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Althorpe Islands Conservation Park

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Area
  
163 ha

Established
  
1972

Althorpe Islands Conservation Park

Managing authorities
  
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

See also
  
Protected areas of South Australia

Address
  
South Australia, Australia

Similar
  
Leven Beach Conserva, Wills Creek Conservation Park, Busby Islet Conservation Park, Point Davenport Conserva, West Island Conservation Park

Althorpe Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying the Althorpe Islands, Haystack Island and Seal Island in Investigator Strait near the town of Stenhouse Bay. The conservation park was proclaimed in 1972 following the enactment of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 with the protection initially applying to the Western Islets in the Althorpe Islands, Haystack Island and Seal Island with Althorpe Island itself was not added until 1997. The purpose of the conservation park is ‘to protect important wildlife habitat, particularly for sea-bird populations’. It is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

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Althorpe Islands Conservation Park Wikipedia


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