Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary

Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary morning view
Map showing the location of Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
Location of Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
LocationAndhra Pradesh, India
Nearest cityVisakhapatnam
Coordinates17°49′31″N 83°18′31″E / 17.82528°N 83.30861°E / 17.82528; 83.30861
Area70.70 km2 (17,470 acres)
Established10 March 1970
Governing bodyAndhra Pradesh Forest Department
Eastern Ghats view in Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary
Calotes versicolor basking on grass at Kambalakonda
View of Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary from Gudilova
Helicteres isora (east Indian screw tree) at Kambalakonda
Carissa spinarum flowers at Kambalakonda
Polyalthia cerasoides red berries bunch at Kambalakonda
Pachliopta hector moving on grass leaf at Kambalakonda
Purple-rumped sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
Red cedar fruit Erythroxylum monogynum at Kambalakonda
Axis axis (spotted deer) at Kambalakonda

The Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary is a forest located near Visakhapatnam. It has been under the control of Andhra Pradesh Forest Department since 10 March 1970. Earlier the land was under the control of Maharajah of Vizianagaram. It was named after the local hillock Kambalakonda. It is a dry evergreen forest mixed with scrub and meadows and covers an area of 70.70 square kilometers. The indicator species is the Indian leopard.[1]

  1. ^ "APFD Website". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2012.