Garden Island (South Australia)

This article is about the island within the greater Adelaide region. For the associated locality, see Garden Island, South Australia. For the island near Spencer Gulf also known as Garden Island, see Grindal Island.

Garden Island
Aerial view looking WSW of part of the Port River estuary with Garden Island being located in the top right hand corner adjacent to Torrens Island
Garden Island is located in Greater Adelaide
Garden Island
Garden Island
Geography
LocationGulf St Vincent
Coordinates34°48′26″S 138°32′04″E / 34.807170°S 138.534450°E / -34.807170; 138.534450[1]
Area150 ha (370 acres)[2]
Administration
Demographics
Population0 [3]

Garden Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-west of the capital city of Adelaide in an estuary system within the Adelaide metropolitan area which drains into Gulf St Vincent. It is notable as being a site for a mangrove forest, a landfill, a part of the site for the Multifunction Polis, a ship graveyard and a venue for recreational boating activities. It has enjoyed varying degrees of protected area status since 1973.

  1. ^ "Search results for 'Garden Island' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Dolphin Sanctuary', 'Aquatic Reserves', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads', 'Metropolitan Adelaide Boundary (Development Act 1993)' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Garden Island Landfill Rehabilitation Completed". Tonkin Consulting. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Garden Island (SA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata