Barra da Lagoa

Barra da Lagoa
District
Barra da Lagoa

Barra da Lagoa in Brazil

Coordinates: 27°34′41″S 48°25′48″W / 27.57806°S 48.43000°WCoordinates: 27°34′41″S 48°25′48″W / 27.57806°S 48.43000°W
Country Brazil
State Santa Catarina
City Florianópolis
Population (2000)
  Total 4,331
Time zone Brasília time (UTC−03:00)
  Summer (DST) Brasília summer time (UTC−02:00)

Barra da Lagoa is a small fishing village in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The village is set on the mouth of a tidewater channel that flows in and out of the Island's sizable lagoon (lagoa). The channel is at the end of a long beach made up of Praia Barra da Lagoa (English:Barra da Lagoa Beach) and Mozambique Beach which form a single 14 km stretch of beach.[1][2][3]

Barra da Lagoa is home to a turtle preservation centre operated by Projeto TAMAR.[4]

References

  1. St Louis, Regis; Chandler, Gary; Clark, Gregor; Gleeson, Bridget; Noble, John; Raub, Kevin; Smith, Paul (2013). "Barra da Lagoa & Around". Lonely Planet Brazil. Lonely Planet. pp. 631–2. ISBN 1742200605.
  2. "Praia do Moçambique". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. "Barra da Lagoa" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura de Florianópolis. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. "Florianópolis - SC". Project TAMAR. Retrieved 11 September 2014.