Corcovado is a granite and gneiss peak rising about seven hundred and ten meters within Tijuca Forest National Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one of several steep sided monolithic peaks, along with Sugarloaf Mountain, formed from ancient crystalline rock exposed as the softer surrounding rock eroded away. Its summit carries the Christ the Redeemer statue, making the mountain one of the most recognized landmarks in South America.
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Protected StatusNational Monument or Landmark 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Corcovado
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Corcovado
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1. Wikidata: Corcovado
- Wikidata Q506938, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P1435 heritage-designation or P3425 Natura 2000 claim on the formation's own item (w-bbfill-earth2-0926)
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