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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area
Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 31 km west of Hermanus.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
31 kmwest of Hermanus
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg
- Local municipality
- Overstrand
- Coordinates
- -34.3667, 18.9000
- Nearest large town
- Hermanus, 31 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q60773825 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve1 km south-west- Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve1 km south-west
- Jock's BayNature reserve3 km east
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area19 km north
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²26 km north
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve31 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area
760 mammal and 80 753 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis398
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus129
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis44
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus39
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta32
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis30
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis23
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio12
- Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina7
- Cape Golden MoleChrysochloris asiatica6
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis4
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus3
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina3
- Hewitt's Red Rock HarePronolagus saundersiae3
Birds
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus3 648
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis2 715
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis2 611
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus2 490
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2 480
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii2 420
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus2 182
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini2 124
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus2 010
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo1 804
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis1 654
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis1 641
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra1 415
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus1 378
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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