Editing Flinders Chase National Park (section)

==Description==
===Location===
Flinders Chase National Park is located at the north-western end of Kangaroo Island in [[South Australia]] approximately {{convert|110|km|abbr=off}} west of Kingscote.<ref name=page5/> It is located within the gazetted localities of [[Flinders Chase, South Australia|Flinders Chase]], [[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]] and [[Karatta, South Australia|Karatta]].<ref name=FlindersChase>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Flinders Chase (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058416 ) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities"and "Road Labels"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=6 March 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Gosse>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Gosse (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0027114) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Road Labels"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Karatta>{{cite web|title=Search result for "Karatta (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0034161) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Road Labels"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Extent===
As of 1993, the national park consists of three separate parcels of land:<ref name=page5>{{cite web|title= Flinders Chase National Park, Kelly Hill Conservation Park, Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area and Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area Management Plans |url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/937b2d35-3d3e-41f0-9e9e-9e4f00b1a9a9/PARKS_PDFS_KI_MISC_MP.pdf |publisher= Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs |access-date=1 May 2014|pages=5|year=1999}}</ref><ref name=PA2015>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/bf6977cb-f1f9-4700-9b5f-a35500fda94f/protected-areas-of-south-australia-map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085503/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/bf6977cb-f1f9-4700-9b5f-a35500fda94f/protected-areas-of-south-australia-map.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=live |publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>

*''Cape du Couedic'' which is refers to the main parcel of land within the national park and which is bounded at the north by the West Bay Road and the West Melrose Track, to the east by the West End Highway and an unsealed track called the Sand Dune Track; and the portion of coastline extending from West Bay in the west to Cape du Couedic in the south and to Sanderson Bay in the east. This portion of the national park includes the following islands - [[Paisley Islet]] (also known as West Bay Island) at West Bay and the [[Casuarina Islets]] immediately south of Cape du Couedic.
*The Gosse Lands - a parcel of land which is bounded by the Playford Highway to the north and the West End Highway to the west.
*The former lighthouse reserve at [[Cape Borda]].

===Protected area designation===
The national park is classified as an [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] [[IUCN protected area categories#Category II — National Park|category II protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>