Type: | protected |
Vivonne Bay Conservation Park | |
State: | sa |
Iucn Category: | ia |
Iucn Ref: | [1] |
Coordinates: | -36.0083°N 137.1583°W |
Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Nearest Town Or City: | Vivonne Bay |
Area: | 15.65 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Established: | 21 January 1971 |
Established Footnotes: | [3] |
Managing Authorities: | Department for Environment and Water |
Vivonne Bay Conservation Park, formerly the Vivonne Bay National Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island in the gazetted locality of Vivonne Bay.[4] It was dedicated in 1971 to conserve coastal country containing vegetation not already protected in Kelly Hill Conservation Park.
The conservation park has an area of 1565ha, stretching from Point Ellen, at the western end of Vivonne Bay, south-westwards along the coast for about 5km (03miles), extending inland for 3km (02miles). The vegetation is mainly open scrub and open heath dominated by Eucalyptus diversifolia and E. rugosa, with low Calocephalus brownii shrubland on the coastal dunes and cliffs.[5] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[1]