Goose Island (South Australia)

This article is about the island in South Australia. For other uses, see Goose Island.

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.