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The Carajás Mountains or Serra dos Carajás are a mountain range to the west of the municipality of Marabá in the Pará state of Brazil. Monte Redenção, Marabá's highest point,^{[citation needed]} is located there.

Carajás Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Monte Redenção
Elevation	716 m (2,349 ft)
Coordinates	6°16′37″S 50°34′54″W
Naming
Native name	Serra dos Carajás  (Portuguese)
Geography
Country	Brazil
Region	North
Borders on	Carajás Mountains

The mountains are contained in the Carajás National Forest, a 411,949 hectares (1,017,950 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998 that includes mining operations in a huge deposit of high-grade iron ore.[1]

See also

• Carajás Mine
• S11D

References

Further reading

• Newton Pereira de Rezende, Carajás: memórias da descoberta, Editora Gráfica Stamppa, 2009, 316 pg. Book in Portuguese telling the history of Carajás' iron mines' discovery.

На других языках

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- [en] Carajás Mountains

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[es] Serra dos Carajás

La Serra dos Carajás en Pará es donde vivían los indígenas karajás. Hay extracción de menas que son transportadas por el ferrocarril Carajás. La Serra dos Carajás es la base del programa de explotación minera Grande Carajás.

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[fr] Serra dos Carajás

La serra dos Carajás est une formation montagneuse située dans l'État du Pará au Brésil.

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