Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Whyalla-Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve
South Australia
Whyalla-Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve; South Australia
IUCN category II (national park)
	Whyalla-Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve
Nearest town or city	Whyalla
Coordinates	33°07′37″S 137°30′21″E / 33.1269°S 137.5059°E
Established	28 June 1984
Area	36.48 km2 (14.1 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA)
Footnotes	Coordinates; Nearest town
See also	Protected areas of South Australia
	Show more

Whyalla-Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the waters of Spencer Gulf adjoining the east coast of Eyre Peninsula. About 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Whyalla, it includes land in the localities of Cowleds Landing and Middleback Range which is subject to tidal inundation.^[3]^[4] It was declared in 1984 to protect "the mangrove-seagrass communities and associated fish nursery areas".^[3]

Since 2012, it has been located within the boundaries of a 'sanctuary zone' in the Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park.^[5]

The aquatic reserve is classified as an IUCN Category II protected area.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) - Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of South Australia (refer "DETAIL' tab)". Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Search result for " Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve '" (Record no. SA0037679) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) (2007), Aquatic Reserve: Whyalla – Cowleds Landing (PDF), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014
^ "Search result for " Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve '" with the following databases selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Aquatic Reserves"". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). pp. 3, 11, 29, 31, 32 and 33. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

External links

Entry for Whyalla-Cowled's Landing Aquatic Reserve on the Protected Planet website

This South Australia protected areas related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[CAPAD2014-1] "Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) - Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of South Australia (refer "DETAIL' tab)". Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). Retrieved 11 April 2016.

[PLB-2] "Search result for " Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve '" (Record no. SA0037679) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[pirsa-3] Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) (2007), Aquatic Reserve: Whyalla – Cowleds Landing (PDF), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014

[LMV-4] "Search result for " Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve '" with the following databases selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Aquatic Reserves"". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[mp-5] "Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). pp. 3, 11, 29, 31, 32 and 33. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[3]

[4]

[2]

[1]

[5]

v t e Marine protected areas of South Australia
Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet – St Kilda Blanche Harbour-Douglas Bank Coobowie Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Encounter Bay Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf
Historic shipwrecks with protected zones	HMAS Hobart Shipwreck Reserve Zanoni Shipwreck Reserve
Marine parks	Eastern Spencer Gulf Encounter Far West Coast Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Group Investigator Lower South East Lower Yorke Peninsula Neptune Islands Group Nuyts Archipelago Sir Joseph Banks Group Southern Kangaroo Island Southern Spencer Gulf Thorny Passage Upper Gulf St Vincent Upper South East Upper Spencer Gulf West Coast Bays Western Kangaroo Island
Terrestrial reserves with marine extensions	Beatrice Islet Bird Islands Lipson Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nuyts Reef Rocky Island (North) Rocky Island (South) Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group The Pages Troubridge Island
Other	Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Great Australian Bight Marine National Park
Related topics	Australian marine parks Protected areas of South Australia List of protected areas in Adelaide

Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Hub talks

Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Hub rules

Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Hub overview

Add your contribution

Inside this hub

Media Collections

Timelines

Articles

Notes collections

Notes

Days in Chronicle

Root Wikipedia Article

Whyalla - Cowleds Landing Aquatic Reserve

Key Information

See also

References

External links

Add your contribution

Related Hubs