Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve

Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 53 km north of Port Shepstone. It covers 21,9 km² — number 19 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1973.

Nature reserves KwaZulu-Natal

21,9km² recorded size

1973year established

—elevation of the point

53 kmnorth of Port Shepstone

Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal — Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Type: Nature reserve
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Local municipality: Umdoni
Size: 21,9 km² · 2 189 ha
Rank by size: 69 of 115 nationally · 19 in KwaZulu-Natal
Established: 1973
Coordinates: -30.2750, 30.5917
Nearest large town: Port Shepstone, 53 km north

Sources: Wikidata Q106865402 · Natural Earth (province outline)

Highlighted: KwaZulu-Natal. Yellow pin: Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve.

Nearby

Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary15 km south-east
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km east
CrocworldNature reserve17 km east
Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1 km²21 km north-east
Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area39 km east
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve39 km north-east

GBIF records within 3 km

Wildlife recorded around Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve

92 mammal and 3 992 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.

Mammals

Birds

Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.

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