Chadinga Conservation Reserve

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Chadinga Conservation Reserve
Nearest town or 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 extend 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

↑ "Chadinga Conservation Park". Department for Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
↑ "Australian National Parks, Chadinga Conservation Reserve". Australiannationalparks.com. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
↑ "Dinosaur Ant, Fossil Ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)". Department for the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

Baroni Urbani C. 2008. Orthotaxonomy and parataxonomy of true and presumed bulldog ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Doriana 8, N. 358: 1-10.

v t e Protected areas of South Australia

National Parks	Belair Canunda Coffin Bay Coongie Lakes Coorong Flinders Chase Flinders Ranges Gawler Ranges Innes Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens Lincoln Mount Remarkable Murray River Naracoorte Caves Nullarbor Onkaparinga River Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges Witjira

Conservation Parks	Acraman Creek Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Cape Gantheaume Cape Hart Cape Torrens Cleland Cox Scrub Danggali Deep Creek Dudley Ewens Ponds Fairview Finniss Fort Glanville Gum Laqoon Kelly Hill Hacks Lagoon Hallett Cove Horsnell Gully Kaiserstuhl Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lathami Mamungari Marino Martindale Hall Monarto Morialta Mount Magnificent Mount Taylor Naracoorte Caves Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Ngarkat Parndana Peebinga Pelican Lagoon Piccaninnie Ponds The Pages Pullen Island Scott Creek Seal Bay Seddon Simpson Desert Sir Joseph Banks Group Spring Gully Talisker Torrens Island Troubridge Island Vivonne Bay West Island Western River

Recreation Parks	Anstey Hill Brownhill Creek Cobbler Creek Para Wirra Sturt Gorge Totness

Regional Reserves	Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Simpson Desert Strzelecki

Conservation Reserves	Chadinga Naracoorte Caves

Wilderness Protection Areas	Cape Gantheaume Ravine des Casoars

Game Reserves	Bool Lagoon

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