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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 12 km south-west of Cape Town.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
12 kmsouth-west of Cape Town
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Part of
- Table Mountain National Park
- Coordinates
- -34.0000, 18.3333
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 12 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q41768646 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Constantia NekNature reserve7 km east
- Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve9 km north-east
- Tokai ParkNational park11 km south-east
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km south-east- Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve15 km north-east
- Muizenberg CaveNature reserve16 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
229 mammal and 1 545 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae171
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus12
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus6
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina5
- CaracalCaracal caracal4
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis4
- Himalayan TahrHemitragus jemlahicus4
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis2
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis2
- Cape Mole-ratGeorychus capensis2
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis2
Birds
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio101
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens82
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra79
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus74
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus73
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis66
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus66
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii50
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash48
- Pied CrowCorvus albus43
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini40
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis39
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa39
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus38
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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