What is Cape Romano?
'''Cape Romano''' is a [[cape (geography)|cape]] at the southern end of [[Caxambas Island]], just south of [[Marco Island, Florida|Marco Island]] and northwest of the [[Ten Thousand Islands (Florida)|Ten Thousand Islands]] in [[Collier County, Florida|Collier County]], [[Florida]]. Cape Romano was also the spot where [[Hurricane Wilma]] made its first [[U.S.]] landfall in [[October]] [[2005]]. [[Calusa|Calusa Indians]] declared-ownership of the area and called it Manataca. [[Juan Ponce de León]] made a short stop at Manataca on his first visit from [[Puerto Rico]] to [[Florida]], but the Indians tried to fight him off. Cape Romano was the spot where [[Hurricane Wilma]] first reached land in the U.S. October 2005. [[Tropical Storm Fay (2008)|Tropical Storm Fay]] also reached land here in 2008. {{US-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Cape}} [[Category:Geography of Florida]] [[Category:Capes of the United States|Romano]]