Pullen Island (South Australia)
 View from the coast of Horseshoe Bay | |
  Pullen Island | |
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| Coordinates | 35°32′22″S 138°41′24″E / 35.539449°S 138.689956°E[1] |
| Adjacent to | Encounter Bay |
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Pullen Island is a 1 ha granite island lying 0.5 km offshore from the town of Port Elliot on the southern coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia. It was originally named Lipson Island but was renamed in 1839 by W.J.S. Pullen, the Colonial Marine Surveyor, after himself. The island is protected by designation as the Pullen Island Conservation Park.[2]
Description
About 300 m long, the island that is largely a mass of weathered granite boulders, with a cove and beach on the northern side providing a landing for small boats. There is little vegetation, though pockets of soil on the higher part of the island support a few plants including the native
Little penguin colony
The 2013 Encounter Bay penguin census conducted by penguin ecologist Dr. Diane Colombelli-Négrel from Flinders University found no penguins and no active burrows on Pullen Island. The census' report concluded that the colony had not recovered from a prior collapse.[3]
Protected area status
Pullen Island has enjoyed protected area status since 2 September 1948 when it was declared as a closed area for birds under the Animals and Birds Protection Act 1919-1946.
References
- ^ "Search result for "Pullen Island, IS" with the following datasets selected – "NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries", "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas"and "Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-7243-4588-4.
- ^ Colombelli-Négrel, D. & Kleindorfer, S. Penguin monitoring and conservation activities in the Gulf St Vincent July 2013 – June 2014. Report to the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Natural Resources Management Board, Flinders University, South Australia (2014-04). Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "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.
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