| Cap Island Conservation Park South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Cap Island Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Elliston. |
| Coordinates | 33°56′42.51″S 135°7′6.73″E / 33.9451417°S 135.1185361°E |
| Established | 16 March 1967[2] |
| Area | 9 hectares (22 acres)[2] |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Cap Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) offshore, west of Mount Misery, Eyre Peninsula. The park covers Cap Island's 8ha surface. The island consists of a granite base and a calcarenite mantle; its margins steeply over-hanging and eroded. Typical vegetation is a low Nitre Bush (Nitraria billardierei) shrubland. Cap Island Conservation Park was constituted by statute in 1972 to conserve a sea bird breeding area and Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) and New Zealand Fur-seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) haul-out areas.[3]
Cap Island also bears the alternative name of Gap Island and historically was also known as Rocky Island.[4]
- ^ "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Management Plan - Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula. South Australia: Government of South Australia - Department for Environment & Heritage. 2006. ISBN 1 921238 18 6.
- ^ "Search results for 'Cap Island, Is' with the following datasets selected - 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 6 February 2018.