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Robeiland, Kleinzee much of Karas Pan was wet and muddy, probably as a re-
Coordinates: 29.56 S; 17.00 E sult of substantial seepage into the pan from an adjacent
Description: Formerly an island, the construction of a diamond mine, which rendered it unsuitable for breeding by
jetty just north of it likely caused an accumulation of sand Damara Terns (Crawford et al. 2018).
around the island that rendered it easier to access from the Conservation status: Within the Kleinzee mining conces-
mainland and unsuitable for Bank Cormorants (Crawford sion area held by De Beers Group, it has restricted access.
et al. 2018). There were rocky outcrops north of the jetty, Species and numbers breeding: These are shown on the
on which White-breasted and Crowned cormorants bred in following table.
2020.
Conservation status: Within the Kleinzee mining conces- Year Kelp Gull Damara Tern
sion area held by De Beers Group, it has restricted access. 1997 2
Species and numbers breeding: These are shown on the 2014 0
following table.
2015 0
0
2016
Cape Cormorant Bank Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Crowned Cormorant 2018 1 0
Year 2017 0
0
2019

1980 50 23 1 228 Penguin Rock
1981 182 15 Coordinates: 29.60 S; 17.02 E
1992 33 Description: An offshore rock that may frequently be
awash. An adjacent large rock on the beach is sometimes
1994 61 separated from the mainland by a small channel of seawa-
1996 969 33 4 ter and may have been where the cormorants bred. That
2002 11 rock was connected to the mainland by sand in September
2006 0 2015 and February 2018 (Crawford et al. 2018). In 2020,
Crowned Cormorants bred at the inshore rock and also in
2007 4 29 the seal colony just north of the rock.
2008 0 Conservation status: Within the Kleinzee mining conces-
2009 0 0 0 sion area held by De Beers Group, it has restricted access.
Species and numbers breeding: These are shown on the
2010 0 following table.
2011 0 0
Crowned
Cape
Bank
2012 30 1 0 53 Year Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant
2015 0
2016 0 1980 30
2017 0 11 115 1981 4
2018 90 0 6 28 2011 0
2019 0 0 3 6 2012 0 0
2018 0 0
Karas Pan 2020 58
Coordinates: 29.58 S; 17.03 E
Description: A large pan towards the south of the south of Wreck of Jahleel
the Kleinzee mining concession area. In 2017 and 2018, Coordinates: 30.31 S; 17.27 E
Description: The remains of a wreck near the coast just
north of Hondeklipbaai.
Not protected but with no land access.
Species and numbers breeding: These are shown on the
following table.

White-
Cape Crowned
Year breasted
Cormorant Cormorant
Cormorant
2014 0 6 9
2018 21 5 0
2020 20 0 0
White-breasted Cormorants breeding at Robeiland,
Kleinzee in 2017 (photo L Geldenhuys)

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