Guanabara Bay

Guanabara Bay is an oceanic bay in Southeast Brazil in the state of . On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and , and on its eastern shore are the cities of and .
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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.

Islet
is an islet, which is situated 3 km southwest of Guanabara Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freguesia and Bancários.

Suburb
Photo: Marcio dutra, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the of , Brazil. is situated 2½ km west of Guanabara Bay.

Suburb
is a neighborhood located at Ilha do Governador in the of , . As of 2010 it has a population of 12,512. is situated 3½ km west of Guanabara Bay.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , . is situated 4 km west of Guanabara Bay.

Guanabara Bay

Latitude
-22.79375° or 22° 47′ 38″ south
Longitude
-43.14603° or 43° 8′ 46″ west
Open location code
589R6V43+FH
Geo­Names ID
3461975
Wiki­data ID
Q224101
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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

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Highlights include Pedra do Xaréu and Ilha do Milho.

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