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Protected area · Western Cape
Boland Mountain Complex
Boland Mountain Complex is a protected area in Western Cape, about 28 km east of Stellenbosch. It covers 1 130 km² — number 2 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size.
1 130km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
28 kmeast of Stellenbosch
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Cape Winelands
- Local municipality
- Stellenbosch
- Size
- 1 130 km² · 113 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 11 of 115 nationally · 2 in Western Cape
- Part of
- Cape Floristic Kingdom
- Coordinates
- -33.9222, 19.1639
- Nearest large town
- Stellenbosch, 28 km east
Sources: Wikidata Q29786328 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Monte Rochelle Nature ReserveNature reserve2 km north- Hottentotsholland Nature ReserveNature reserve14 km south-west
- Hottentots Holland Nature ReserveForest reserve16 km south-west
Hottentots-HollandProtected area · 700 km²21 km south-west
Jonkershoek Nature ReserveNature reserve22 km west
Assegaaibosch Nature ReserveProtected area23 km west
GBIF records within 19 km
Wildlife recorded around Boland Mountain Complex
1 339 mammal and 22 086 bird occurrence records within 19 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus281
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis201
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus155
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta111
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis110
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina103
- Honey BadgerMellivora capensis47
- Eastern Gray SquirrelSciurus carolinensis33
- CaracalCaracal caracal31
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia31
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis28
- Smith's Red Rock HarePronolagus rupestris26
- Hewitt's Red Rock HarePronolagus saundersiae18
- LeopardPanthera pardus16
Birds
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash620
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca520
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollis520
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens503
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola489
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa479
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra474
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens428
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris413
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris410
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa402
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus392
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis387
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio358
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.