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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Marcus Island Marine Protected Area
Marcus Island Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 4 km south-east of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
4 kmsouth-east of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Saldanha Bay
- Coordinates
- -33.0443, 17.9685
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 4 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q65070409 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area4 km west
- Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area4 km south
- SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve5 km west
- Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve10 km south
West Coast National ParkNational park12 km south-east
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area12 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Marcus Island Marine Protected Area
74 mammal and 10 348 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 bergii6 932
- Cape GannetMorus capensis1 018
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini501
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres90
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus87
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii83
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis77
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea72
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus68
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea68
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis65
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus64
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris59
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus58
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 SanctuaryLangebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMalgas Island Marine Protected AreaStilbaai Marine Protected Area