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Corcovado
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Corcovado (; meaning "Hunchback") is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Corcovado
- Mountain.photo
- PanoramaRio (cropped).jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View of Corcovado, with Christ the Redeemer, looking north
- Mountain.map
- Brazil
- Mountain.map_caption
- Brazil
- Mountain.mapframe
- yes
- Mountain.location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.translation
- Hunchback
- Mountain.language
- Portuguese
- Mountain.type
- Granite
- Mountain.map_size
- 250
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Elevation
- 710
- Image
- Minha Janela, Cristo Redendor.JPG
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Corcovado (; meaning "Hunchback") is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances. It is known worldwide for the statue of Jesus atop its peak, entitled Christ the Redeemer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corcovado” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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