Dudley Conservation Park

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Dudley Conservation Park
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Dudley Conservation Park
Location South Australia
Nearest city Kingscote
Coordinates 35°49′00″S137°52′00″E / 35.81667°S 137.86667°E / -35.81667; 137.86667 [1]
Area1,768 ha (6.83 sq mi)
Established1 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]

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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

  1. 1 2 3 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 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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