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.

Description

The conservation park has an area of . It lies on the Dudley Peninsula on the eastern end of the island, about m south-east of American River and 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. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

Dudley Conservation Park

References

External links

Entry for Dudley Conservation Park on protected planet

Conservation parks of South Australia

Protected areas established in 1970

1970 establishments in Australia

Protected areas of Kangaroo Island

Dudley Peninsula

Dudley Conservation Park