Morro do Penedo Natural Monument

Morro do Penedo Natural Monument
Monumento Natural Municipal Morro do Penedo

Vitória Bay, Morro do Penedo to the left
Map showing the location of Morro do Penedo Natural Monument
Nearest city Vila Velha, Espírito Santo
Coordinates 20°19′26″S 40°19′30″W / 20.323804°S 40.324934°W / -20.323804; -40.324934Coordinates: 20°19′26″S 40°19′30″W / 20.323804°S 40.324934°W / -20.323804; -40.324934
Area 18.79 hectares (46.4 acres)
Designation Natural monument
Created 2010

The Morro do Penedo Natural Monument (Portuguese: Monumento Natural Municipal Morro do Penedo) is a municipal natural monument in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It contains a small sugarloaf hill on the shore of the bay to the south of Vitória, the state capital.

Location

The Morro do Penedo Natural Monument is in the municipality of Vila Velha, Espírito Santo. It has an area of 18.89 hectares (46.7 acres). It is a granite rock mass around 132 metres (433 ft) high on the coast of the Vitória Bay channel at the mouth of the Aribiri River. There are remnants of Atlantic Forest vegetation.[1]

History

The Morro do Penedo Natural Monument was created by municipal decree 091/07 and regulated by law 4.930 of 2010.[1] It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.[2] A project to implement a park in the natural monument was detailed in 2012, including a visitor center, gazebo, suspended forest walkways, a pier and a floating dock.[3] An access tower between the Morro da Urca and Morro do Penedo was also planned, a rainwater collection system, and restoration of a stone house as a museum.[4] In July 2015 a steel cable used to climb the hill was removed for safety reasons. City officials said another, safer climbing route would be made.[5]

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