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Protected area · Northern Cape
Dr Appie van Heerden Nature Reserve
Dr Appie van Heerden Nature Reserve is a protected area in Northern Cape (Kareeberg municipality), about 156 km north of Beaufort West. It covers 15,7 km² — number 8 by size of the 9 Northern Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1973.
15,7km² recorded size
1973year established
—elevation of the point
156 kmnorth of Beaufort West
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Northern Cape
- District
- Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Kareeberg Local Municipality
- Size
- 15,7 km² · 1 571 ha
- Rank by size
- 71 of 115 nationally · 8 in Northern Cape
- Established
- 1973
- Coordinates
- -31.0098, 22.1153
- Nearest large town
- Beaufort West, 156 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q123699296 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Meerkat National ParkNational park74 km north-west
Karoo National ParkNational park · 768 km²140 km south- Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve157 km south
- The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve161 km north-east
Swartberg Nature ReserveProtected area261 km south
Camdeboo National ParkNational park265 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Dr Appie van Heerden Nature Reserve
8 mammal and 41 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.