Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
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Overview
Point Calimere in Tamil Nadu is a wildlife and bird sanctuary and a Ramsar site.
It is at Kodiakkarai in Nagapattinam district, where the coast turns at the Palk Strait.
It shelters the blackbuck and huge flocks of flamingos and shorebirds.
It was designated a Ramsar site in 2002.
It covers dry evergreen forest, mangroves, salt marsh and mudflats.
The sanctuary was set up in 1967 to protect the blackbuck.
Its tidal flats are key wintering grounds on the Central Asian Flyway.
The Great Vedaranyam swamp is part of the larger wetland.
Geography and key facts
- Tamil Nadu
- Ramsar site
- Kodiakkarai
- Blackbuck; flamingos
- Ramsar site 2002
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on wetlands.
Note for UPSC
Ramsar site (wetland of international importance), Tamil Nadu.
Ramsar sites come up as wetland–state pairs and in questions on conservation status.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary yet.
Key facts
- Type
- Ramsar site
- State / UT
- Tamil Nadu
- Coordinates
- 10.284°N, 79.824°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Forests, Wetlands, Mangroves and Coral Reefs (map lesson)