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Ilha de Boipeba. Ilha de Maraca. Ilha Montão de Trigo. Ilha da Queimada Grande. Ilha Rasa [pt] Ilha de Santa Bárbara. Ilha de Santa Catarina. Ilha de Santo Amaro. Ilha de Santo Aleixo.
The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km 2 (3,287,357 sq mi) which includes 8,456,510 km 2 (3,265,080 sq mi) of land and 55,455 km 2 (21,411 sq mi) of water. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 2,994 m (9,823 ft).
The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism. [1] It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of 1,000,000–1,500,000 km 2 (390,000–580,000 sq mi), and stretching an unknown distance inland, making it, back then, the second ...
The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau (Portuguese: Planalto Brasileiro) is an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all some 4,500,000 km 2 (1,930,511 sq mi) or approximately half of the country's land area. [1][2] The vast majority of Brazil's population (203.062.512 ...
The Trindade and Martim Vaz Islands were discovered in 1502 by Portuguese navigators led by Estêvão da Gama, and along with Brazil, became part of the Portuguese Empire. Many visitors have been to Martim Vaz, the most famous of whom was the English astronomer Edmund Halley , who took possession of the island on behalf of the British Monarchy ...
Geography. The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks are situated in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 km (62 mi) north of the Equator, and are the only group of Brazilian oceanic islets in the Northern Hemisphere. The nearest point in the Brazilian coast, is Cabo do Calcanhar, Rio Grande do Norte, approximately 1,010 kilometres (630 mi) from the archipelago.
The main island Morro Dois Irmãos Satellite picture of Fernando de Noronha. Fernando de Noronha's occupation dates to the early 16th century. Due to its geographical position, the archipelago was one of the first lands sighted in the New World, being shown in a nautical chart in 1500 by the Spanish cartographer Juan de La Cosa, and in 1502 by the Portuguese Alberto Cantino, in the latter with ...
Map showing the municipality of Barra do Quaraí within the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Departments of Uruguay: Artigas. Brazilian Island (Portuguese: Ilha Brasileira; in Standard Spanish: Isla Brasileña; in Portuñol/Portunhol: Isla Brasilera 1) is a small uninhabited river island at the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Quaraí (Cuareim) River, between the borders of Argentina ...