Flinders Chase National Park (formerly Flinders Chase ) is a protected area in Australia's southern Australian state located on the western tip of Kangaroo Island about 177 kilometers (110 miles) west - west west of the state capital of Adelaide and 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Kingscote township. It is a refuge for endangered species and home to several geological phenomena. It is the second national park to be announced in South Australia.
The Flinders Chase National Park consists of three parts - a coastal area around Cape du Couedic in the southwestern corner of the island, Gosse Lands at the western tip of the island and former Cape Borda Lightstation reserves to the north. west corner of the island.
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Description
Location
Flinders Chase National Park is located on the northwestern tip of Kangaroo Island in South Australia about 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Kingscote. The city is located within the Flinders Chase, Gosse and Karatta regions.
Extent
In 1993, the park consisted of three separate land areas:
- 'Cape du Couedic' which refers to the main parcel of land within the national park and which is bordered on the north by West Bay Road and Melrose Track West, on the east by the West End Highway and an excavation called the Sand Line Dune; and parts of the coastline stretching from West Bay in the west to Cape du Couedic in the south and to Sanderson Bay to the east. Part of this national park includes the following islands - Paisley Islet (also known as West Bay Island) in West Bay and Casuarina Islet in south Cape du Couedic.
- The Gosse Lands - a plot of land bounded by Playford Highway to the north and West End Highway to the west.
- Former lighthouse reserve on Cape Borda.
Setting a protected area
National parks are classified as IUCN category II protected areas.
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History
Part of the first national park gained the status of a protected area as 'flora and fauna reserve' declared on October 16, 1919 under the Fauna and Flora Reserve Act 1919, an action whose special purpose is:
... to establish a Reserve on Kangaroo Island for the Protection, Conservation and Propagation of Fauna and Flora Australasia, and to provide such Reserve Control, and for other purposes.
Formed as a national park on the proclamation of the 1972 Wilderness and Wildlife Act of 1972 which strips five items from existing legislation including the Fauna and Flora Reserve Act 1919 . At the proclamation in 1972, it consisted of the following soil in the following cadastre units as well as the whole of Casuarina Islets - section 11 in Hundred of Borda, section 64 in Hundred of Gosse, section 17 on Hundreds of McDonalds and section 66 on "South out of Hundreds".
Sanctuary
Since its creation in November 1919, it has been a sanctuary for endangered species, some of them introduced from the mainland in the 1920s and 1930s. During the 1940s, 23 additional species were introduced, including Koalas (1923) and Platypus (1928). Most of these species can still be observed today. Kangaroos, Goannas and Echidnas are usually seen in national parks.
Small penguin
Little penguins have been recorded in Flinders Chase in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. It is believed that these colonies have become extinct, in part due to the increasing populations of New Zealand seals since the end of commercial sealing. In 1886, a small penguin was seen in the Admiral's Arch.
Geological monuments
This national park has two geological features that have been listed as a geological monument by the Australian Geological Society - Cape du Couedic and Remarkable Rocks.
Extraordinary Rock is a natural sculpted formation that is precariously balanced over the granite outcrop. They remind visitors about the statues of Henry Moore.
Fire
The lightning strike on Thursday, December 6, 2007 caused 63,433 hectares of Flinders Chase National Park to be burned, before it was finally accommodated on December 16th.
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See also
- South Australia protected area
- Loch Vennachar
- Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area
- The bush fire of Kangaroo Island
- Rocky River (Kangaroo Island)
- Field Naturalists Society of South Australia
References
External links
- Flinders Chase National Park's official web page
- Flinders Chase National Park's web page on a protected planet
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