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Sugarloaf Mountain (Portuguese: Pão de Açúcar, pronounced [ˈpɐ̃w dʒ(i) ɐˈsukaʁ]) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m (1,299 ft) above the harbor, [ 1 ] the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar .
The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument was created by the city of Rio de Janeiro by municipal decree 26578 of 1 June 2006. The objectives are to guarantee green spaces for leisure in a natural area, and to conserve, protect and recover the existing Atlantic Forest ecosystem and landscape. [ 1 ]
The Sugarloaf Cable Car (Portuguese: Bondinho do Pão de Açúcar) is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca (at 220 metres or 722 feet), from where the second rises to the summit of the 396-metre (1,299 ft) Sugarloaf Mountain.
Brazil's federal prosecutors blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around a UNESCO ...
An actual sugarloaf, after which many mountains are named.. The name Sugarloaf or Sugar Loaf applies to numerous raised topographic landforms worldwide: mountains, hills, peaks, summits, buttes, ridges, rock formations, bornhardt, inselberg, etc. Landforms resembling the characteristic conical shape of a sugarloaf were often so named.
The Pista Cláudio Coutinho is a walking/running trail located beneath Sugarloaf Mountain in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Urca.The paved trail is 1.25 km long, has many native Brazilian trees with lot´s of birds and small monkeys.
We moved to Brazil, so our kids could connect with their mom's culture. After getting married, my wife and I moved back to the US and then to Ghana for a time for her work. In 2008, we decided to ...
Orange County announced it has approved the purchase of Sugar Loaf Mountain in Chester and will develop and open it as a new public park