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Forest reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Coastal Forest Reserve
Coastal Forest Reserve is a forest reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 153 km north of St Lucia. It covers 26,1 km² — number 18 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1992.
26,1km² recorded size
1992year established
—elevation of the point
153 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Forest reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Umhlabuyalingana
- Size
- 26,1 km² · 2 613 ha
- Rank by size
- 67 of 115 nationally · 18 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1992
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.0542, 32.8374
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 153 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q97966521 · WDPA 555563641 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Kosi BayNature reserve · 110 km²6 km north- Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 364 km²14 km south
- Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve · 72 km²37 km south-west
- Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area · 746 km²49 km south
- Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park · 12 km²56 km south
Ndumo Game ReserveGame reserve59 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Coastal Forest Reserve
8 mammal and 46 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis4
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima3
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus3
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis2
- Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata2
- White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis2
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer2
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus2
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.