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Marajó
Marajó ( ; ) is a large coastal island in Pará, Brazil. It is the main and largest of the islands in the Marajó Archipelago. Marajó Island is separated from the mainland by Marajó Bay, Pará River, smaller rivers (especially Macacos and Tajapuru), Companhia River, Jacaré Grande River, Vieira Grande Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Bananal Island
island in Tocantins, Brazil
Tupinambarana
Ilha Tupinambarana is a former fluvial island bordered by rivers of the Amazon system (Amazon, Madeira, Ramos, Uraria, and Abacaxis) in eastern Amazonas, Brazil. It has been split into four completely separate parts by natural channels, just like those isolating it from the mainland. The original island stretched from the municipalities of Parintins, in the northeast, to Nova Olinda do Norte, in the southwest. The combined area of the islands is to 11,850 km2, making Ilha Tupinambarana the second largest fluvial group of islands in the world after Bananal Island. The largest of the four p
Ilha Grande do Gurupá
river island
Brazilian Island
island in the Brazil-Uruguay border
Caviana
Caviana (Portuguese: Ilha Caviana, formerly in Aruã language: Uyruma) is a coastal island in the Brazilian state Pará. The island is part of the Amazon Delta. In the 17th and 18th Century it was the stronghold of the Aruã people. From the island a tidal bore called the pororoca can be observed. Between 1845 and 1850, a strong pororoca split the island into two parts, called Inner and Outer Caviana.
Mosqueiro
Mosqueiro is an island near the south bank of the Pará River in the Brazilian state of Pará. Since July 6, 1989, the northwest coast of the island has comprised an administrative district of the city of Belém, roughly north of the downtown area of the city. The island has of beaches with freshwater tides, which draw vacationers primarily in the dry season. The largest settlement on the island is the town of Vila (often referred to simply as Mosqueiro) on the westernmost part of the island.
Restinga Island
island