page_title: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park
section_title: Banyan Tree Sinkhole
hierarchical_section_title: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park / Special Features / Banyan Tree Sinkhole
caption_attribution_description: English: banyan fig with rooting hanging down into the sinkhole
context_page_description: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park also spelt Tsimanampetsotse, and known as Tsimanampetsotsa Nature Reserve is a 432 km² national park on the south-west coast of Madagascar in the region Atsimo-Andrefana. The park is 90 kilometres south of Toliara and 950 kilometres south of the capital, Antananarivo. Route Nationales 10 to Faux Cap passes the park and the nearest airport is at Toliara. The national park contains and is named after Lake Tsimanampetsotsa.
context_section_description: Continuing past the baobabs, the trail leads to the Banyan Tree site. This is a classic vertical sink hole, about 25 m in circumference resulting from the collapse of a cave. About 10 to 12 m below the rim of the sink hole is a pool and growing at the edge of the sinkhole, with roots reaching down into the water is a large banyan fig tree. Fossils have also been found here, showing a cross-section of the known extinct fauna found in the region.
caption: banyan fig at sinkhole
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