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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Bay
- Description: oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil
- Also known as: “Bahia de guanabara”, “Baia da Guanabara”, “Baía da guanabara”, “baie de Rio de Janeiro”, “Bay of Rio”, “Bucht von Guanabara”, “Gŭanabara golfo”, “Guanabarabucht”, “Guanabarabukta”, “riodejaneirski zaliv”, “zaliv Ria de Janeira”, “Бухта Гуанабара”, “Ґуанабара”, “გუანაბარა”, “გუანაბარის ყურე”, and “อ่าวกัวนาบารา”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ilha d’Água.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freguesia and Bancários.
Freguesia
Suburb
Photo: Marcio dutra, Public domain.Bancários
Suburb
Bancários is a neighborhood located at Ilha… 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.79375° or 22° 47′ 38″ south
Longitude
-43.14603° or 43° 8′ 46″ west
Open location code
589R6V43+FH
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Esperanto: “golfo de Guanabara”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Guanabara”
- Estonian: “Guanabara laht”
- Finnish: “Guanabaranlahti”
- French: “baie de Guanabara”
- French: “Baie de Guanabara”
- Galician: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Georgian: “გუანაბარის უბე”
- German: “Guanabara-Bucht”
- 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”
- Malagasy: “Helodranon‘ i Guanabara”
- Marathi: “गुआनाबारा खाडी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guanabarabukten”
- Norwegian: “Guanabarabukten”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Baia de Guanabara”
- Persian: “خلیج گوانابارا”
- Polish: “Zatoka Guanabara”
- Portuguese: “Baía da Guanabara”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Romanian: “Golful Guanabara”
- Russian: “Гуанабара”
- Scots: “Guanabara Bay”
- Serbian: “Gvanabara”
- Serbian: “Гванабара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Guanabara”
- Slovenian: “zaliv Guanabara”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Guanabara”
- Swedish: “Baía de Guanabara”
- Swedish: “Guanabarabukten”
- Thai: “อ่าวกวานาบารา”
- Turkish: “Guanabara Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Гуанабара”
- Venetian: “Baja de Guanabara”
- Wu Chinese: “瓜纳巴拉湾”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bananal and Pichunas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pedra do Xaréu and Ilha do Milho.
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Worth a closer look: Rio de Janeiro and Petrópolis.
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