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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary
Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 9 km south-east of Hermanus.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
9 kmsouth-east of Hermanus
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg
- Coordinates
- -34.4738, 19.3077
- Nearest large town
- Hermanus, 9 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q65062437 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Walker Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km east- Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km north
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve10 km north- Platbos Forest ReserveForest reserve17 km south-east
- Panthera Africa Big Cat SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary21 km east
Phillipskop Mountain ReserveNature reserve · 2 km²21 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary
87 mammal and 1 155 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
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii36
- White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus35
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii34
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini33
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus33
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta28
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea28
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus26
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus24
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis24
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus24
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus24
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca23
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus23
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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