Nuyts Archipelago

Nuyts Archipelago
Nuyts Archipelago is located in South Australia
Nuyts Archipelago
Nuyts Archipelago
Geography
LocationGreat Australian Bight
Administration
Australia
White-faced storm petrel in flight close to the sea surface
The archipelago is an important breeding site for white-faced storm petrels…
Short-tailed shearwater in flight
…short-tailed shearwaters…
Pied oystercatcher walking along a beach
…and pied oystercatchers…
Two Australian sea lions on a beach
…as well as Australian sea lions

The Nuyts Archipelago is an island group in South Australia in the Great Australian Bight, to the south of the town of Ceduna on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It consists of mostly granitic islands and reefs that provide breeding sites for Australian sea lions and support colonies of short-tailed shearwater. It also includes the island group known as the Isles of St Francis. All the islands, with the exception of a part of Evans Island, are located within the protected areas of the Nuyts Archipelago Wilderness Protection Area and the Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park.