Gambier Islands Conservation Park

Gambier Islands Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Gambier Islands Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Port Lincoln.
Coordinates
Established	16 March 1967
Area	100 ha (250 acres)
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Gambier Islands Conservation Park is a protected area associated with the Gambier Islands Group which is located in the middle of the mouth of Spencer Gulf in South Australia about south east of Port Lincoln. The conservation park consists of the following islands from within the group - North Island, South West Rock and Peaked Rocks. Wedge Island is not included in the conservation park. The land which now comprises the conservation park was previously declared as Fauna Reserves in March 1967 under the Fauna Conservation Act 1964 and was re-proclaimed in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. The area under protection is considered significant for the following reasons: 'a group of small islands utilised by seabirds and the Australian sea lion' and the 'North Island supports a population of the southern bush rat (RATTUS FUSCIPES).' The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

External links

• Gambier Islands Conservation Park webpage on protected planet