Governours Island
Governours Island is an island in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast. Governours Island is situated nearby to the suburb Portuguesa, as well as near Jardim Guanabara.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport and Estádio Luso Brasileiro.
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, is the main airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a hub airport for Gol Airlines and a focus city for LATAM. It is the country's second busiest international airport, serving about 18 million passengers.
Estádio Luso Brasileiro
Stadium
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
Estádio Luso Brasileiro, formerly known as Ilha do Urubu, Arena Petrobras, Arena Botafogo and Estádio da Ilha do Governador is a football stadium inaugurated on 2 October 1965 in Ilha do Governador neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro.
União da Ilha do Governador
Community center
Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba União da Ilha do Governador was founded on March 7, 1953 by the friends Maurício Gazelle, and Quincas Orphylo, who were in Cacuia, the main site of the carnival parade of the Ilha do Governador, watching the presentation of small schools of samba and blocks of various districts of the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portuguesa and Jardim Guanabara.
Jardim Guanabara
Suburb
Jardim Guanabara is a neighborhood located in Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A point of interest is a beach named Praia da Bica, with a view of the city.
Moneró
Suburb
Moneró is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has 6,304 inhabitants and a HDI of 0,904…
Governours Island
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.80573° or 22° 48′ 21″ southLongitude
-43.21033° or 43° 12′ 37″ westElevation
25 metres (82 feet)IATA airport code
QGIOpen location code
589R5QVQ+PVGeoNames ID
3462319
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Governours Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Governador uhartea”
- Bosnian: “Governador”
- Catalan: “Illa del Governador”
- Cebuano: “Governador Island”
- Croatian: “Governador”
- Dutch: “Governador”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايلها دو جوڤيرنادور”
- French: “Ilha do Governador”
- German: “Ilha do Governador”
- Italian: “Ilha do Governador”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilha do Governador”
- Polish: “Governador”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Governador”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Governador”
- Russian: “Остров Губернатора”
- Serbian: “Говернадор”
- Spanish: “Isla del Gobernador”
- Swedish: “Governador Island”
- Turkish: “Governador Adası”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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