Point Calimere Wildlife & Bird Sancutuary (herein after referred to as ‘the Ramsar Site’s) is located along the Palk Strait in three districts of Tamil Nadu: Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Thanjavur. It lies in between 79.399 E & 79.884 E longitudes and 10.276 E & 10.826 N latitudes, covering an area of 38,500 hectares from Point Calimere in the east to Adirampattinam in the west. The Ramsar Site comprises of Point Calimere Sanctuary, Panchanadikulam Wetland, Unsurveyed Salt Swamp, Thalainayar Reserved Forest and Muthupet Mangroves. Except the Thalainayar Reserved Forest, the remaining constituents are parts of the Great Vedaranyam Swamp.
