Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

The Rio de Janeiro harbor is a stunning natural setting in south-east Brazil, stretching inland for concerning 20 miles. Many people know the bay for its huge statue of Jesus Christ – known as Christ the Redeemer or "Christo Redentor" – which looms on the Corcovado Mountain overlooking the bay.

There is some mistake in the name; Rio de Janeiro means River of January, but it is on the shores of Guanabara Bay. The Portuguese sailors who came early were in a naming spree; establish a calm water body within 20 miles of the shore they took it for the mouth of a river and named it Rio de Janeiro -the River of January as they exposed it in the month of January. Now the bay is Guanabara Bay its original name called by the natives and the enormous natural harbor functioning within the bay and the near city all are ‘Harbor of Rio de Janeiro’. It is the capital of the Brazilian state with the similar name -Rio de Janeiro.