Nuyts Archipelago
Australia, South Australia
About Nuyts Archipelago
This chain of remote islands off the Eyre Peninsula's west coast protects critical habitat for Australian sea lions, with eight breeding colonies and several haul-out sites. Proclaimed in 2011, the wilderness encompasses islands from Blefuscu to St Francis Island, supporting endemic southern brown bandicoots found nowhere else. An Important Bird Area for short-tailed shearwaters with nearly 900,000 breeding pairs, the archipelago also hosts white-faced storm-petrels and significant populations of pied oystercatchers.