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Marine protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of Tongaland
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of Tongaland is a marine protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 104 km north of St Lucia. It covers 746 km² — number 4 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1986.
746km² recorded size
1986year established
—elevation of the point
104 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine reserve)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Umhlabuyalingana
- Size
- 746 km² · 74 641 ha
- Rank by size
- 16 of 115 nationally · 4 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1986
- Designations
- Ramsar site
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.4833, 32.7333
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 104 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q97996626 · WDPA 68167 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park · 12 km²9 km south-west
- Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve · 72 km²16 km north-west
- Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve23 km south-west
- St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 465 km²24 km south
- Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 364 km²35 km north
- Coastal Forest ReserveForest reserve · 26 km²49 km north
GBIF records within 16 km
Wildlife recorded around Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of Tongaland
763 mammal and 23 296 bird occurrence records within 16 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus41
- Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis38
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo31
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis23
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus22
- Red Bush SquirrelParaxerus palliatus9
- Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris8
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae8
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius7
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii3
- Greater Cane RatThryonomys swinderianus2
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga2
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum2
- Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus2
Birds
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus389
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus382
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata313
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla297
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash292
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus285
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis285
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura285
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis279
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris273
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris272
- Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii270
- Pied CrowCorvus albus262
- Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corrusca248
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.