Barra da Lagoa | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Barra da Lagoa in Brazil |
Coordinates: | -27.5781°N -48.43°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Santa Catarina |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Florianópolis |
Population Total: | 4,331 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Brasília time |
Utc Offset1: | −03:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Brasília summer time |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −02:00 |
Barra da Lagoa is a small fishing village in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The village is set on the mouth of a tidewater channel that flows in and out of the Island's sizable lagoon, the Lagoa da Conceição. The channel is at the end of a long beach made up of Praia Barra da Lagoa (English:Barra da Lagoa Beach) and Mozambique Beach which form a single 14 km stretch of beach.[1] [2] [3]
Barra da Lagoa is home to a turtle preservation centre operated by Projeto TAMAR.[4]