Taenarum or Tainaron (Ταίναρον) or Taenarus or Tainaros (Ταίναρος), was an Ancient Greek settlement in the region of Laconia on the Mani Peninsula in the southern extreme of the Peloponnese. It was situated 40 stadia north of Cape Tainaron, which is today called Cape Matapan. The name is sometimes anglicized as Tenarus.