What is Kangaroo Island?
[[File:KangarooIslandMap.png|thumb|right|250px|Kangaroo Island]] '''Kangaroo Island''' is [[Australia]]'s third-largest [[island]] after [[Tasmania]] and [[Melville Island, Northern Territory|Melville Island]]. It is {{convert|112|km}} southwest of [[Adelaide]] in the state of [[South Australia]]. At its closest point to the mainland, it is {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=off|0}} offshore from [[Cape Jervis, South Australia|Cape Jervis]]. The island is {{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on|0}} long and between {{convert|900|m|yd|abbr=on|-1}} and {{convert|57|km|mi|abbr=on|0}} wide, its area covering {{convert|4405|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|0}}. Its coastline is {{convert|540|km}} long and highest altitude is {{convert|307|m|ft|abbr=on|-1}}. ==Wildlife and its protection== [[Image:Sea lion and pup in Seal Bay - Kangaroo Island.jpg|thumb|right|Seal Bay's [[Australian]] [[sea lion]]s]] More than half of the island has never been cleared of vegetation, and a quarter of it is conserved in [[National Park]]s, Conservation Parks, and five [[Wilderness]] Protection Areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/visitor/kisland.html|publisher=South Australian Government Department for Environment and Heritage|title=South Australian National Parks & Reserves - Kangaroo Island Region|accessdate=2008-07-03|archive-date=2008-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728053133/http://environment.sa.gov.au/parks/visitor/kisland.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The main protected areas are: * [[Flinders Chase National Park]] * Seal Bay Conservation Park * Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park * Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area * Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area Because of its isolation from mainland Australia, [[fox]]es and [[rabbit]]s are not there. People are [[forbidden]] to bring them into the island. Registration and microchipping of cats is compulsory.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kangaroo Island Council|url=http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Dog_and_Cat_Management_Plan_2005_MD_Ap