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Morro da Babilônia

The Morro da Babilônia is a hill in the Leme neighbourhood of , separating Copacabana beach from . It is home to a favela known by the same name, as well as the favela Chapéu Mangueira.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 72 metres
  • Description: favela in Leme, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Morro da Babilonia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sugarloaf Mountain and Earth Science Museum.

Peak
Photo: Vincent E, Public domain.
is a peak situated in , Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of . Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar.

Museum
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC0.
The Earth Sciences Museum is a geological museum in , . The building was part of the Exhibition of the Centenary of the Opening of the Ports of Brazil in 1908.

Aerial lift
Photo: Helder Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sugarloaf Cable Car is a cableway system in , . The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da , from where the second rises to the summit of the 396-metre .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urca and Leme.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a residential neighborhood in , , with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.

Suburb
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is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the of the City of , , next to , and . The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a beachfront neighborhood in , . It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.

Morro da Babilônia

Latitude
-22.95739° or 22° 57′ 27″ south
Longitude
-43.1698° or 43° 10′ 11″ west
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
Open location code
589R2RVJ+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 146396109
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7538602
Wiki­data ID
Q6914185
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Morro da Babilônia” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Catalan: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Cebuano: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Chinese: “巴比倫尼亞山”
  • Dutch: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مورو دا بابيلونيا”
  • German: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Italian: “Favela di Babilonia”
  • Italian: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Ladin: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Portuguese: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Russian: “Морро-да-Бабилония”
  • Russian: “Морру-да-Бабилония”
  • Spanish: “Morro da Babilonia”
  • Spanish: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Spanish: “Morro de Babilonia”
  • Swedish: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Turkish: “Morro da Babilônia”
  • Venetian: “Favela de Babilonia”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Morro da Babilônia”. Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.