Seddon Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Seddon 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|50|00|S|137|16|25|E|display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Seddon 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 = 22 | area_km2 = | area_ref = <ref name="ReserveList">{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System Reserve List |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-reserve-list-march2018-gen.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=26 April 2018 |date=9 March 2018 }}</ref> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = [[Parndana, South Australia|Parndana]] | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] | website = }}

'''Seddon Conservation Park''' is a [[protected area]] in [[South Australia]] located on [[Kangaroo Island]]. It was dedicated in 1971 to protect a representative sample of the [[laterite|lateritic]] plateau vegetation of the central part of the island.<ref name=mp/>

==Description== The conservation park has an area of {{convert|23|ha|abbr=on}} and is located in the locality of [[Seddon, South Australia|Seddon]] about {{convert|5.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the town of [[Parndana, South Australia|Parndana]] and {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]].<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "Seddon (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058090 with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=28 August 2015 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Eleanor River]] flows through the conservation park. The vegetation is mainly a [[woodland]] association of ''[[Eucalyptus leucoxylon]]'' and ''[[Eucalyptus fasciculosa|E. fasciculosa]]'', with open [[shrubland]] of ''[[Eucalyptus cosmophylla|E. cosmophylla]]'' and ''[[Eucalyptus baxteri|E. baxteri]]'' over ''[[Allocasuarina muelleriana]]'', ''[[Xanthorrhoea tateana]]'' and ''[[Melaleuca uncinata]]''.<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 III – natural monument or feature|IUCN Category III protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/>

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

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/seddon-conservation-park Seddon Conservation Park webpage on protected planet] {{Kangaroo Island}} {{Protected areas of South Australia}}

[[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:1971 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1971]]