Protected heritage site · Gauteng
Coopers Cave
Coopers Cave is a protected heritage site in Gauteng, about 37 km north-west of Johannesburg. It covers 0,05 km² — number 10 by size of the 15 Gauteng areas with a recorded size.
0,1km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
37 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Protected heritage site (cave, archaeological site)
- Province
- Gauteng
- Local municipality
- Mogale City
- Size
- 0,05 km² · 5 ha
- Rank by size
- 103 of 115 nationally · 10 in Gauteng
- Designations
- national heritage site of South Africa
- Part of
- Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
- Coordinates
- -26.0128, 27.7469
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 37 km north-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 9 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q5167942 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
SterkfonteinProtected heritage site1 km west- Bolt's FarmProtected heritage site · 0 km²3 km south-west
- Minnaar's CavesProtected heritage site · 0 km²4 km north-east
Plovers LakeProtected heritage site · 0 km²5 km north-east
DrimolenProtected heritage site · 0 km²5 km north- Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km north-east
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Coopers Cave
264 mammal and 718 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- LeopardPanthera pardus4
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis4
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga3
- Brown HyenaHyaena brunnea3
- LionPanthera leo3
- Roan AntelopeHippotragus equinus2
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum2
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus2
- Spotted HyenaCrocuta crocuta2
- Black-backed JackalCanis mesomelas2
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx2
- Procavia transvaalensis2
- Equus capensis2
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus149
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor40
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis30
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris29
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris18
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens16
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali13
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio13
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus12
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus11
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus11
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus11
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus10
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus10
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.