Cape Blanche Conservation Park
Cape Blanche Conservation Park South Australia |
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IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
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Nearest town or city | Streaky Bay |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Established | 9 February 2012[1] |
Area | 810 ha (2,000 acres)[1] |
Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Cape Blanche Conservation Park is a protected area located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). south of Streaky Bay. It was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2012 for the purpose of protecting ‘important breeding habitat for the eastern osprey (Pandion cristatus) and white-bellied sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)’ and ‘diverse range of flora’ including ‘the West Coast mintbush (Prostanthera calycina),’ and to provide ‘provide important habitat for threatened shorebirds and migratory birds, including the hooded plover (Thinornis rubricollis), sooty oystercatcher(Haematopus fuliginosus) and sanderling (Calidris alba).’ The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[2][3]
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