__NOTOC__ Shannon Conservation Park (formerly the Shannon Conservation Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Karkoo, South Australia, Karkoo about north of Port Lincoln, South Australia, Port Lincoln and about south of Lock, South Australia, Lock. It was proclaimed under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' in 2007 on land all in Section 100 of Lands administrative divisions of South Australia, the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Shannon which was previously dedicated as a Conservation reserves of South Australia, conservation reserve on 2 September 1993 under the ''Crown Lands Act 1929''. As of 2007, the Shannon Conservation Park was reported as being “dominated by mallee” and included a River Red Gum woodland which was considered to be “a regionally threatened community.” As of 2007, there was no access for visitors into the interior of the conservation park and nor was there any plans to create such access. The conservation park is classified as an International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN IUCN protected area categories#Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources , Category VI protected area.

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Entry for Shannon Conservation Park on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1993 1993 establishments in Australia Eyre Peninsula

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