Torres
Torres is a Brazilian municipality located at the northernmost point of the Atlantic coast in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city's landscape is distinguished as the only beach in Rio Grande do Sul featuring prominent rocky cliffs along the shoreline, and it is home to the state's sole maritime island, Ilha dos Lobos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Núbia de Rodrigues Araújo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 41,800 residents
- Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
- Also known as: “Torres, Rio Grande do Sul”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ilha dos Lobos and Torres Lighthouse.
Ilha dos Lobos
Islet
Photo: Andrea Hilgert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilha dos Lobos is a small island and wildlife refuge on the Atlantic coast of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Passo de Torres and Praia Grande.
Passo de Torres
Town
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Passo de Torres is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.
Praia Grande
Suburb
Photo: Uilianpd, Public domain.
Praia Grande is the southernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Despite its name, the city is landlocked. The nearby canyons, which include Serra Geral National Park and Aparados da Serra National Park, make it a destination for hot air ballooning activities.
Torres
- Categories: municipality of Brazil and locality
- Location: Grande Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, South, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-29.3374° or 29° 20′ 15″ southLongitude
-49.73° or 49° 43′ 48″ westPopulation
41,800Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
582GM77C+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 283403961OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6323673Wikidata ID
Q952674
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Torres from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Torres” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “توريس”
- Asturian: “Torres”
- Basque: “Torres (Rio Grande do Sul)”
- Basque: “Torres”
- Bishnupriya: “টোর্রেস”
- Catalan: “Torres”
- Cebuano: “Torres”
- Chechen: “Торрис (Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул)”
- Chechen: “Торрис”
- Chinese: “Torres”
- Chinese: “托里斯”
- Dutch: “Torres”
- Esperanto: “Torres”
- French: “Torres”
- German: “Torres”
- Hungarian: “Torres”
- Irish: “Torres”
- Italian: “Torres”
- Japanese: “トーレス (ブラジル)”
- Kazakh: “Торрис”
- Malagasy: “Torres (Brazila)”
- Malagasy: “Torres”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Torres”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres”
- Norwegian: “Torres”
- Polish: “Torres”
- Portuguese: “Torres”
- Romanian: “Torres”
- Russian: “Торрис”
- Spanish: “Torres”
- Swedish: “Torres”
- Tatar: “Торрис (Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул)”
- Tatar: “Торрис”
- Turkish: “Torres, Rio Grande do Sul”
- Volapük: “Torres”
- Waray (Philippines): “Torres, Rio Grande do Sul”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Torres”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Centro and Getúlio Vargas.
Grande Porto Alegre: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Porto Alegre, Canoas, Novo Hamburgo, and São Leopoldo.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 “Torres”. Photo: Núbia de Rodrigues Araújo, CC BY-SA 3.0.