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.
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St Francis Island | |
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Location | Great Australian Bight |
Coordinates | 32°30′43″S 133°17′29″E[1] |
Archipelago | Nuyts Archipelago |
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Australia |
The flora and fauna of St Francis Island in the 1900s included petrels, Australian sea lions and little penguins.[2]
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]
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]
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