Morro dos Urubus
Morro dos Urubus is a peak in Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro and has an elevation of 126 metres. Morro dos Urubus is situated nearby to the suburb Leme, as well as near Urca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sugarloaf Mountain and Forte Duque de Caxias.
Sugarloaf Mountain
Peak
Photo: Vincent E, Public domain.
Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar.
Forte Duque de Caxias
Museum
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forte Duque de Caxias is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leme and Urca.
Leme
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.
Urca
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.
Botafogo
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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 dos Urubus
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 126 metres
- Description: mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.95945° or 22° 57′ 34″ southLongitude
-43.16234° or 43° 9′ 44″ westElevation
126 metres (413 feet)Open location code
589R2RRQ+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 651353815OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Morro dos Urubus” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morro dos Urubus”
- Dutch: “Morro dos Urubus (kulle i Brasilien, lat -22,96, long -43,16)”
- German: “Morro do Urubu”
- German: “Morro dos Urubus”
- Portuguese: “Morro dos Urubus”
- Swedish: “Morro dos Urubus (kulle i Brasilien, lat -22,96, long -43,16)”
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