Protected heritage site · Gauteng
Swartkrans
Swartkrans is a protected heritage site in Gauteng, about 40 km north-west of Johannesburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
40 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Protected heritage site (archaeological site, paleontological site)
- Province
- Gauteng
- Local municipality
- Mogale City
- Designations
- national heritage site of South Africa
- Part of
- Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
- Coordinates
- -25.9292, 27.7889
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 40 km north-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 24 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1887011 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve5 km south
MotsetsiProtected heritage site · 0 km²5 km north-east
Gladysvale CaveProtected heritage site · 0 km²5 km north-west
Plovers LakeProtected heritage site · 0 km²6 km south
DrimolenProtected heritage site · 0 km²6 km south-west- The Cradle Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Swartkrans
88 mammal and 664 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- South African Ground SquirrelXerus inauris10
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga9
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx9
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus7
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus6
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus5
- Black WildebeestConnochaetes gnou5
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa4
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer3
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus3
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus3
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama3
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata2
- Bat-eared FoxOtocyon megalotis2
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus25
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris20
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus17
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus16
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus16
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris14
- Pied CrowCorvus albus14
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali14
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus14
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio13
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis12
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus11
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash11
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor10
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.