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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