Location: South America
Tags: ilha grande
/ brasil
/ rio de janeiro state
/ pico da pedra
/ pico da papagayo
/ island
/ ilha
/ grande
Ilha Grande
Brasil
The Paradise exists. We will tell you where and how is it.
Brazil, Southeast Region, Rio de Janeiro State, Agra dos Reis District.
Bay of Ilha Grande.
Latitude S: between 23º 05` and 23º 14'
Longitude W: between 44º 05' and 44º 23'
SURFACE AND CONTOUR
- 193 km² area
- Aprox. Coast Perimeter = 130 km
- Minor perimeter for a coast navigation= 72 km
- The contour is undulating with 34 sharp ends and little peninsulas, 7 small bays and 106 beautiful beaches of diverse characteristics.
RELIEF
- Mountainous topography with several peaks. The most important ones are the PICO DA PEDRA D’AGUA with 1031 mts. over the sea level and the PICO DA PAPAGAYO with 982 mts. These areas are extensively vegetated and you can also find dense forests, headlands, steeps, plains, rivers and caverns.
CLIMATE
- Being an oceanic island, it has a strong influence of the sea over its climate.
- It has a tropical weather, very hot and humid. You are not going to find droughts. The medium temperatures of the air are between 15ºC - 30ºC. The medium water temperatures are between 18ºC - 24ºC.
- In one year, you have between 180 and 200 sunny days.
- According to the Meteorological Station of Andra Dos Reis -
- RAINS - The annual media is 2.242mm, being January the rainiest month with 293 mm and July the driest with 87 mm.
GEOLOGY
- The island is situated in the rgãos Saw, which belongs to the proteozoic era (more than 420-500 millions of years). Its rocks are sintectonic represented by "granitóides".
- Belongs to the same group of the Pão de Açúcar of Río do Janeiro.
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