Retiro Island
Lake Paranoá is an artificial lake in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. During construction of the city, the Paranoá River was dammed to form the lake. It is at an altitude of 1,000 metres and has a circumference of 80 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palácio da Alvorada and Paranoá Island.
Palácio da Alvorada
Castle
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The Palácio da Alvorada is the official residence of the president of Brazil. It is located in the national capital of Brasília, on a peninsula at the margins of Paranoá Lake. Palácio da Alvorada is situated 3½ km south of Retiro Island.
Paranoá Island
Islet
Photo: EliasTheHorse, Public domain.
Lake Paranoá is an artificial lake in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. During construction of the city, the Paranoá River was dammed to form the lake. It is at an altitude of 1,000 metres and has a circumference of 80 km.
Museu de Arte de Brasília
Museum
Photo: Marcellusbr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museu de Arte de Brasília is a museum, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Retiro Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paranoá and Lago Norte.
Paranoá
Town
Paranoá is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is located to the east of Paranoá Lake, being bordered by Lago Norte, Itapoã and Planaltina to the north, São Sebastião and Jardim Botânico to the south. Paranoá is situated 5 km southeast of Retiro Island.
Lago Norte
Town
Lago Norte is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. Located to the north side of Paranoá Lake, it is bordered by Brasília, Sobradinho II, and Sobradinho to the north, Itapoã and Paranoá to the east. Lago Norte is situated 5 km northwest of Retiro Island.
Itapoã
Town
Itapoã is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. Itapoã was founded on January 3, 2005, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 3527, of January 3, 2005. Itapoã is situated 6 km east of Retiro Island.
Retiro Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lake Paranoá, Brazil
- Categories: island, nature reserve, recreation area, locality, and landform
- Location: Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.75902° or 15° 45′ 33″ southLongitude
-47.82085° or 47° 49′ 15″ westOpen location code
58PJ65RH+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 378672730OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q7316847
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Retiro Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Retiro Island”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Retiro Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Retiro (Brasília)”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Retiro”
- Spanish: “Isla del Retiro”
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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 “Retiro Island”. Photo: EliasTheHorse, Public domain.