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Pedra da Gávea

Pedra da Gávea is a monolithic mountain in Tijuca Forest, , . Composed of granite and gneiss, its elevation is 844 metres, making it one of the highest mountains in the world that ends directly in the ocean.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 257 metres
  • Description: mountain in Brazil
  • Also known as: “Gavea Rock”, “Gávea Rock”, and “Pedra da Gavea”
  • Inscription: “LAABHTEJBARRIZDABNAISINEOFRUZT”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pico dos Quatro and Pedra Bonita.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a peak.

Historic house
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is a historic house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Joá and São Conrado.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the of , .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the of the city of , . It is nestled in between the neighborhoods of Barra da Tijuca to the southwest and Leblon to the northeast.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the of , .

Pedra da Gávea

Latitude
-22.99898° or 22° 59′ 56″ south
Longitude
-43.28297° or 43° 16′ 59″ west
Elevation
257 metres (843 feet)
Open location code
589R2P28+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 142913585
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­free_flying
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3462515
Wiki­data ID
Q2066357
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Pedra da Gávea” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Cebuano: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Chinese: “上桅帆岩”
  • Chinese: “上桅帆巖”
  • Czech: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Dutch: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيدرا دا جاڤيا”
  • French: “Pedra da gavea”
  • French: “Pedra da Gavea”
  • French: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • German: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Hebrew: “פדרה דה גבאה”
  • Italian: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Japanese: “ペドラ・ダ・ガヴェア”
  • Ladin: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Persian: “پدرا دا گاوا”
  • Polish: “Pedra da Gavea”
  • Portuguese: “Aqui badezir”
  • Portuguese: “Aqui Badezir”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra da Barra”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra da gávea”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Russian: “Педра-да-Гавеа”
  • Serbian: “Педра да Гавеа”
  • Slovenian: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Spanish: “Pedra da Gavea”
  • Spanish: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Swedish: “Pedra da Gávea”
  • Venetian: “Pedra da Gávea”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pedra da Gávea”. Photo: Parigot, Public domain.