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(Redirected from Cap Sainte Marie) Southernmost point of Madagascar
Cape Sainte Marie Special Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Cape Sainte Marie Special ReserveMap showing the location of Cape Sainte Marie Special Reserve
LocationAndroy Region, Madagascar
Coordinates25°34′00″S 45°31′00″E / 25.56667°S 45.51667°E / -25.56667; 45.51667
Area62.98 km (24.32 sq mi)
Designationspecial reserve
Designated1962

Cape Sainte Marie (Malagasy: Tanjona Vohimena; French: cap Sainte-Marie), formerly known as Cape Romain and Cape St. Mary, is the southernmost point of Madagascar. It is situated in the Androy region 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Tsiombe. It is the location of the Cap Sainte-Marie Special Reserve, a nature reserve which occupies most of the cape and was created in 1962.

References

  1. UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Cap Sainte Marie from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 28 August 2022.
  2. Robert Kerr. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels (Complete) Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery and Commerce by Sea and Land from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. ISBN 9781465516121
  3. Wild Madagascar
  4. www.parcs-madagascar.com Archived March 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine


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