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Marine protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
St. Lucia Marine Reserve
St. Lucia Marine Reserve is a marine protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 80 km north of St Lucia. It covers 465 km² — number 5 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1979.
465km² recorded size
1979year established
—elevation of the point
80 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine reserve, nature reserve)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Umhlabuyalingana
- Size
- 465 km² · 46 545 ha
- Rank by size
- 22 of 115 nationally · 5 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1979
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.6908, 32.6521
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 80 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q97994077 · WDPA 555579282 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve11 km north-west
- Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park · 12 km²17 km north
- Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area · 746 km²24 km north
- St. Lucia SystemProtected area · 1 555 km²30 km south-west
- Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve31 km west
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area · 13 289 km²37 km south-west
GBIF records within 13 km
Wildlife recorded around St. Lucia Marine Reserve
192 mammal and 4 727 bird occurrence records within 13 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros28
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius22
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer20
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus18
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga17
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus12
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus10
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus9
- Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis8
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus7
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus6
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum5
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis5
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum4
Birds
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus90
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus72
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer59
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor59
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus52
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis51
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris51
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus48
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash48
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus48
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata45
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus45
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis44
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis44
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.