Goose Island (South Australia)

Goose Island
Goose Island is located in South Australia
Goose Island
Goose Island
Geography
LocationSpencer Gulf
Administration
Australia
Goose Island is an important site for black-faced cormorants

Goose Island is a small (2 ha), rocky island lying about 550 m from the northern end of the much larger Wardang Island, off the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula, in the Spencer Gulf of South Australia. Rising to a height of 26 m, its vegetation is dominated by African boxthorn on clay and calcarenite soils. The waters surrounding the island are protected in the Goose Island Aquatic Reserve.[1][2] The island was leased from the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources by Scotch College from 1996 to December 2024. The college relinquished its license after a breakdown in negotiations with the Narungga people.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2011) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Goose Island (Spencer Gulf). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/06/2011
  2. ^ Goose Island Aquatic Reserve Archived 2015-04-05 at the Wayback Machine PIRSA, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2014-01-20.