Nepean Bay Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{other uses|Nepean (disambiguation){{!}}Nepean}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Nepean Bay Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | 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|44|00|S|137|37|30|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Nepean Bay Conservation Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 11 July 1974<ref name=ReserveList/> | area_ha = 32 | area_km2 = | area_ref = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]]<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=26 March 2014|pages=5}}</ref> | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] | website = }}

'''Nepean Bay Conservation Park''' is a [[protected area]] in the [[Australia|Australian state]] of [[South Australia]] on [[Kangaroo Island]]. It was dedicated in 1974 for the protection of flora and fauna, and is the only reserved area of coastal [[sandplain]] on the island.<ref name=mp/>

==Description== The conservation park lies on the southern shoreline of [[Western Cove (South Australia)|Western Cove]] in [[Nepean Bay]] within the locality of [[Nepean Bay, South Australia|Nepean Bay]] about {{convert|1.5|km}} to the east of the locality's main [[human settlement|settled area]] and about {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]].<ref name=Locality>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Nepean Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0049170) with the following layer selected - "Suburbs and Localities" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has an area of {{convert|32|ha|acres|abbr=on}}.<ref name=ReserveList/> Its vegetation is mostly an open scrub of ''[[Eucalyptus diversifolia]]'' and ''[[Callitris preissii]]'' with areas of low [[shrubland]], [[tussock (grass)|tussock]] [[Cyperaceae|sedgeland]] and ''[[Allocasuarina verticillata]]'' low open forest over a deep soil of [[calcareous#Calcareous soils|calcareous sands]]. Other significant plant species include ''[[Melaleuca halmaturorum]]'', ''[[Acacia sophorae]]'' and ''[[Leucopogon parviflorus]]''. There is a nesting colony of [[fairy tern]]s on the coast adjacent to the conservation park. [[Tammar wallaby|tammar wallabies]] are common.<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><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=7444 |title=Nepean Bay Conservation Park |access-date=2012-09-23 |work=Australian Heritage Database |publisher=Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Australia }}</ref>

The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category III – natural monument or feature|IUCN Category III protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/24418 Entry for Nepean Bay Conservation Park on protected planet]

[[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:1974 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1974]]