Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = Ib | 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|36|0|54|S|136|55|56|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 15 October 1993<ref name="SAGG-1993">{{cite web |last1=Wiese |first1=B.J. |title=WILDERNESS PROTECTION ACT 1992 SECTION 22(1): CONSTITUTION OF CAPE BOUGUER WILDERNESS PROTECTION AREA |url=http://www6.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1993/102/1754.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=25 January 2019 |page=1754 |date=15 October 1993}}</ref> | area_ha = | area_km2 = 52.98 | area_ref = <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=26 March 2014}}</ref> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = | nearest_city = [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]] | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] }}

'''Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area''' is a [[protected area]] located on the south coast of [[Kangaroo Island]] in [[South Australia]] about {{convert|84|km|abbr=off}} south-west of [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]]. The wilderness protection area was proclaimed in October 1993 under the ''Wilderness Protection Act 1992'' to "protect and preserve the outstandingly high wilderness qualities of the area". It was created on land excised from the [[Kelly Hill Conservation Park]]. It is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category Ib – wilderness area|IUCN Category Ib protected area]].<ref name=2012-13report>{{cite journal|title=Wilderness Advisory Committee Annual Report 2012-13|journal=Annual Report|date=September 2013|pages=14|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/5ad5624b-73b3-4284-86e0-a28900c9111c/wilderness-annual-report-2012-13-rep.pdf|access-date=17 March 2014|issn=1832-9357}}</ref><ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/><ref name=gazateer>{{Gazetteer of Australia|name= Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area |feature= SA0012200 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Flinders Chase National Park, Kelly Hill Conservation Park, Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area and Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area Management Plans |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/937b2d35-3d3e-41f0-9e9e-9e4f00b1a9a9/PARKS_PDFS_KI_MISC_MP.pdf |publisher= Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs |access-date=1 May 2014|page=7|year=1999}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Protected areas of South Australia]] * [[Karatta, South Australia]]

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/cape-bouguer-wilderness-protection-area Entry for Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area on protected planet]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area}} [[Category:Wilderness areas of South Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1993]] [[Category:1993 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]]