Kelly Hill Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Kelly Hill Conservation Park | image = Stalactite in Kelly Hill.JPG | image_caption = Stalactite in Kelly Hill caves | image_alt = | iucn_category = iii | 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|59|4|S|136|55|6|E|display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Kelly Hill Conservation Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 21 January 1971<ref name="SAGG-1971">{{cite journal |last1 = Shard |first1= A.J.| title= NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS DECLARED|journal= The South Australian Government Gazette |date= 21 January 1971|pages= 186–187|url= http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1971/3/187.pdf |access-date= 22 December 2018 |publisher= Government of South Australia}}</ref> | area_ha = 2176 | 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 = {{official|http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Kangaroo_Island/Kelly_Hill}} }}

'''Kelly Hill Conservation Park''', formerly the Kelly Hill National Park, is a [[protected area]] in [[South Australia]] located on [[Kangaroo Island]]. The Kelly Hill Caves system is the main attraction within the conservation park. In 1993, a portion of the conservation park was excised to create the [[Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area]]. It is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category III – natural monument or feature|IUCN Category III protected area]].<ref name=gazateer>{{Gazetteer of Australia|name= Kelly Hill Conservation Park |feature= SA0034558 }}</ref><ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/><ref name=2012-13report>{{cite journal|title=Wilderness Advisory Committee Annual Report 2012-13|journal=Annual Report|date=September 2013|pages=14|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/5ad5624b-73b3-4284-86e0-a28900c9111c/wilderness-annual-report-2012-13-rep.pdf|access-date=17 March 2014|issn=1832-9357}}</ref> [[Image:Inside Kelly Hill caves.JPG|thumb|left|Inside Kelly Hill caves]] [[Image:Kelly Hill caves visitors centre.JPG|thumb|left|Visitors centre]]

==See also== * [[Karatta, South Australia]] * [[Protected areas of South Australia]]

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/490 Kelly Hill Conservation Park webpage on protected planet] {{Kangaroo Island}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly Hill Conservation Park}} [[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1971]] [[Category:1971 establishments in Australia]]