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Protected area · Western Cape
Cederberg
Cederberg is a protected area in Western Cape, about 116 km south-west of Calvinia. It covers 710 km² — number 5 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1973.
Western Capepart of UNESCO World Heritage Site
710km² recorded size
1973year established
1 318 melevation of the point
116 kmsouth-west of Calvinia
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Cederberg
- Size
- 710 km² · 71 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 18 of 115 nationally · 5 in Western Cape
- Established
- 1973
- Elevation
- 1 318 m
- Designations
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Part of
- Cape Floristic Kingdom
- Coordinates
- -32.3333, 19.0833
- Nearest large town
- Calvinia, 116 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 19 languages
Nearby
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area · 710 km²3 km east
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve24 km north-west- Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area · 128 km²35 km south-east
Tankwa Karoo National ParkNational park63 km east- BeaverlacNature reserve64 km south
- Waterval PrivateNature reserve73 km south
GBIF records within 16 km
Wildlife recorded around Cederberg
308 mammal and 21 472 bird occurrence records within 16 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus46
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus43
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus37
- LeopardPanthera pardus23
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta20
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis19
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis14
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina13
- Hewitt's Red Rock HarePronolagus saundersiae13
- WildcatFelis silvestris11
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis10
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia6
- Cape Elephant ShrewElephantulus edwardii4
- Southern African Mole-ratCryptomys hottentotus3
Birds
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis675
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis645
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra589
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris557
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris542
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola531
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio525
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens516
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa480
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus472
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis462
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus450
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis449
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa423
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.