Cape Floral Region Protected Areas World Heritage Site

Official name

Cape Floral Region Protected Areas | UNESCO

Country

South Africa | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

-34.3611° Lat, 18.4750° Lon | Map

Code

1007

Time Zone

Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 2004. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the south-western extremity of South Africa. It is one of the world’s great centres of terrestrial biodiversity. The extended property includes national parks, nature reserves, wilderness areas, State forests and mountain catchment areas. These elements add a significant number of endemic species associated with the Fynbos vegetation, a fine-leaved sclerophyllic shrubland adapted to both a Mediterranean climate and periodic fires, which is unique to the Cape Floral Region.