Whidbey Isles Conservation Park
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| Whidbey Isles Conservation Park South Australia |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
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| File:Coffin Bay National Park Almonta Beach 2.jpg
Golden Island seen from Almonta Beach
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 Whidbey Isles Conservation Park
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| Nearest town or city | Coffin Bay. |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Established | 16 March 1967[1] |
| Area | 3.04 km2 (1.2 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
The Whidbey Isles Conservation Park consists of seven islands located west-southwest of Coffin Bay, lower Eyre Peninsula. The group, which includes the Four Hummocks group, Perforated Island, Price Island and Golden 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.[2][3]
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