Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument Mountain, then an island, on 1 March 1565. The site was chosen to guard the entrance to Guanabara Bay, and the mountain was important as a signalling point. A landfill connected the island to the mainland in 1697, and various buildings were erected to defend the territory, but the Urca urban neighborhood was only built 300 years after the city was founded. The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument was created by the city of Rio de Janeiro by municipal decree 26578 of 1 June 2006. The objectives are to guarantee green spaces for leisure in a natural area,
Sugarloaf (County Cork) Bheag" ("little fork"), anglicised as "Gowlbeg". Sugarloaf (County Cork) Sugarloaf Mountain () is a mountain south-west of Glengarriff in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of the Caha Mountains, its height is 574 metres and is the 319th highest summit in Ireland . It is popularly thought to be one of Ireland's few extinct volcanos but it actually owes its shape to erosion The Irish name "Gabhal Mhór" seems to have developed from "Sliabh na Gaibhle" meaning "mountain of the fork". The anglicised form "Slieve Goul" is found in several 19th century sources. "Gabhal Mhór" ("big fork") stands in contrast