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Lesueur Conservation Park

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This article is about the protected area in South Australia. For the protected area in Western Australia, seeLesueur National Park.

Protected area in South Australia
Lesueur Conservation Park
South Australia
Lesueur Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Lesueur Conservation Park
Lesueur Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityPenneshaw
Coordinates35°51′34.73″S138°03′47.81″E / 35.8596472°S 138.0632806°E /-35.8596472; 138.0632806[1]
Established21 January 1971[2]
Area14.14 km2 (5.5 sq mi)[3]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Lesueur Conservation Park, formerly theCape Hart Conservation Park and the Cape Hart National Park, is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located on theDudley Peninsula onKangaroo Island.

It was dedicated in 1971 to conserve a representative example of the soils and coastal vegetation of the southern part of the eastern end of the island. It is characterised by impressive coastal cliff scenery.[4] Its name was changed on 28 March 2002 in honour ofCharles Alexandre Lesueur, a member of theBaudin expedition to Australia.[citation needed]

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The conservation park has an area of 14.14 square kilometres (5.46 sq mi) including a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) length of coastline.[3] It lies about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) south-west ofCape Willoughby, the easternmost point of Kangaroo Island, and 15 km south-east of the town ofPenneshaw. Geologically, the conservation park lies onsandstone, withgranite boulders along the coast. The vegetation is mainly an open scrub ofEucalyptus diversifolia (Soap Mallee), with lowshrubland containingMelaleuca gibbosa on the coastal cliffs. There are patches ofEucalyptus cneorifolia /Melaleuca uncinata openheath andAllocasuarina verticillata low open forest.Kangaroo Island kangaroos andTammar wallabies inhabit the conservation park andAustralian sea lions frequent the coast.[4][5]

The conservation park is classified as anIUCNCategory Ia protected area.[1]

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References

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  1. ^abc"Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )".CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved21 February 2018.
  2. ^Shard, A.J. (21 January 1971)."NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS DECLARED"(PDF).The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia:186–187. Retrieved22 December 2018.
  3. ^ab"Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 14 December 2016)"(PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved26 April 2017.
  4. ^abAnon (1987).Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan(PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia.ISBN 0-7243-8983-0.
  5. ^"Cape Hart Conservation Park".Australian Heritage Database. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Australia. Retrieved21 September 2012.

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