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Simpson Conservation Park

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Nearest town or city
  
Penneshaw.

Footnotes
  
Coordinates

Phone
  
+61 8 8204 1910

Established
  
9 October 1986

Area
  
9.77 kmĀ²

Simpson Conservation Park

Managing authorities
  
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

See also
  
Protected areas of South Australia

Address
  
Porky Flat SA 5222, Australia

Simpson Conservation Park (formerly the Simpson Conservation Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Porkys Flat on Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Penneshaw. The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2010 over crown land previously dedicated as a conservation reserve in 1986. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

References

Simpson Conservation Park Wikipedia