Ilha Grande
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Key facts
- Location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Area
- 193 km (75 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 1,031 m (3383 ft)
- Highest point
- Pico da Pedra D'Água
- Municipality
- Angra dos Reis
- State
- Rio de Janeiro
- Population
- ~5000 (2014)
- Official name
- Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity
- Criteria
- Cultural and Natural: (v), (x)
- Designated
- 2019 (43rd session )
- Region
- Latin America and the Caribbean
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- natural heritage
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Angra dos Reis
- Population
- 3000
- Area
- 193
- Elevation
- 1031
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- View Ilha Grande.JPG
- Width
- 11.8
- Length
- 29
- Has use
- leper colony
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Encyclopedic overview
Ilha Grande ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiʎɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒi]), or "big island", is a 193 km (75 sq mi) forested island located around 12 km (7.5 mi) off of the Atlantic coast of Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and about 243 km (151 mi) from São Paulo. The highest point on Ilha Grande is the 1,031 m (3,383 ft) tall Pico da Pedra D'Água.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ilha Grande” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.