Guanabara Bay
Guanabara Bay is an oceanic bay in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore are the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil
- Also known as: “Baia da Guanabara” and “Bay of Rio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ilha d’Água.
Ilha d’Água
Islet
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilha d’Água is an islet, which is situated 3 km southwest of Guanabara Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freguesia and Bancários.
Freguesia
Suburb
Photo: Marcio dutra, Public domain.
Freguesia is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Freguesia is situated 2½ km west of Guanabara Bay.
Bancários
Suburb
Bancários is a neighborhood located at Ilha do Governador in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As of 2010 it has a population of 12,512. Bancários is situated 3½ km west of Guanabara Bay.
Cocotá
Suburb
Cocotá is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cocotá is situated 4 km west of Guanabara Bay.
Guanabara Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Guanabara Bay” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Badea de Guanabara”
- Basque: “Guanabara badia”
- Bavarian: “Guanabara”
- Belarusian: “Гуанабара”
- Belarusian: “Заліў Гуанабара”
- Bosnian: “Guanabara”
- Breton: “Bae Guanabara”
- Bulgarian: “Гуанабара”
- Catalan: “Badia de Guanabara”
- Cebuano: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Chinese: “瓜納巴拉灣”
- Chinese: “瓜纳巴拉湾”
- Croatian: “Guanabara”
- Croatian: “Zaljev Guanabara”
- Czech: “Guanabara”
- Danish: “Guanabarabugten”
- Dutch: “Baai van Guanabara”
- Dutch: “Baia de Guanabara”
- Dutch: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Esperanto: “golfo de Guanabara”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Guanabara”
- Estonian: “Guanabara laht”
- Finnish: “Guanabaranlahti”
- French: “baie de Guanabara”
- French: “Baie de Guanabara”
- French: “baie de Rio de Janeiro”
- Galician: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Georgian: “გუანაბარა”
- Georgian: “გუანაბარის უბე”
- Georgian: “გუანაბარის ყურე”
- German: “Baía de Guanabara”
- German: “Bucht von Guanabara”
- German: “Guanabara-Bucht”
- German: “Guanabarabucht”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ גואנברה”
- Hungarian: “Guanabara-öböl”
- Ido: “Bayo Guanabara”
- Ido: “Guanabara bayo”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Guanabara”
- Italian: “baia di Guanabara”
- Italian: “Baia di Guanabara”
- Japanese: “グアナバラ湾”
- Korean: “구아나바라만”
- Latvian: “Gvanabaras līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Guanabaros įlanka”
- Lithuanian: “Gvanabaros įlanka”
- Luxembourgish: “Guanabara”
- Marathi: “गुआनाबारा खाडी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guanabarabukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guanabarabukten”
- Norwegian: “Guanabarabukten”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Baia de Guanabara”
- Persian: “خلیج گوانابارا”
- Polish: “Guanabara”
- Polish: “Zatoka Guanabara”
- Portuguese: “Baía da guanabara”
- Portuguese: “Baía da Guanabara”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Portuguese: “Guanabara”
- Romanian: “Golful Guanabara”
- Russian: “Гуанабара”
- Scots: “Guanabara Bay”
- Serbian: “Gvanabara”
- Serbian: “Гванабара”
- Serbian: “Гуанабара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Guanabara”
- Slovenian: “riodejaneirski zaliv”
- Slovenian: “zaliv Guanabara”
- Slovenian: “zaliv Ria de Janeira”
- Spanish: “Bahia de guanabara”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Guanabara”
- Swedish: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Swedish: “Guanabarabukten”
- Thai: “อ่าวกวานาบารา”
- Thai: “อ่าวกัวนาบารา”
- Turkish: “Baía da Guanabara”
- Turkish: “Guanabara Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Бухта Гуанабара”
- Ukrainian: “Гуанабара”
- Ukrainian: “Ґуанабара”
- Venetian: “Baja de Guanabara”
- Wu Chinese: “瓜纳巴拉湾”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bananal and Pichunas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pedra do Xaréu and Ilha do Milho.
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