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Sugarloaf Mountain, the Glossary

Sugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay.^[1]

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Bornhardts
Climbing areas of Brazil
Guanabara Bay
Landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state)
Mountains of Brazil
Rock formations of Brazil
Tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro (city)

Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Blame It on Lisa

"Blame It on Lisa" is the fifteenth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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Bornhardt

A bornhardt is a dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock outcropping at least in height and several hundred metres in width. Sugarloaf Mountain and bornhardt are bornhardts.

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Botafogo

Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation) is a beachfront neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sugarloaf Mountain and Botafogo are Guanabara Bay.

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Brazilian communist uprising of 1935

The Brazilian communist uprising of 1935 (Portuguese: Intentona Comunista) was a military revolt in Brazil led by Luís Carlos Prestes and leftist low-rank military against Getúlio Vargas's government on behalf of the National Liberation Alliance (Aliança Nacional Libertadora - ANL).

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Centro, Rio de Janeiro

Centro (Downtown, lit. "Center") is a neighborhood in the Central Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Charles Landseer

Charles Landseer (12 August 1799 – 22 July 1879) was an English painter, mostly of historical subjects.

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Christ the Redeemer (statue)

Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor, standard) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer (statue) are National heritage sites of Rio de Janeiro (state).

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Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).

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Corcovado

Corcovado which means "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sugarloaf Mountain and Corcovado are geography of Rio de Janeiro (city), landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state), mountains of Brazil and National heritage sites of Rio de Janeiro (state).

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Crown of Pedro I

The crown of Pedro I is the first imperial crown of Brazil and was made for emperor Pedro I of Brazil.

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Eduard Hildebrandt

Eduard Hildebrandt (9 September 1818 in Danzig25 October 1868 in Berlin) was a German landscape painter.

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Fandango (Herb Alpert album)

Fandango is a studio album by American musician Herb Alpert released on A&M Records in April 1982 with catalog number SP-3731.

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Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing.

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France 24

France 24 (vingt-quatre in French) is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter.

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Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Glória, Rio de Janeiro

Glória is a middle-class neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Goa

Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Guanabara Bay

Guanabara Bay (baía de Guanabara, label) is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Sugarloaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay are geography of Rio de Janeiro (city) and landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state).

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Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpert and the TJB") in the 1960s.

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Holly Goodhead

Doctor Holly Goodhead is a fictional character from the James Bond franchise, portrayed by Lois Chiles.

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on the titular character, a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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Jason Statham

Jason Statham (born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and martial artist.

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Jaws (James Bond)

Jaws is the nickname of a fictional henchman in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), played in both films by actor Richard Kiel.

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Lois Chiles

Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947), entertainment.msn.com; accessed April 9, 2016.

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Mechanic: Resurrection

Mechanic: Resurrection is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and written by Philip Shelby and Tony Mosher, with a story by Shelby and Brian Pittman.

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Monolith

A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains.

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Moonraker (film)

Moonraker is a 1979 spy-fi film, the eleventh in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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Morro da Babilônia

The Morro da Babilônia (Babylon Hill) is a hill in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, separating Copacabana beach from Botafogo. Sugarloaf Mountain and Morro da Babilônia are geography of Rio de Janeiro (city) and National heritage sites of Rio de Janeiro (state).

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Multi-pitch climbing

Multi-pitch climbing is a type of climbing that typically takes place on routes that are more than a single rope length (circa 50 to 70 metres) in height (or distance), and thus where the lead climber cannot complete the climb as a single pitch.

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Nicolas-Antoine Taunay

Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (10 February 1755 – 20 March 1830) was a French painter known best for his landscapes with scenes from ancient and modern history, mythology, and religion.

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Niterói

Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil. Sugarloaf Mountain and Niterói are Guanabara Bay.

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Pedro I of Brazil

Dom Pedro I (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834) was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil, where he was known as "the Liberator".

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Pitch (climbing)

In climbing, a pitch is a section of a climbing route between two belay points (or belay stations), and is most commonly related to the task of lead climbing (going up), but is also related to abseiling (going down).

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Portuguese people

The Portuguese people (– masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country in the west of the Iberian Peninsula in the south-west of Europe, who share a common culture, ancestry and language.

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Quartz

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).

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Richard Kiel

Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Sugarloaf Mountain and Rio de Janeiro are Guanabara Bay.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls.

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Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor.

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Sport climbing

Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanent bolts for their protection while ascending a route.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.

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Sugarloaf

A sugarloaf was the usual form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century, when granulated and cube sugars were introduced.

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Sugarloaf Cable Car

The Sugarloaf Cable Car (Bondinho do Pão de Açúcar) is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument

The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument (Monumento Natural Dos Morros Do Pão De Açúcar e Da Urca) is a natural monument in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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Traditional climbing

Traditional climbing (or trad climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber places the protection equipment while ascending the route; when the lead climber has completed the route, the second climber (or belayer) then removes the protection equipment as they climb the route.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Urca

Urca is a traditional and wealthy residential neighborhood with nearly 7,000 inhabitants (2000 census) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca are Guanabara Bay.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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007: Road to a Million

007: Road to a Million is a reality competition show spin-off of the James Bond franchise.

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1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mountain

Also known as Morro Pão de Açúcar, Pão de Açúcar, Pao de Assucar, Sugar Loaf mountain, Sugarloaf Mountain (Brazil), Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil, Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Sugarloaf Peak, Brazil.

, UNESCO, Urca, World Heritage Site, 007: Road to a Million, 1979 in film.

Sugarloaf Mountain, the Glossary

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See also

Bornhardts

Climbing areas of Brazil

Guanabara Bay

Landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state)

Mountains of Brazil

Rock formations of Brazil

Tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro (city)

References