Chadinga Conservation Reserve

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

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



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