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Nuyts Archipelago
Nuyts Archipelago is located in South Australia
Nuyts Archipelago
Nuyts Archipelago
Geography
LocationGreat Australian Bight
Administration
Australia
White-faced storm petrel in flight close to the sea surface
The archipelago is an important breeding site for white-faced storm petrels…
Short-tailed shearwater in flight
…short-tailed shearwaters…
Pied oystercatcher walking along a beach
…and pied oystercatchers…
Two Australian sea lions on a beach
…as well as Australian sea lions

The Nuyts Archipelago is an island group located in South Australia in the Great Australian Bight to the south of the town of Ceduna on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It consisting of mostly granitic islands and reefs that provide breeding sites for Australian sea lions and support colonies of short-tailed shearwater. It also includes the island group known as the Isles of St Francis. All the islands with exception of a part of Evans Island, are located within the following protected areas: the Nuyts Archipelago Wilderness Protection Area and the Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park.

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Nuyts Archipelago

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The Nuyts Archipelago is an island group located in South Australia in the Great Australian Bight to the south of the town of Ceduna on the west coast...

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Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park

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Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on Eyre Island and St Peter Island in the Nuyts...

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List of archipelagos

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Islands Moonboon Islands Mud Islands Mulga Islands North East Isles Nuyts Archipelago Pearson Islands Pelsaert Group Peron Islands Quandong Islands Saint...

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Nuyts Archipelago Wilderness Protection Area

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Nuyts Archipelago Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Nuyts Archipelago off the west...

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Nuyts

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Nuyts may refer to: Pieter Nuyts (1598–1655), Dutch explorer and diplomat Pieter Nuyts (writer) (1640–1709), Dutch poet and playwright Nuyts Archipelago...

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Pieter Nuyts

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state of South Australia still bear his name, such as Nuyts Reef, Cape Nuyts and the Nuyts Archipelago; names given by the British navigator and cartographer...

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Gulden Zeepaert

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coast of Australia from Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia to the Nuyts Archipelago in South Australia early in 1627. The captain was François Thijssen...

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Protected areas of South Australia

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Newland Head Ngarkat Ngaut Ngaut Nicolas Baudin Island Nixon-Skinner Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Padthaway Pandappa Para Wirra Paranki Lagoon...

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Freycinet Map of 1811

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Island, St. Vincent's and Spencer's Gulfs. Baudin sailed on to the Nuyts Archipelago, the point reached by 't Gulden Zeepaert in 1627 before heading for...

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St Francis Island

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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...

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South Australia

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coastline as far east as the Nuyts Archipelago. Thijssen named the whole of the country eastward of the Leeuwin "Nuyts Land", after a distinguished passenger...

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List of islands of Australia

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Island Louth Island Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Island Nobby Islet Nuyts Archipelago St Francis Island St Peter Island Smooth Island Middle Island Owen...

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Island gigantism

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scutatus Islands Mount Chappell (Tasmania); Williams, Hopkins, and the Nuyts Archipelago (all South Australia) Least Concern Tiger snake Isla Cerralvo long-nosed...

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Great Australian Bight

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and islands, including Fowlers Bay, Smoky Bay, Streaky Bay, and the Nuyts Archipelago. The coastline is formed from aeolianite limestone. Waves and currents...

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List of Dutch explorations

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Pieter Nuyts discovered the south coast of Australia and charted about 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) of it between Cape Leeuwin and the Nuyts Archipelago. François...

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Southern brown bandicoot

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recognised species: Isoodon obesulus nauticus - restricted to the Nuyts Archipelago Isoodon obesulus obesulus - NSW, Victoria, SA Isoodon obesulus peninsulae...

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Marine park

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Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park Neptune Islands Group Marine Park Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park Southern Kangaroo Island...

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Nullarbor Plain

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Nuytsland Nature Reserve and Nuyts Land District, and in South Australia as Nuyts Reef, Cape Nuyts and the Nuyts Archipelago.[citation needed] Edward John...

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Morelia imbricata

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Archipelago of the Recherche. There are records of the subspecies beyond the eastern mainland range from St Francis Island in South Australia's Nuyts...

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Naracoorte Caves National Park

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Morelia spilota

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Darling Rivers (M. s. metcalfei), to the arid, treeless islands of the Nuyts Archipelago off the South Australian west coast (M. s. imbricata). It is also...

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Coorong National Park

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Flinders Chase National Park

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Kangaroo Island

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Dorothee Veteran Isles Topgallant Waldegrave Islands Ward Islands Nuyts Archipelago Blefescu Breakwater Evans Eyre Franklin Gliddon Reef Goat Isles of...

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