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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Stony Point Penguin Colony
Stony Point Penguin Colony is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 32 km west of Hermanus.
—km² recorded size
—year established
8 melevation of the point
32 kmwest of Hermanus
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg
- Local municipality
- Overstrand
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Coordinates
- -34.3717, 18.8880
- Nearest large town
- Hermanus, 32 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q32024750 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve0 km east- Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area1 km north-east
- Jock's BayNature reserve5 km north-east
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area19 km north
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²26 km north
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve31 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Stony Point Penguin Colony
636 mammal and 76 870 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis393
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus46
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus40
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis37
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis26
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta24
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis18
- Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina7
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio7
- Cape Golden MoleChrysochloris asiatica5
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus3
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis3
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina3
- Hewitt's Red Rock HarePronolagus saundersiae3
Birds
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus3 601
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis2 644
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis2 484
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus2 406
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2 378
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii2 347
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus2 141
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini2 023
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus1 951
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo1 746
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis1 620
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis1 496
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus1 308
- Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis1 305
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.