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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Rocherpan Marine Protected Area
Rocherpan Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 56 km north-east of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
56 kmnorth-east of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Bergrivier
- Coordinates
- -32.6022, 18.2935
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 56 km north-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q107804125 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve2 km north-west
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site43 km south-west- Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site43 km south-west
- Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve48 km south-west
- Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve51 km south
- Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve57 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Rocherpan Marine Protected Area
66 mammal and 21 798 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus18
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus14
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio6
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis6
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris3
- Bush Karroo RatMyotomys unisulcatus3
- CaracalCaracal caracal2
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis2
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta2
- Haviside's DolphinCephalorhynchus heavisidii2
- WildcatFelis silvestris2
Birds
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis826
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis587
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus522
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix489
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus471
- Cape TealAnas capensis461
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris411
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis405
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini365
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus342
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa340
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus330
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii323
- Pied CrowCorvus albus318
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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