Dudley Conservation Park
| Dudley Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
Dudley Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Nearest city | Kingscote |
| Coordinates | 35°49′00″S 137°52′00″E / 35.81667°S 137.86667°E[1] |
| Area | 1,768 ha (6.83 sq mi) |
| Established | 1 January 1970[2] |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
Dudley Conservation Park is a protected area in South Australia on the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island. It was dedicated in 1970 to conserve Kangaroo Island narrow-leaved mallee.[3]
Description
The conservation park has an area of 1,768 hectares (4,370 acres).[2] It lies on the Dudley Peninsula on the eastern end of the island, about 10 km (6.2 mi)m south-east of American River and 12 km (7.5 mi) south-west of Penneshaw. The conservation park's vegetation is mostly an open scrub of Eucalyptus diversifolia and E. rugosa, with E. cneorifolia (the Kangaroo Island narrow-leaved mallee for which the park was dedicated) only occurring as an infrequent sub-dominant. There are limestone ridges and sandhill country in the south-eastern corner.[3] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b Anon (1987). Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia. ISBN 0-7243-8983-0.
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