Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park

This article is about the Australian government-managed protected area. For the state protected area, see Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park (state waters).

Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park (formerly Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is a marine protected area located south of South Australia in waters within the Australian Exclusive economic zone to the south of Kangaroo Island and ranging in depth from 15 metres (49 feet) to 100 metres (330 feet).^[3]

Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park
Nearest town or city	Kingscote, South Australia
Coordinates	36°8′54.96″S 137°22′8.39″E
Established	8 December 2012 (2012-12-08)[1]
Area	629.93 km2 (243.2 sq mi)[2]
Managing authorities	Director of National Parks
Website	Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park

It was gazetted in November 2012.^[1] It was renamed on 11 October 2017.^[4]

It is part of a group of Australian marine parks managed by the Department of the Environment and Energy known as the South-west Marine Park Network. It is bounded on its northern side by the Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park which is managed by the Government of South Australia.^[5][3]

The marine park includes an ecosystem representative of the bioregion known as the "Spencer Gulf Shelf Province", a "key ecological feature" consisting of a feature known as the "Kangaroo Island Pool" and the associated "Eyre Peninsula upwelling" both notable for their "high productivity, breeding and feeding aggregations", a calving area for southern right whale and feeding areas for both the Australian sea lion and the great white shark.^[3]

The marine park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.^[2]

The South-west Corner Marine Reserves Network, including the Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve

See also

• Protected areas managed by the Australian government

References

1. "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves) Proclamation 2012 - F2012L02188". Commonwealth of Australia, Comlaw. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
2. "Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) - consolidated data set for all marine protected areas in Australian State and Commonwealth waters (refer "DETAIL' tab)". Department of the Environment. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
3. Director of National Parks (2018). South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 (PDF). Canberra: Director of National Parks. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-9876152-4-4. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
4. "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017". Federal Register of Legislation. Australian Government. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
5. "Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 2012. pp. 24/26. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

External links

• Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve webpage on the Protected Planet website