Nuytsland Nature Reserve
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Nuytsland Nature Reserve is a protected area of Western Australia in the south-eastern part of the state, on the south coast.
Geography
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In the southwest the reserve includes the Israelite Plain, a coastal plain with broad beaches, dunes, sandplains, and coastal lagoons which includes Israelite Bay. The middle section of the reserve protects the Baxter Cliffs, dramatic seacliffs that extend up to Script error: No such module "convert". high for over Script error: No such module "convert". along the coast. The Baxter Cliffs feature Toolinna Cove and Twilight Cove. The reserve boundary extends northwards near Cocklebiddy to encompass Cocklebiddy Cave on the Hampton Tableland. The eastern end of the reserve includes the western portion of the Roe Plains, with extensive coastal dunes and sandplains. Eyre Bird Observatory is located near Cocklebiddy, where the cliffs transition to the Roe Plains.[2][3][4]
At the reserve's western end it adjoins Cape Arid National Park. Ngadju Indigenous Protected Area bounds the western portion of the reserve on the north.
Flora and fauna
Plant communities include heath on the western coastal plains and headlands, woodlands and mallee dominated by eucalypts, and bluebush (Maireana spp.) shrublands in the east.[2]
The reserve has been surveyed for the western ground parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris).[5]
Conservation
The reserve was declared on 25 June 1965 and gazetted on 7 November 1969[6][7] and named for the Nuyts cadastral division within which it lies, named in honour of the infamous Pieter Nuyts, the highest ranking member of the Dutch East India Company aboard Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". when she mapped the southwestern Australian coast, after which it was sometimes known as Nuytsland (Template:Langx).
Climate
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References
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External links
- Nuytsland Nature Reserve, Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Western Australia