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National park · Northern Cape
Namaqua National Park
Namaqua National Park is a national park in Northern Cape, about 51 km south-west of Springbok. It covers 13,7 km² — number 9 by size of the 9 Northern Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1999.
13,7km² recorded size
1999year established
—elevation of the point
51 kmsouth-west of Springbok
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Northern Cape
- District
- Namakwa
- Local municipality
- Kamiesberg
- Size
- 13,7 km² · 1 368 ha
- Rank by size
- 73 of 115 nationally · 9 in Northern Cape
- Established
- 1999
- Visitors a year
- 100 000
- Coordinates
- -30.0433, 17.5861
- Nearest large town
- Springbok, 51 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 18 languages
Nearby
- Brakputs Private Nature ReserveNature reserve18 km north
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve57 km north-east- Rooiklippies Nature ReserveNature reserve58 km north-west
- Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area73 km south
- Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area · 218 km²159 km north-east
- Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve189 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Namaqua National Park
3 mammal and 35 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
- Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata3
- Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii3
- Grey-backed CisticolaCisticola subruficapilla3
- Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens3
- Karoo Scrub-RobinTychaedon coryphoeus2
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix2
- Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii2
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora2
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis2
- Tractrac ChatEmarginata tractrac2
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris2
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.