrice Islet Bird Islands Lipson Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Reef Rocky Island (North) Rocky Island (South) Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group The Pages Troubridge Island
Other	Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Great Australian Bight Marine National Park
Related topics	Australian marine parks Protected areas of South Australia

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