The Jurubatiba Sandbank National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba) is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

in the

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian state of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

. The park has approximately 44 kilometres of sandbank coast.

History

The park was created on 29 April 1998. It spreads along the coast of

Quissamã Quissamã () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the ...

, Carapebus and

Macaé Macaé () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. It is the birthplace of the 13th president of Brazil, Washington Luís. Location Macaé is generally considered to be th ...

municipalities. More than 60% of its area are inside the

municipality, around 30% inside Carapebus and the rest in

Geography

Area: 148.6 km²

Notes

External links

Jurubatiba Localization Map

Project Sustainable Jurubatiba - Photos

Quissamã Municipality - Jurubatiba's Photo Gallery
National parks of Brazil Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state) {{Brazil-protected-area-stub