Nearest town or city Kingscote Footnotes Coordinates | Established 1 January 1970 Area 17.68 km² | |
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Managing authorities See also Protected areas of South Australia Similar Busby Islet Conservation Park, Beyeria Conservation Park, Pelican Lagoon Conserva, Baudin Conservation Park, Western River Wilderne | ||
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 1,768 hectares (4,370 acres). It lies on the Dudley Peninsula on the eastern end of the island, about 10 km (6.2 mi)m south-east of American River and 12 km (7.5 mi) 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.