Uilkraals Situation Assessment - Anchor Environmental

2. GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO‐ECONOMIC CONTEXT2.1 Location and extent of the estuary and its catchmentThe Uilkraals Estuary is situated approximately 60 km northwest of Cape Agulhas and 11 kmeast of Danger Point on the south‐west coast within the cool temperate biogeographic regionof South Africa (Whitfield 1998) (Figure 2). It is the first estuary to be found east of DangerPoint (Heydorn & Bickerton 1982). The Uilkraals River runs southward and drains into theIndian Ocean 6 km southeast of Gansbaai. The total catchment area of the Uilkraals Estuarycovers approximately 105 ha (Turpie & Clark 2007).Figure 2. Map of the south western tip of South Africa. The arrow indicates the relative position of theUilkraals Estuary (adapted from Harrison 2004).Figure 3. Map showing Overberg region in which the Uilkraals Estuary is located.Uilkraals Estuary Situation Assessment11Anchor Environmental