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Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park

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Nearest town or city
  
Coffin Bay.

Area
  
32 ha

Established
  
2 May 1968

Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park

Managing authorities
  
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

See also
  
Protected areas of South Australia

The Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park comprises three islands located west-southwest of Coffin Bay, lower Eyre Peninsula. The group, which includes Black Rocks and Sudden Jerk Island (also known as Avoid Island), supports breeding populations of seabirds and marine mammals. Colonies of the endangered Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) and protected New Zealand Fur-seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) occur on some of these islands. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

References

Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park Wikipedia