# Cape Sainte Marie

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Southernmost point of Madagascar

Cape Sainte Marie Special Reserve IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1] Location Androy Region, Madagascar Coordinates 25°34′00″S 45°31′00″E / 25.56667°S 45.51667°E / -25.56667; 45.51667 Area 62.98 km2 (24.32 sq mi) Designation special reserve Designated 1962

**Cape Sainte Marie** ([Malagasy](/source/Malagasy_language): *Tanjona Vohimena*; [French](/source/French_language): *cap Sainte-Marie*), formerly known as **Cape Romain** and **Cape St. Mary**,[2] is the southernmost point of [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar). It is situated in the [Androy](/source/Androy) region 42 kilometres (26 mi) from [Tsiombe](/source/Tsihombe). 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-unep_1-0)** UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Cap Sainte Marie from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 28 August 2022. [\[1\]](https://www.protectedplanet.net/5041)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781465516121](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781465516121)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Wild Madagascar](http://www.wildmadagascar.org/conservation/parks/Cap_Sainte_Marie.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [www.parcs-madagascar.com](http://www.parcs-madagascar.com/fiche-aire-protegee_en.php?Ap=10) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130311041030/http://www.parcs-madagascar.com/fiche-aire-protegee_en.php?Ap=10) March 11, 2013, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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