Cape Sainte Marie

Coordinates: 25°34′00″S 45°31′00″E / 25.56667°S 45.51667°E / -25.56667; 45.51667 Cape Sainte Marie (Malagasy: Tanjona Vohimena; French: cap Sainte-Marie), formerly known as Cape Romain and Cape St. Mary,[1] is the southernmost point of Madagascar. It is situated in the Androy region 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Tsihombe. It is the location of the Cap Sainte-Marie Special Reserve, a nature reserve which occupies most of the cape[2] and was created in 1962.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Wild Madagascar
  3. ↑ www.parcs-madagascar.com Archived March 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.


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