Cap Island Conservation Park

Cap Island Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Cap Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Elliston.
Coordinates	33°56′42.51″S 135°7′6.73″E / 33.9451417°S 135.1185361°E / -33.9451417; 135.1185361Coordinates: 33°56′42.51″S 135°7′6.73″E / 33.9451417°S 135.1185361°E / -33.9451417; 135.1185361
Established	16 March 1967^[1]
Area	9 hectares (22 acres)^[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Cap Island Conservation Park is located 7.5 km offshore, west of Mount Misery, Eyre Peninsula. The park covers Cap Island's 8ha surface. The island consists of a granite base and a calcarenite mantle; its margins steeply over-hanging and eroded. Typical vegetation is a low Nitre Bush (Nitraria billardierei) shrubland. Cap Island Conservation Park was constituted by statute in 1972 to conserve a sea bird breeding area and Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) and New Zealand Fur-seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) haul-out areas.^[2] Cap Island also bears the alternative name of Rocky Island.^[3]

History

Matthew Flinders named the island on 16 February 1802, alluding to the island's topography, geology and cap-like profile. The island was proclaimed a Fauna Conservation Reserve in 1967 and gazetted as the Cap Island Conservation Park in 1991. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.^[4]

Fauna

In addition to marine mammals, at least nine species of birds have been recorded on Cap Island.^[5] These include:

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae : Silver Gull
Haematopus fuliginosus fuliginosus : Sooty Oystercatcher
Hirundo (Hirundo) neoxena neoxena : Welcome Swallow
Neophema (Neonanodes) petrophila : Rock Parrot
Pelagodroma marina : White-faced Storm-petrel
Sterna (Sterna) striata : White-fronted Tern
Sternula nereis nereis : Fairy Tern
Sturnus (Sturnus) vulgaris vulgaris : Common Starling
Thalasseus bergii : Crested Tern

Flora

At least eight species of plants have been recorded on Cap Island.^[5] They include:

Apium prostratum var. prostratum : Sea Celery
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum : Rounded Noon-flower
Frankenia pauciflora var. fruticulosa
Frankenia pauciflora : Australian Sea-heath
Lawrencia squamata : Thorny Lawrencia
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum : Common Ice plant
Nitraria billardierei : Dillon Bush
Zygophyllum apiculatum : Callweed

References

1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
↑ Management Plan - Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula. South Australia: Government of South Australia - Department for Environment & Heritage. 2006. ISBN 1 921238 18 6.
↑ "Property Location Browser V2". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
↑ "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
1 2 "Explore Your Area - Cap Island, South Australia". The Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2014-08-30.

External links

Cap Island Conservation Park webpage on protected planet

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West coast of Eyre Peninsula

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