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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
Malgas Island Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 5 km south of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
5 kmsouth of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Saldanha Bay
- Coordinates
- -33.0526, 17.9260
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 5 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q65075473 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km north-west
- Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area4 km east
- Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area4 km south-east
- Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve11 km south-east
West Coast National ParkNational park14 km south-east
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area15 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
52 mammal and 27 896 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
- Cape GannetMorus capensis25 182
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini597
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis568
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii461
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus349
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus347
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus45
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii21
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres20
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus16
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis14
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca10
- Common TernSterna hirundo9
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris9
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 AreaStilbaai Marine Protected Area