<P> Rio de Janeiro is on the far western part of a strip of Brazil 's Atlantic coast ( between a strait east to Ilha Grande , on the Costa Verde , and the Cabo Frio ) , close to the Tropic of Capricorn , where the shoreline is oriented east -- west . Facing largely south , the city was founded on an inlet of this stretch of the coast , Guanabara Bay ( Baía de Guanabara ) , and its entrance is marked by a point of land called Sugar Loaf ( Pão de Açúcar ) -- a `` calling card '' of the city . </P>
<P> Rio de Janeiro is on the far western part of a strip of Brazil 's Atlantic coast ( between a strait east to Ilha Grande , on the Costa Verde , and the Cabo Frio ) , close to the Tropic of Capricorn , where the shoreline is oriented east -- west . Facing largely south , the city was founded on an inlet of this stretch of the coast , Guanabara Bay ( Baía de Guanabara ) , and its entrance is marked by a point of land called Sugar Loaf ( Pão de Açúcar ) -- a `` calling card '' of the city . </P>
rio de janeiro on map of south america
rio de janeiro on map of south america
on the far western part of a strip of Brazil 's Atlantic coast ( between a strait east to Ilha Grande , on the Costa Verde , and the Cabo Frio ) , close to the Tropic of Capricorn , where the shoreline is oriented east -- west
on the far western part of a strip of Brazil 's Atlantic coast ( between a strait east to Ilha Grande , on the Costa Verde , and the Cabo Frio ) , close to the Tropic of Capricorn , where the shoreline is oriented east -- west