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- Vredefort Dome core area
Protected area · North West
Vredefort Dome core area
Vredefort Dome core area is a protected area in North West, about 107 km south-west of Johannesburg. It covers 301 km² — number 3 by size of the 6 North West areas with a recorded size.
North Westpart of UNESCO World Heritage Site
301km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
107 kmsouth-west of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- North West
- Local municipality
- Ventersdorp/Tlokwe
- Size
- 301 km² · 30 108 ha
- Rank by size
- 29 of 115 nationally · 3 in North West
- Designations
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Part of
- Vredefort crater
- Coordinates
- -26.8667, 27.2667
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 107 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q65937532 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Stromatolite/basal fault plane siteProtected area · 0 km²10 km north
- Pseudotachylite (quarry) siteProtected area · 0 km²14 km east
- Chocolate tablet breccia siteProtected area · 0 km²14 km south-west
- OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary21 km north-west
- Highveld Nature ReserveNature reserve32 km north-west
- Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve41 km north-west
GBIF records within 10 km
Wildlife recorded around Vredefort Dome core area
115 mammal and 16 993 bird occurrence records within 10 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Natal Long-fingered BatMiniopterus natalensis24
- Geoffroy's Horseshoe BatRhinolophus clivosus16
- Cape Hairy BatMyotis tricolor10
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis7
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis5
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus5
- CaracalCaracal caracal4
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus4
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus3
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea3
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama3
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus3
- South African Ground SquirrelXerus inauris2
- Sable AntelopeHippotragus niger2
Birds
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera1 013
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus941
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans839
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis583
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali524
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis518
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus453
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba392
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus359
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris287
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea256
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus252
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii244
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus213
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.