Chadinga Conservation Reserve

Chadinga Conservation Reserve
Nearest town/city	Penong, South Australia
Coordinates	31°56′10″S 132°47′56″E / 31.936°S 132.799°E / -31.936; 132.799Coordinates: 31°56′10″S 132°47′56″E / 31.936°S 132.799°E / -31.936; 132.799
Area	8,125 hectares (31.4 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Heritage
Official site	Chadinga Conservation Reserve

Chadinga Conservation Reserve is a public reserve in the Chadinga Dunes on the western side of Lake MacDonnell, near Penong, South Australia. The park covers 8,125 hectares (31.4 sq mi) of coastal dunes, containing a lake and areas of Mallee scrub. It is commonly called "Tuckamore" by local people. The dunes exend up to 3 km inland and form a habitat for the spinifex hopping mouse.^[1] The park has no visitor facilities, although bush camping is permitted.^[2]

Within the reserve is found the Dinosaur Ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops), noted as a "living fossil".^[3] The lake is the largest of several salt lakes in the area - others include Red Lake (a small section of Lake MacDonnell cut off by the Penong to Point Sinclair/Cactus Beach road) and Blue Lake, a smaller lake to the south of Lake MacDonnell.

References

1. ^ "Chadinga Conservation Park". Department for Environment and Heritage. http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/chadinga/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-11. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Australian National Parks, Chadinga Conservation Reserve". Australiannationalparks.com. http://www.australiannationalparks.com/southaustralia/chadinga/default.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-11. 
3. ^ "Dinosaur Ant, Fossil Ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)". Department for the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/nothomyrmecia-macrops.html. Retrieved 2007-03-11. 

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