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Cape São Roque is the "point" on the bend of the Brazilian mainland coast that is closest to the continent of Africa. [ 1 ] The cape was first officially visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese mapping expedition led by André Gonçalves and Amerigo Vespucci , who named the spot after the saint of the day, Saint ...
Rio de Janeiro is the largest coastal city in Brazil. The coastline of Brazil measures 7,491 km, [1] [a] making it the 16th longest national coastline in the world. The coastline touches exclusively the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil's coastline has many geographical features such as islands, reefs, bays, and its 2,095 beaches. [2] [3] [4]
Population distribution in Brazil. Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% [1] of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) [2] in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the developed environment.
Has the biggest cave entrance in the world at 292 metres Gruta da Morena: MG - 4620 Limestone It is one of the most beautiful caves in the state of Minas Gerais: Caverna Aroe Jari: MT - 1550 Arenite The longest arenite cave in Brazil Toca da Barriguda: BA: 61 35000 [1] Limestone Second longest cave in Brazil Toca da Boa Vista: BA - 114000 Limestone
Suape beach. Cabo de Santo Agostinho (English: Cape of St. Augustine) is a 448 square kilometer sized municipality located 35 kilometers south of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
This is a list of the extreme points of Brazil. Latitude and longitude. The following points are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
Gruta Casa de Pedra (SP-009) is a cave located in the karstic region of the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, between the municipalities of Apiaí and Iporanga, to the south of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. [1] It is 2,930 meters long and features the largest cave mouth in the world, measuring 172 meters high. [2]
Cape Orange is the northernmost point of the Brazilian state of Amapá. It is located in an area of tidal marshland protected in Cabo Orange National Park . In Brazil, both Cape Orange and the nearby mouth of the Oyapock River are often erroneously quoted as being the country's northernmost point, and until the mid- to late 20th century this ...