Lipson Island 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 associated with Lipson Island in
Spencer Gulf
The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and ...
about north northeast of
Lipson.
The land which now comprises the conservation park previously received statutory protection in March 1967 as a fauna conservation reserve declared under the ''Crown Lands Act 1929-1966'' and was re-proclaimed in 1972 under the ''
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' as a conservation park.
black-faced cormorant
The black-faced cormorant (''Phalacrocorax fuscescens''), also known as the black-faced shag, is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family. Upperparts, including facial skin and bill, are black, with white underparts. It is endemic to coas ...
s, sooty oystercatchers, crested tern
The greater crested tern Retrieved 28 February 2012 (''Thalasseus bergii''), also called crested tern or swift tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old World ...
s, pacific gulls and silver gulls.’IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
Category III protected area.
References
External links
Lipson Island Conservation Park webpage on protected planet
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Conservation parks of South Australia
South Australian terrestrial protected areas with a marine zone
Protected areas established in 1967
1967 establishments in Australia
Spencer Gulf
Penguin colonies