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Torrens Island Conservation Park
South Australia
Nearest town or cityPort Adelaide
Established1 January 1963[1]
Area635 ha (1,570 acres)[1]
Managing authoritiesDepartment of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Torrens Island Conservation Park is a protected area located on Torrens Island in South Australia about 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi)* north-northeast of Port Adelaide. The conservation park covers the majority of Torrens Island down to low water with exception to the land associated with the former quarantine station and the Torrens Island Power Station. The east side of the conservation park immediately adjoins the Barker Inlet-St Kilda Aquatic Reserve. The conservation park is reported as protecting ‘areas of mangrove forest, samphire shrubland and sand dune systems home to vulnerable and threatened species such as the Australasian bittern, the fairy tern and the white-bellied sea eagle’. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[2][3][4][5]


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References

  1. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Torrens Island Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  3. ^ "Torrens Island Conservation Park expanded by 25ha, more than a year after State Government announcement". Portside Messenger. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. ^ "CAPAD 2012 South Australia Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) (2007), Aquatic Reserve: Barker Inlet-St Kilda (PDF), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2016