Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park

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This article is about the protected area in South Australia. For the associated lagoon, see Pelican Lagoon.
Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park
South Australia
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Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park
Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park
Nearest town or city American River
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Established 1 January 1967[1]
Area 397 hectares (980 acres) [1]
Managing authorities Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island. It was dedicated in 1967 for the protection of wildlife habitat.[3]

Description

The conservation park has an area of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). and lies immediately to the south of the town of American River, about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). southeast by south of Kingscote and Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). southwest by west of Penneshaw. It consists of land on the peninsula of the north side of the tidal inlet of Pelican Lagoon as well as five islets within the inlet itself. It includes woodland, scrub and heath formations as well as wetland vegetation and adjoins samphire mudflats, providing habitat for several species of woodland and wetland birds and other animals. The conservation park is located within the boundaries of the gazetted locality of Pelican Lagoon with exception to the islets located within the lagoon.[4] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[3][5] It is complemented by the American River Aquatic Reserve.[2][6]

Islets

Five of the islets present in Pelican Lagoon are within the conservation park. From east to west these are Rabbit Islet, Goanna Islet, Pig Islet, Wallaby Islet and Shag Rock.[3][7]

References

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