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Swakopmund Sewage Works
Cunene River Swakop River Mouth
Horses Graves
Caution Reef

NAMIBIA Dolphin Beach
Pelican Point
20° Donkey Bay, Bird Rock, Walvis Bay
Pelican Point
Walvis Bay Walvis Bay Harbour
Walvis Bay sewage works
and Bird Paradise

Walvis Bay salt works
Swakop River
Mile 4
Swakopmund
Walvis Bay
Sandwich Harbour Kuiseb River

25°

SOUTH
AFRICA

15° 20° 25°

Figure 1. A map showing the ten localities between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay where seabirds are known to have bred and
an eleventh (Swakop River mouth) where Bank Cormorants may have bred

Conservation status: Not protected. Cape and White-breasted Cormorants and Kelp Gulls
Species and numbers breeding: have bred. Crowned Cormorants have nested on supports
under the platform. Arched posts between the platform and
Bank Cormorant the mainland are used to transfer guano to the mainland
and, when not in use, have been used by White-breasted
Year No. of pairs
Cormorants to nest on (Brooke et al. 1982). Construction
1986 a ? of the platform started in 1930 and the present area of
17,000 m was attained in 1939 (Berry 1975). From 1930–
2
a Williams (1987) 2021, 44,330 metric t of guano were collected (Tom et al.
2024).
Bird Rock Platform
Coordinates: 22.88 S; 14.54 E Conservation status: Privately owned with restricted
Description: A platform constructed above Bird Rock to access.
collect seabird guano, on which Great White Pelicans, Species and numbers breeding:

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