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Atlantic Ocean — Brazil

Barra da Tijuca - Leme

14.8 km
Distance
Pedra do Leme (largada no mar) ↔ Quebra-Mar, Barra da Tijuca
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

The crossing

Pedra do Leme (largada no mar) ↔ Quebra-Mar, Barra da Tijuca: 14.8 km between start and finish coasts. Our archive contains 28 crossings by swimmers from 2 countries.

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.

Source: Leme to Pontal Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.