Rio de Janeiro, BR

Ipanema District

Water Bodyocean
CountryBR
RegionRio de Janeiro

Getting There

Nearest CityRio de Janeiro9.0 km
Airport (SDU)Santos Dumont Airport9.2 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

golden
Predicted regional compositionquartz-dominant
Q 92%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Ipanema is one of Rio de Janeiro's most iconic and vibrant neighborhoods, stretching along a stunning 2-kilometer crescent of golden sand in the southern zone of Brazil's most famo...

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