Cape Recife Nature Reserve

Cape Recife Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Eastern Cape, about 10 km south-east of Gqeberha. It covers 3,36 km² — number 8 by size of the 9 Eastern Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1973.

Nature reserves Eastern Cape

3,4km² recorded size

1973year established

—elevation of the point

10 kmsouth-east of Gqeberha

Cape Recife Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape — Photo: Rainer Halama · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Type: Nature reserve
Province: Eastern Cape
District: Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Local municipality: Nelson Mandela Bay
Size: 3,36 km² · 336 ha
Rank by size: 84 of 115 nationally · 8 in Eastern Cape
Established: 1973
Coordinates: -34.0222, 25.6947
Nearest large town: Gqeberha, 10 km south-east

Sources: Wikidata Q133804079 · Natural Earth (province outline)

Highlighted: Eastern Cape. Yellow pin: Cape Recife Nature Reserve.

Nearby

DONKIN RESERVENature reserve10 km north-west
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve10 km north-west
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve10 km north-west
Wellington ParkNature reserve10 km north-west
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area19 km west
Kragga Kamma Game ParkProtected area22 km west

GBIF records within 2 km

Wildlife recorded around Cape Recife Nature Reserve

17 mammal and 9 377 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.

Mammals

Birds

Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.

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