Cape Negrais

Cape Negrais (Burmese: နဂရစ်အငူ, also known as Pagoda Point (ဆံတော်ရှင်မြတ်ငူ) or Mawtin Point (မော်တင်စွန်း, Mawtin Soon) is a cape in Burma (Myanmar), west of the Irrawaddy Delta.

For a long time, it was occupied by the Kingdom of Mrauk U (1429–1785 CE).

[2] It is northernmost point of Andaman Sea where it meets Bay of Bengal.

The European name 'Negrais' is borrowed from the Burmese name 'Nagariz' (နဂရစ်), which in turn came from 'Nagaraj' (Sanskrit: नागराज, lit.

It refers to the story of the dragon king 'Jeyasena'(ဇေယျသေန) taking some holy hairs of Buddha and creating a cape Pagoda.