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Cape Sainte Marie

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Cape Sainte Marie Special Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1]
Map showing the location of Cape Sainte Marie Special Reserve
Map 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 km2 (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,[2] 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[3] and was created in 1962.[4]

References

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  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Cap Sainte Marie from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 28 August 2022. [1]
  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