Morro do Penedo Natural Monument
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| Morro do Penedo Natural Monument | |
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| Monumento Natural Municipal Morro do Penedo | |
 Vitória Bay, Morro do Penedo to the left | |
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| Nearest city | Vila Velha, Espírito Santo |
| Coordinates | 20°19′26″S 40°19′30″W / 20.323804°S 40.324934°W |
| Area | 18.79 hectares (46.4 acres) |
| Designation | Natural monument |
| Created | 2010 |
The Morro do Penedo Natural Monument (Portuguese: Monumento Natural Municipal Morro do Penedo) is a municipal natural monument in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It contains a small sugarloaf hill on the shore of the bay to the south of Vitória, the state capital.
The Morro do Penedo Natural Monument is in the municipality of Vila Velha, Espírito Santo. It has an area of 18.89 hectares (46.7 acres). It is a granite rock mass around 132 metres (433 ft) high on the coast of the Vitória Bay channel at the mouth of the Aribiri River. There are remnants of Atlantic Forest vegetation.[1]