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Goose Island Conservation Park is a
protected area in the Australian state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
, located on
Goose Island and other islets in the vicinity of
Wardang Island in
Spencer Gulf. The constituent islands are located within to in the sector between west and north west of
Port Victoria.
[
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.][ In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.]
Non-statutory arrangements
The Goose Island Conservation Park have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it is considered to support over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants, holding up to 750 breeding pairs. It is also a frequently used site for fairy tern
The fairy tern (''Sternula nereis'') is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific. It is listed as " Vulnerable" by the IUCN and the New Zealand subspecies is " Critically Endangered".
There are three subspecies:
* Australian fai ...
s which have been recorded as breeding there.
See also
*Protected areas of South Australia
Protected areas of South Australia consists of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of March 2018, South Australia contains 359 sepa ...
* Goose Island (disambiguation)
References
External links
Goose Island Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
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Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1972
1972 establishments in Australia
Spencer Gulf
South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate