St Francis Island

St Francis Island (originally in Dutch: Eyland St. François) is an island on the south coast of South Australia near Ceduna. It is part of the Nuyts Archipelago. It was one of the first parts of South Australia to be discovered and named by Europeans, along with St Peter Island, mapped by François Thijssen in 't Gulden Zeepaert in 1627.

St Francis Island
The island appears on this 1644 map as "I St. François"
St Francis Island
Geography
LocationGreat Australian Bight
Coordinates32°30′43″S 133°17′29″E[1]
ArchipelagoNuyts Archipelago
Administration
Australia

Flora & Fauna

The flora and fauna of St Francis Island in the 1900s included petrels, Australian sea lions and little penguins.[2]

Protected area status

Statutory reserves

The island is part of the Nuyts Archipelago Wilderness Protection Area while the waters surrounding its shores are within the Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park.[3][4][5]

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the Nuyts Archipelago Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world populations of short-tailed shearwaters, white-faced storm-petrels and pied oystercatchers.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Search results for 'St Francis Island, Is' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. "THE EARLY NAVIGATORS". Critic (Hobart, Tas. : 1907 - 1924). 1 May 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. "Wilderness Advisory Committee Annual Report 2012-13" (PDF). September 2013: 18 & 23. ISSN 1832-9357. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. p. 2. ISBN 1-921238-18-6.
  5. "NUYTS ARCHIPELAGO MARINE PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. p. 5. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. "IBA: Nuyts Archipelago". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2011.


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