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Protected area · Western Cape
Cederberg Wilderness Area
Cederberg Wilderness Area is a protected area in Western Cape, about 114 km south-west of Calvinia. It covers 710 km² — number 4 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1973.
710km² recorded size
1973year established
—elevation of the point
114 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
- 17 of 115 nationally · 4 in Western Cape
- Established
- 1973
- Part of
- Cape Floristic Kingdom
- Coordinates
- -32.3333, 19.1167
- Nearest large town
- Calvinia, 114 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q119079170 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
CederbergProtected area · 710 km²3 km west
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve27 km north-west- Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area · 128 km²32 km south-east
Tankwa Karoo National ParkNational park60 km east- BeaverlacNature reserve64 km south
- Waterval PrivateNature reserve74 km south
GBIF records within 16 km
Wildlife recorded around Cederberg Wilderness Area
311 mammal and 20 951 bird occurrence records within 16 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus51
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus45
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus37
- LeopardPanthera pardus25
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta23
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina17
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis14
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis14
- Hewitt's Red Rock HarePronolagus saundersiae13
- WildcatFelis silvestris11
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis7
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia6
- Cape Elephant ShrewElephantulus edwardii4
- Honey BadgerMellivora capensis3
Birds
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis646
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis636
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra585
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris538
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris535
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola524
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio524
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens510
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa473
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus464
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis451
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus439
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis438
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa417
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.