Dudley Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Dudley Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = ia | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|35|49|00|S|137|52|00|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Dudley Conservation Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 1 January 1970<ref name=ReserveList>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b88e6e26-4bd9-4c68-8fff-9e800114eb69/park-management-protected-areas-gen.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> | area_ha = 1,768 | area_km2 = | area_ref = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]] | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] | website = }}

'''Dudley Conservation Park''' is a [[protected area]] in [[South Australia]] on the [[Dudley Peninsula]] on [[Kangaroo Island]]. It was dedicated in 1970 to conserve [[Eucalyptus cneorifolia|Kangaroo Island narrow-leaved mallee]].<ref name=mp/>

==Description== The conservation park has an area of {{convert| 1,768|ha|acres}}.<ref name=ReserveList/> It lies on the Dudley Peninsula on the eastern end of the island, about {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}}m south-east of [[American River, South Australia|American River]] and {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]]. The conservation park's vegetation is mostly an open scrub of ''[[Eucalyptus diversifolia]]'' and ''[[Eucalyptus rugosa|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.<ref name=mp>{{cite book |title=Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan|author=Anon |year=1987 |publisher=Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia |location=Adelaide |isbn=0-7243-8983-0|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e41e4e27-da1d-4a81-970a-9e4f00b185f9/PARKS_PDFS_CP_OF_KI_MP.pdf}}</ref> The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category Ia – strict nature reserve|IUCN Category Ia protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/dudley-conservation-park Entry for Dudley Conservation Park on protected planet]

[[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1970]] [[Category:1970 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]]