{{Short description|Island in Australia}} {{About|the conservation park in South Australia|the islets| Beatrice Islets}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date= April 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Beatrice Islet Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = Ia | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer "Detail" tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|35|38|23|S|137|40|46|E|display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = yes | label = Beatrice Islet Conservation Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 16 March 1967<ref name=FCR-1967>{{cite web|title=CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED.|url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1967/11.pdf |website=THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE |publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=5 February 2018|pages=961–962|date=16 March 1967}}</ref> | area_ha = | area_km2 = 1.03 | area_ref = <ref name=ReserveList/> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = | nearest_city = [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]]<ref name=ReserveList>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b88e6e26-4bd9-4c68-8fff-9e800114eb69/park-management-protected-areas-gen.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] }}
'''Beatrice Islet Conservation Park''' is a [[protected area]] occupying the [[Beatrice Islets]] and adjoining [[intertidal]] areas in [[Nepean Bay]] on [[Kangaroo Island]], [[South Australia]]. It is located about {{convert|4|km|abbr=off}} east of the town of [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]].<ref name=gazateer>{{Gazetteer of Australia|name= Beatrice Islet Conservation Park|feature= SA0005346 }}</ref>
It was dedicated in 1967 for "conservation of wildlife habitat" replacing previous statutory protection dating back to 1909. A management philosophy for the conservation park published in 1987 supports the use of the park as a "feeding and roosting habitat for [[waterbird]]s". The conservation park which is about {{convert|103|ha|abbr=on}} in size, occupies part of a [[Spit (landform)|sandspit]] extending from Cape Rouge to the immediate north of Kingscote. The Beatrice Islets which originally supported bushes of [[Lycium ferocissimum|African boxthorn]] which, when cleared in either the 1960s or the 1970s, resulted in erosion and destabilisation of both islets to the extent that both were described as being "a [[mudflat]]/cocklebed" which is submerged at high water.<ref name=mp>{{cite book |title=Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan|author=Anon |year=1987 |publisher=Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia |location=Adelaide |isbn=0-7243-8983-0|pages=25 & 27|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e41e4e27-da1d-4a81-970a-9e4f00b185f9/PARKS_PDFS_CP_OF_KI_MP.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Robinson|first=A. C.|title=South Australia's offshore islands|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/5a7dbb25-70b9-4ceb-bbfd-a25800961994/offshore-islands-gen.pdf|publisher=Australian Heritage Commission|access-date=13 December 2013 |author2=Canty, P. |author3=Mooney, T. |author4=Rudduck, P.|pages=138, 140, 147 & 301|year=1996| isbn=978-0-644-35011-2 }}</ref> The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category Ia – strict nature reserve|IUCN Category Ia protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>
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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/24294 Beatrice Islet Conservation Park webpage on protected planet]
{{Kangaroo Island}} {{Protected areas of South Australia}} {{Marine protected areas of South Australia|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beatrice Islet Conservation Park}} [[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:South Australian terrestrial protected areas with a marine zone]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1967]] [[Category:1967 establishments in Australia]]