Type: | protected |
Dudley Conservation Park | |
State: | sa |
Iucn Category: | ia |
Iucn Ref: | [1] |
Coordinates: | -35.8167°N 137.8667°W |
Nearest Town Or City: | Kingscote |
Area: | 1768ha [2] |
Established: | 1 January 1970 |
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.
The conservation park has an area of 1768ha.[2] It lies on the Dudley Peninsula on the eastern end of the island, about 10km (10miles)m south-east of American River and 12km (07miles) south-west of Penneshaw. The conservation park's vegetation is mostly an open scrub of Eucalyptus diversifolia and E. rugosa, with E. cneorifolia (the KI 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]