Saint Peter Island
Australia /
South Australia /
Port Lincoln /
World
/ Australia
/ South Australia
/ Port Lincoln
World / Australia / South Australia
island
Add category

Part of the Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park
St Peter Island was named in 1627 by Pieter Nuyts after his patron saint. It lies in relatively shallow water 5km from the mainland. The supporting granite base of the island is visible along the southern face, but is covered on the rest of the island by a thick bed of calcarenite. The size and shape of the island have created additional island habitats – sand dunes created from wind swept sandy beaches and mangrove swamps created from the deposit of fine silts. At 3,439ha, the island’s vegetation is less affected by the sea and resembles more the mainland vegetation. Due to its size and accessibility, St Peter Island was used for agriculture from 1859 until its addition to the Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park in 1988.
St Peter Isld
3.2.1802. Flinders. As named by Nuyts in 1627. Baudin named it 'Isle des Olives' (Isle of Olives) whilst Freycinet named it 'Isle Eugene' (Eugene Island) after Napoleon's stepson and viceroy of Italy.
St Peter Island was named in 1627 by Pieter Nuyts after his patron saint. It lies in relatively shallow water 5km from the mainland. The supporting granite base of the island is visible along the southern face, but is covered on the rest of the island by a thick bed of calcarenite. The size and shape of the island have created additional island habitats – sand dunes created from wind swept sandy beaches and mangrove swamps created from the deposit of fine silts. At 3,439ha, the island’s vegetation is less affected by the sea and resembles more the mainland vegetation. Due to its size and accessibility, St Peter Island was used for agriculture from 1859 until its addition to the Nuyts Archipelago Conservation Park in 1988.
St Peter Isld
3.2.1802. Flinders. As named by Nuyts in 1627. Baudin named it 'Isle des Olives' (Isle of Olives) whilst Freycinet named it 'Isle Eugene' (Eugene Island) after Napoleon's stepson and viceroy of Italy.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°16'29"S 133°36'26"E
- Isles of St Francis Conservation Park 46 km
- Flinders Island 175 km
- Bailey Island 1596 km
- Garden Island 1688 km
- Rottnest Island 1710 km
- Faure Island 2050 km
- Dirk Hartog Island 2149 km
- Dorre Island 2160 km
- Bernier Island 2167 km
- Tent Island 2206 km
- Decres Bay 12 km
- Gascoigne Bay 41 km
- South Sand 69 km
- Corvisart Bay 76 km
- Sceale Bay 94 km
- Port Eyre 105 km
- Nuyts Reefs 138 km
- Venus Bay Conservation Park 142 km
- The longest straight stretch of road in Australia - 145.6 kilometres (90.5 mi) 836 km
- Daringdella Lake 928 km