Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park

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Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park
South Australia
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Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Coffin Bay.
Coordinates 34°36′50.65″S135°17′13.04″E / 34.6140694°S 135.2869556°E / -34.6140694; 135.2869556 Coordinates: 34°36′50.65″S135°17′13.04″E / 34.6140694°S 135.2869556°E / -34.6140694; 135.2869556
Established2 May 1968 [2]
Area32 hectares (79 acres) [2]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

The Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying three islands located west-southwest of Coffin Bay of Eyre Peninsula. The group, which includes Black Rocks and Sudden Jerk Island (also known as Avoid Island), supports breeding populations of seabirds and marine mammals. Colonies of the endangered Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) and protected New Zealand Fur-seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) occur on some of these islands. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH), South Australia. pp. 6–7. ISBN   1-921238-18-6.