Troubridge Island Conservation Park

Protected area in South Australia

35°7′4″S 137°49′38″E / 35.11778°S 137.82722°E / -35.11778; 137.82722Established16 December 1982^[1]Area2.59 km² (1.0 sq mi)^[1]Visitationestimated 350−400 (in 2009)^[2]Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and WaterWebsiteTroubridge Island Conservation ParkSee alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Troubridge Island Conservation Park is a protected area includes all of Troubridge Island and some adjoining waters about 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) East-southeast of Edithburgh in South Australia and about 74 kilometres (46 miles) southwest of Adelaide. The park was proclaimed in 1982 under National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 ‘to conserve sea-bird rookeries and to preserve heritage values of a lighthouse and associated keepers’ cottages’. In 1986 the park was extended to include an area of intertidal waters around the island. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.^[1]^[3]

Citations and references

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ DEH, 2009, page 29
^ DEH, 2009, pages 1-2

References

Management Plan - Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment & Heritage (DEH). 2009. ISBN 978-1-921466-76-2.

External links

Troubridge Island Conservation Park official webpage
Troubridge Island Conservation Park webpage on protected planet

Protected areas of South Australia

Conservation reserves

Wilderness Protection Areas

Other protected areas

Arkaroola Protection Area

Former protected areas

Related topics

Marine protected areas of South Australia
List of protected areas in Adelaide

v t e Marine protected areas of South Australia
Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet-St Kilda Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Coobowie Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Encounter Bay Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf
Historic shipwrecks with protected zones	HMAS Hobart Shipwreck Reserve Zanoni Shipwreck Reserve
Marine parks	Eastern Spencer Gulf Encounter Far West Coast Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Group Investigator Lower South East Lower Yorke Peninsula Neptune Islands Group Nuyts Archipelago Sir Joseph Banks Group Southern Kangaroo Island Southern Spencer Gulf Thorny Passage Upper Gulf St Vincent Upper South East Upper Spencer Gulf West Coast Bays Western Kangaroo Island
Terrestrial reserves with marine extensions	Beatrice Islet Bird Islands Lipson Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Reef Rocky Island (North) Rocky Island (South) Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group The Pages Troubridge Island
Other	Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Great Australian Bight Marine National Park
Related topics	Australian marine parks Protected areas of South Australia List of protected areas in Adelaide

Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

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Minor Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey
State electoral districts	Narungga
Local Government	Yorke Peninsula Council Copper Coast Council District Council of Barunga West

Coastal features

Protected areas

National parks	Innes
Conservation parks	Bird Islands Carribie Clinton (part) Leven Beach Minlacowie Point Davenport Ramsay Thidna Warrenben Wills Creek
Aquatic reserves	Coobowie