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Wikipedia: Sugarloaf Mountain (in Portuguese, Pão de Açúcar), is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising 396 metres (1,299 ft) above the harbor, its name is said to refer to its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar. However, it is believed by some that the name actually derives from Pau-nh-acuqua (“high hill”) in the Tupi-Guarani language, as used by the indigenous Tamoios.
![[Higher aerial view, 1967]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sugar_Loaf_Mtn_Rio_de_Janeiro_Brazil_s.jpg "Higher aerial view, 1967")
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![[Sugarloaf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PaodeAcucar_s.jpg "Sugarloaf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.")
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![[View of the Sugarloaf from Cristo Redentor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sugar_loaf_from_Cristo_Redentor_2010_s.jpg "View of the Sugarloaf from Cristo Redentor")
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