Urca Beach
Urca Beach is a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast. Urca Beach is situated nearby to the suburb Leme, as well as near Flamengo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sergio Ricardo Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Brazil
- Also known as: “Praia da Lavolina” and “Praia da Urca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill.
Sugarloaf Mountain
Peak
Photo: Vincent E, Public domain.
Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urca and Leme.
Urca
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.
Leme
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.
Flamengo
Suburb
Photo: Alicia Nijdam, CC BY 2.0.
Flamengo is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Urca Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.94794° or 22° 56′ 53″ southLongitude
-43.16326° or 43° 9′ 48″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
589R3R2P+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 94039531OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
Discover Urca Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Urca Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Praia da Urca”
- Italian: “Spiaggia di Urca”
- Portuguese: “Praia da Urca (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Praia da Urca”
- Russian: “Пляж Урка”
- Swedish: “Praia da Urca”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Botafogo and Catete.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Instituto Europeu de Design and Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil.
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