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Marine protected area · Eastern Cape
Amathole Marine Protected Area
Amathole Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Eastern Cape, about 46 km north-east of East London.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
46 kmnorth-east of East London
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- District
- Amathole
- Local municipality
- Great Kei
- Coordinates
- -32.7744, 28.3118
- Nearest large town
- East London, 46 km north-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q107863057 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Endalweni Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve13 km north
- Inkwenkwezi Private Game ReserveGame reserve23 km west
- Kwelera Nature ReserveNature reserve27 km south-west
- Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary33 km south-west
- Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary33 km south-west
- East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area40 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Amathole Marine Protected Area
1 mammal and 953 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis26
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus24
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus24
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini22
- White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus20
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer20
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor19
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea18
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica18
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus17
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer17
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio17
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla17
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus16
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.