Sakamena
Sakamena is a village near Betroka in the region of Anosy in Madagascar. Sakamena is also the name of a Permian sedimentary geological formation that has yielded many vertebrate fossil, including Triadobatrachus, Claudiosaurus, one of the first aquatic reptiles, and the Coelurosauravus, the first gliding reptile.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 730 metres (2,380 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Madagascar
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
-23.31667° or 23° 19′ south
Longitude
45.78333° or 45° 47′ east
Open location code
5H87MQMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Malagasy—“Sakamena” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sakamena”
- Malagasy: “Sakamena”
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