Corcovado
Americannoun
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a mountain in SE Brazil, S of Rio de Janeiro: statue of Christ on peak. 2,310 feet (704 meters).
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a volcano in S Chile. 7,550 feet (2,301 meters).
noun
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a volcano in S Chile, in the Andes. Height: 2300 m (7546 ft)
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a mountain in SE Brazil, in SW Rio de Janeiro city, famous for a massive statue of Christ the Redeemer. Height of mountain: 704 m (2310 ft)
Example Sentences
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He also leaped from famed landmarks, including the Christ the Redeemer statue at the summit of Mount Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
The wildlife in Corcovado National Park includes all four Costa Rican monkey species, sloths, jaguars, anteaters, tapirs, sea turtles and over 220 species of butterflies.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022
The view will have to compete with the spectacular sight tourists have looking out over Guanabara Bay from the Christ standing atop Rio's Corcovado mountain.
From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2022
It has this rooftop swimming pool, which isn’t the biggest in the world, but that overlooks the beach, and behind you is Corcovado Mountain.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2020
We refer to the ascent of Corcovado, the mountain which looms over Botafogo Bay to the height of twenty-two hundred feet, and to the summit of which a railway has been constructed.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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