| Warrenben Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1] | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Nearest city | Marion Bay. |
| Coordinates | 35°07′19″S137°02′40″E / 35.122006°S 137.044494°E /-35.122006; 137.044494[2] |
| Area | 40.58 km2 (15.67 sq mi)[3] |
| Established | 9 January 1969[4] |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
Warrenben Conservation Park (formerly Warrenben National Park) is aprotected area located in the Australian state ofSouth Australia on theYorke Peninsula of about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) north-east ofMarion Bay.
The conservation park consists of land in section 97 in the cadastral unit of theHundred of Warrenben.[4] The land first received protected area status as theWarrenben National Park proclaimed on 9 January 1969 under theNational Parks Act 1966.[4] On 27 April 1972, the national park was reconstituted as theWarrenben Conservation Park under theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.[5] As of 2018, it covered an area of 40.58 square kilometres (15.67 sq mi).[3]
The following statement of significance appears in the conservation park's management plan:[6]
Together with nearbyInnes National Park, it conserves a substantial proportion of the natural habitat remaining on southern Yorke Peninsula. The park comprises an area of undulating limestone plains and low, stabilised dunes that remain well vegetated with mallee and tea-tree scrub and some sheoak woodlands. It provides habitat for a number of threatened species including the nationally and state vulnerableAnnual Candles, state rare Goldsack’s Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum goldsackii), and the nationally and state vulnerableMalleefowl andWestern Whipbird (Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster).[6]
The conservation park is classified as anIUCN Category Ia protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunctRegister of the National Estate.[7]