Carajás Mountains

6°16′37″S 50°34′54″W / 6.27694°S 50.58167°W / -6.27694; -50.58167NamingNative nameSerra dos Carajás (Portuguese)GeographyCountryBrazilRegionNorthBorders onCarajás Mountains

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.

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.