Franklin Harbor Conservation Park is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Cowell about south of the town centre in Cowell. The conservation park consists of land on a peninsula that encloses the south east side of

Franklin Harbor #REDIRECT Cowell, South Australia Cowell is a coastal town on Franklin Harbor on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia on the Lincoln Highway 111 km south of the major town of Whyalla. It is 493 km by road from Ad ...

and on four islands within Franklin Harbor including Entrance Island. The conservation park occupies land in Sections 258, 259, 260 and 261 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Playford. The conservation park was proclaimed on 22 January 1976 under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972''. As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of . Since 2012, the conservation park has been overlapped by the protected area known as the

Franklin Harbor Marine Park Franklin Harbor Marine Park is a marine park in Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is adjacent and overlapping with Franklin Harbor Conservation Park. The park includes Franklin Harbor and is located on the western side of Spencer Gulf betw ...

. As of 1982, the conservation park was considered to have "significance" for the following reasons:

...(it) preserves an area of mangrove and samphire flats, an association that is markedly depleted in South Australia. The entrance islands ... contain a population of death adders. The islands also provide a safe roosting and feeding site for sea birds.

As of 1982, the flora of the conservation park was described as follows:

Two of the islands and the protected side of the peninsula feature a low woodland of '' Avicennia marina'' and a samphire shrubland. The seaward side of the peninsula features a sandy beach backed by minor areas of open scrubland dominated by boxthorn, with scattered ''
Callitris ''Callitris'' is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are 16 recognized species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other three (''C. neocaledonica, C. sulcata'' and ''C. p ...
'', '' Santalum'', ''
Leucopogon ''Leucopogon'' is a genus of about 150-160 species of shrubs or small trees in the family Ericaceae, in the section of that family formerly treated as the separate family Epacridaceae. They are native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the ...
'' and '' Nitraria''.

The conservation park is classified as an

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Category Ia protected area. In 1982, it was listed on the now-defunct

Register of the National Estate The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritag ...

References

External links

Franklin Harbor Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin Harbor Conservation Park Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1976 1976 establishments in Australia Eyre Peninsula Spencer Gulf South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate

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