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Lesueur Conservation Park
South Australia
Nearest town or cityPenneshaw
Established1 January 1971 [1]
Area1,369 hectares (3,380 acres) [2]
Managing authoritiesDepartment of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
FootnotesCoordinates[3]
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Lesueur Conservation Park, formerly the Cape Hart Conservation Park is a protected area in South Australia located on the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo 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 of Charles Alexandre Lesueur, a member of the Baudin expedition to Australia.[citation needed]

Description

The conservation park has an area of 1,369 hectares (3,380 acres) with 2 km of coastline. It lies about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi)* south-west of Cape Willoughby, the easternmost point of Kangaroo Island, and 15 km south-east of the town of Penneshaw. Geologically, the park lies on sandstone, with granite boulders along the coast. The vegetation is mainly an open scrub of Eucalyptus diversifolia (Soap Mallee), with low shrubland containing Melaleuca gibbosa on the coastal cliffs. There are patches of Eucalyptus cneorifolia / Melaleuca uncinata open heath and Allocasuarina verticillata low open forest. Kangaroo Island kangaroos and Tammar wallabies inhabit the conservation park and Australian sea lions frequent the coast.[4][5]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wilderness Advisory Committee Annual Report 2012-13" (PDF). September 2013: 15. ISSN 1832-9357. Retrieved 17 March 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b Anon (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. Retrieved 21 September 2012.