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Protected area · Western Cape
Knysna National Lake Area
Knysna National Lake Area is a protected area in Western Cape, about 2 km south of Knysna.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
2 kmsouth of Knysna
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Eden
- Local municipality
- Knysna
- Managed or owned by
- South African National Parks
- Coordinates
- -34.0500, 23.0417
- Nearest large town
- Knysna, 2 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1651751 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²2 km north
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve2 km south-east- Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²3 km south
- Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km south-east
- Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area13 km west
- Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve14 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Knysna National Lake Area
148 mammal and 85 092 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus81
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus9
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus8
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus7
- European RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus7
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio4
- Southern African Vlei RatOtomys irroratus4
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta3
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis3
- Forest African DormouseGraphiurus murinus3
- Least Dwarf ShrewSuncus infinitesimus2
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus2
- Mesic Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys dilectus2
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus2
Birds
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus1 980
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus1 822
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis1 748
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 748
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash1 599
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta1 583
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 565
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea1 534
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis1 495
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus1 487
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini1 403
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens1 245
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 209
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio1 208
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.