Althorpe Islands Conservation Park

This article is about the conservation park in South Australia. For the island, see Althorpe Islands.

Althorpe Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying the Althorpe Island, Haystack Island and Seal Island in Investigator Strait near the town of Stenhouse Bay.

Althorpe Islands Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)[1]
Althorpe Islands
Althorpe Islands Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Stenhouse Bay
Coordinates	35°21′57.4632″S 136°51′58.7412″E
Established	16 March 1967; 58 years ago (1967-03-16)[2]
Area	1.63 km2 (0.6 sq mi)[2]
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Water
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

The conservation park consists of the following land collectively known as the Althorpe Islands - Althorpe, Haystack and Seal Islands.^[3]: 1 Haystack and Seal Islands first acquired protected area status as a fauna conservation reserve declared on 16 March 1967 under the Crown Lands Act, 1929–1966.^[4] On 27 April 1972, the fauna conservation reserve was reconstituted as the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.^[5] On 14 August 1997, Althorpe Island was added to the conservation park.^[6]

The purpose of the conservation park is "to protect important wildlife habitat, particularly for sea-bird populations."^[3]

It is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.^[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.^[7]