St Francis Island

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Coordinates: 32°30′43″S 133°17′29″E / 32.512005°S 133.291364°E / -32.512005; 133.291364
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St Francis Island
The island appears on this 1644 map as "I St. François"
St Francis Island is located in South Australia
St Francis Island
St Francis Island
Geography
LocationGreat Australian Bight
Coordinates32°30′43″S 133°17′29″E / 32.512005°S 133.291364°E / -32.512005; 133.291364[1]
ArchipelagoNuyts Archipelago
Administration
Australia

St Francis Island (originally in Dutch: Eyland St. François) is an island on the south coast of

't Gulden Zeepaert
in 1627.

Flora & Fauna

The flora and fauna of St Francis Island in the 1900s included petrels, Australian sea lions and little penguins.[2]

Protected area status

Statutory reserves

The island is part of the Nuyts Archipelago Wilderness Protection Area while the waters surrounding its shores are within the Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park.[3][4][5]

Non-statutory arrangements

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the

white-faced storm-petrels and pied oystercatchers.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Search results for 'St Francis Island, Is' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ^ "THE EARLY NAVIGATORS". Critic (Hobart, Tas. : 1907 - 1924). 1 May 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ISSN 1832-9357
    . Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ISBN 1-921238-18-6
    .
  5. ^ "NUYTS ARCHIPELAGO MARINE PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. p. 5. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. ^ "IBA: Nuyts Archipelago". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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