West Coast National Park lies about 88 kilometers north of Cape Town in South Africa's Western Cape and was established in 1985, covering about 363 square kilometers around the Langebaan Lagoon within the UNESCO Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve. Recognized by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area, the park is known for its bird life and for spring wildflowers that bloom from August to September, especially in its Postberg section. The Langebaan Lagoon, a Ramsar wetland site, hosts migratory Palearctic birds, while the park's coastal islands support breeding colonies of African penguins and Cape gannets.
Facts
Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Sources
1. Wikidata: West Coast National Park
- Wikidata Q1760813, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1760813 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q1760813 P571 inception
- Part Of: South Africa, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the Source2. West Coast National Park (Wikipedia)
Infobox, area (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)View the Source Wikidata: South Africa
On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for South Africa, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
Choose a year to see this entry's facts and connections as the atlas records them at that moment: what it held then, what it held instead, and what it had not yet adopted. Choose Present for the current record.