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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Jutten Island Marine Protected Area
Jutten Island Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape (Saldanha Bay municipality), about 8 km south of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
8 kmsouth of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Saldanha Bay
- Lies within
- West Coast National Park
- On the water of
- Saldanha Bay
- Coordinates
- -33.0834, 17.9568
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 8 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q65122023 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area4 km north-west
- Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area4 km north
- Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km south-east
- SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve7 km north-west
West Coast National ParkNational park9 km south-east
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area10 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Jutten Island Marine Protected Area
14 mammal and 3 436 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
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii1 778
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis729
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini663
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii15
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus13
- Cape GannetMorus capensis8
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus8
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis8
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus8
- Karoo Scrub-RobinTychaedon coryphoeus7
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa7
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus7
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus7
- Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis6
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
More marine protected areas in Western Cape
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaSixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaTable Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaBetty's Bay Marine Protected AreaDe Hoop Marine Protected AreaHelderberg Marine Protected AreaWalker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarcus Island Marine Protected AreaLangebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMalgas Island Marine Protected Area