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National park · Western Cape
Agulhas National Park
Agulhas National Park is a national park in Western Cape, about 84 km south-east of Hermanus. It covers 56,9 km² — number 11 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1998.
56,9km² recorded size
1998year established
215 melevation of the point
84 kmsouth-east of Hermanus
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Cape Agulhas
- Size
- 56,9 km² · 5 690 ha
- Rank by size
- 54 of 115 nationally · 11 in Western Cape
- Established
- 1998
- Elevation
- 215 m
- Coordinates
- -34.8272, 20.0067
- Nearest large town
- Hermanus, 84 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 22 languages
Nearby
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km north-east- Salmonsdam Nature ReserveNature reserve56 km north-west
- Salmonsdam NatuurreservaatNature reserve56 km north-west
- Platbos Forest ReserveForest reserve58 km north-west
- Panthera Africa Big Cat SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary60 km north-west
Phillipskop Mountain ReserveNature reserve · 2 km²65 km north-west
GBIF records within 5 km
Wildlife recorded around Agulhas National Park
62 mammal and 5 886 bird occurrence records within 5 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis16
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata12
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus5
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus4
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio4
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis2
- Southern African Vlei RatOtomys irroratus2
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis2
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus2
Birds
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus280
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo200
- Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis190
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis179
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis168
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis162
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus147
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini144
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis143
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus124
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea113
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii102
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris99
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra97
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.