POINT CALIMERE

Point Calimere, also called Cape Calimere and Kodiakkarai is a low headland on

the Coromandel Coast, in the Nagapattinam district of the state of Tamil Nadu,

India. It is the apex of the Cauvery River delta, and marks a nearly right-angle

turn in the coastline

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The forests of Point Calimere, also known the Vedaranyam forests, are one of

the last remnants of the dry evergreen forests that were once typical of the East

Deccan dry evergreen forests ecoregion. The Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary,

with an area of 24.17 km², was created on June 13, 1967. The sanctuary

includes the cape and its three natural habitat types: dry evergreen forests,

mangrove forests, and wetlands. In 1988, the sanctuary was enlarged to include

the Great Vedaranyam Swamp and the Talaignayar Reserve Forest, and

renamed the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, with a total area of 377

km². Point Calimere homes the endangered endemic Indian Blackbuck and is

one of the few known wintering locations of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper. It also

holds large wintering populations of Greater Flamingos in India. The area is

dotted with salt pans and these hold large crustacean populations that support

the wintering bird life.

Not far from Point Calimere is the mangrove forest of Muthupet.

Mangrove forest at Muthupet

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