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Abrolhos Marine National Park
Abrolhos Marine National Park (Parque Nacional Marinho dos Abrolhos), Brazil's first marine national park, created 1983 off Bahia; Ramsar site 1902; protects chapeirões coral reefs and the humpback whale nursery. Distinct from Australia's Abrolhos Marine Park.
Grande Sertão Veredas National Park
Grande Sertão Veredas National Park (Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas) is a Brazilian Cerrado national park created in 1989 and expanded in 2004 to about 230,853 hectares in Minas Gerais and Bahia, named for Guimarães Rosa's novel and protecting jaguars, maned wolves, and vereda wetlands.
Ilha do Mel
Ilha do Mel (Honey Island) is a car-free, protected island in Baía de Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil, with 2,710 hectares, the 1767 Fortaleza, 1872 Farol das Conchas, villages Encantadas and Nova Brasília, and a 5,000-visitor daily cap.
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses), created 1981 in Maranhão, Brazil: 156,562 ha of white barchan dunes, the largest dune field in South America, with rain-fed temporary lagoons; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2024.
Serra da Capivara National Park
Serra da Capivara National Park (Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara), Piauí, Brazil: 1979 national park, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991, with over 1,000 archaeological sites, rock art, and the disputed Pedra Furada pre-Clovis dates.