Nuyts Reef Conservation Park
South Australia
Nuyts Reef Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Nuyts Reef Conservation Park
Nuyts Reef Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityFowlers Bay[2]
Coordinates32°6′43″S 132°9′6″E / 32.11194°S 132.15167°E / -32.11194; 132.15167
Established16 March 1967[3]
Area47 ha (120 acres)[4]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Nuyts Reef Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia associated with Nuyts Reef, which is located off the state's west coast in the Great Australian Bight about 29 kilometres (18 miles) west south-west of Fowlers Bay.[2][5]

The land forming the conservation park was declared a Fauna Conservation Reserve on 16 March 1967.[3] This was reconstituted as Nuyts Reef Conservation Park on 27 April 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 to "conserve Australian sea lion breeding habitat".[6][5] On 19 December 1991, additional land was added to the conservation park to extend protection over land located between high tide and low tide.[2][7] As of 2018, it covered an area of 47 hectares (120 acres).[4]

In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:[8]

A group of five small reefs supporting an Australian sea lion colony and providing breeding habitat for seabirds... Five small granite reefs and rocks, some of which are swept by storm waves. The Reefs are without vegetative cover... Isolation and the absence of introduced species has ensured habitat preservation.

The conservation park including its marine zone is classified as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Category Ia protected area.[9] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Search results for "Nuyts Reef Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'State Marine Park Network Zoning', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Shard, A.J. (16 March 1967). "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED" (PDF). THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. Government of South Australia. pp. 961–962. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 8 March 2019)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. p. 1. ISBN 1-921238-18-6.
  6. ^ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660 & 703. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. ^ Blevins, F.T. (19 December 1991). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTIONS 29 (3) AND 30 (2): VARIOUS CONSERVATION PARKS— ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1907. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Nuyts Reef Conservation Park, Cape Nuyts via Penong, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6754)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of South Australia". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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