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Itatiaia National Park RS0093.jpg
High on the Prateleiras complex formation, the weather changes very quickly at Itatiaia National Park ( Parque Nacional do Itatiaia ), established in 1937, it is the oldest national park in Brazil, located on the border between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states, it is part of the Mantiqueira mountain range, and home to Brazil's third highest mountain, Pico das Agulhas Negras, which stands at 2,878 meters - Itatiaia means "many-pointed rock" in the Tupi language.