FIRST - Cable Car in Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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S 22° 57.099 W 043° 09.911
23K E 688124 N 7460657
The Sugarloaf cableway opened in 1912, the first in Brazil and the third of this type worldwide. The first cable car cabins were made of coated wood and were used for 61 years.
Waymark Code: WM19Z19
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date Posted: 05/15/2024
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Sugarloaf Mountain (Portuguese: Pão de Açúcar) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising 396 m (1,299 ft) above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar. It is known worldwide for its cableway and panoramic views of the city and beyond.
The mountain is one of several monolithic granite and quartz mountains that rise straight from the water's edge around Rio de Janeiro. Geologically, it is considered part of a family of steep-sided rock outcroppings known as non-inselberg bornhardts.
The mountain is protected by the Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument, created in 2006. This became part of a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 2012.
A glass-walled cable car (bondinho or, more formally, teleférico), capable of holding 65 people, runs along a 1,400 m (4,600 ft) route between the peaks of Sugarloaf and Morro da Urca every 20 minutes. The original cable car line was built in 1912 and rebuilt around 1972–73 and in 2008. The cable car goes from a ground station, at the base of Morro da Babilônia, to Morro da Urca and thence to Sugarloaf's summit.
The plaque is located next to an original orange cable car cabin on display at Morro da Urca, the first stop of the cable car.
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