Cap Island Conservation Park
Cap Island Conservation Park South Australia | |
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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
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]
History
Matthew Flinders named the island on 16 February 1802, alluding to the island's topography, geology and cap-like profile. The island was proclaimed a Fauna Conservation Reserve in 1967.[5] and gazetted as the Cap Island Conservation Park in 1972. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[6]
Fauna
In addition to marine mammals, at least nine species of birds have been recorded on Cap Island.[7] These include:
- Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae: Silver Gull
- Haematopus fuliginosus fuliginosus: Sooty Oystercatcher
- Hirundo (Hirundo) neoxena neoxena: Welcome Swallow
- Neophema (Neonanodes) petrophila: Rock Parrot
- Pelagodroma marina: White-faced Storm-petrel
- Sterna (Sterna) striata: White-fronted Tern
- Sternula nereis nereis: Fairy Tern
- Sturnus (Sturnus) vulgaris vulgaris: Common Starling
- Thalasseus bergii: Crested Tern
Flora
At least eight species of plants have been recorded on Cap Island.[7] They include:
- Apium prostratum var. prostratum: Sea Celery
- Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum: Rounded Noon-flower
- Frankenia pauciflora var. fruticulosa
- Frankenia pauciflora: Australian Sea-heath
- Lawrencia squamata: Thorny Lawrencia
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum: Common Ice plant
- Nitraria billardierei: Dillon Bush
- Zygophyllum apiculatum: Callweed
References
- ^ "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.
- 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.
- ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED" (PDF). THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. Government of South Australia. 16 March 1967. pp. 961–962. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Explore Your Area - Cap Island, South Australia". The Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2014.