Cape Negrais


Cape Negrais or Mawtin Point is a cape in Burma, west of the Irrawaddy Delta. It is located 133 km to the NNE of Preparis Island and 193 kilometres from the nearest point in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. For a long time, it was occupied by the Kingdom of Mrauk U. It was a battleground in the Taungoo–Mrauk-U War of 1545 to 1547. Most of English traders were massacred in October 1759.
It is northernmost point of Andaman Sea where it meets the Bay of Bengal. To the south and east of this point lies Andaman Sea, and to the north and west lies the Bay of Bengal.

Etymology

The Portuguese name 'Negrais' is borrowed from the Burmese name 'Nagariz', which in turn came from 'Nagaraj'. It refers to the story of the dragon king 'Jeyasena' taking some holy hairs of Buddha and creating a cape Pagoda.