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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Helderberg Marine Protected Area
Helderberg Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 18 km south-west of Stellenbosch.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
18 kmsouth-west of Stellenbosch
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Coordinates
- -34.0833, 18.7833
- Nearest large town
- Stellenbosch, 18 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q60774565 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area · 11 km²3 km north-west
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve4 km south-east
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²9 km south-east
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve10 km north-east- Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary14 km north
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area15 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Helderberg Marine Protected Area
43 mammal and 47 993 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata1 181
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 145
- Common TernSterna hirundo1 138
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 102
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata1 084
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus1 017
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens965
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii899
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix884
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii869
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus843
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis828
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea808
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo767
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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