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    Agulhas Negras Peak (Portuguese: Pico das Agulhas Negras, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpiku daz aˈɡuʎɐz ˈneɡɾɐs], lit. 'Black Needles Peak') is the fifth-highest...
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    It was created in 1937 under then-president Getúlio Vargas. The Agulhas Negras peak, with a height of 2,790.94 m (9,156.6 ft), is the highest point in...
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    (1,772 to 9,157 ft). The highest point is the Black Needles peak (Pico das Agulhas Negras). The higher part of the park contains the origins of 12 river...
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    665 metres (8,743 ft), the peak is located within the Mantiqueira Mountains near Pedra da Mina and Pico das Agulhas Negras. At the exact point where the...
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    to Resende in 1944, originating what is now the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras (AMAN). There began the formation of the military elite, an important...
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    was thought to be the well-known and distinctively shaped Pico das Agulhas Negras, in the Itatiaia Massif, with a then-official height of 2,787 metres...
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    of São Paulo state and the third highest in Minas Gerais. Pico das Agulhas Negras – 2,792 m (9,160 ft), in the Itatiaia National Park, between the states...
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  • Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20.) All are in the two highest mountain...
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  • Retrieved 2009-02-05. The highest peak fully located at Espírito Santo is Morro da Cruz do Negro. The highest peak fully located at Minas Gerais is Pico...
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    of São Paulo. The highest point of the state, the Pico das Agulhas Negras (Black Needles Peak) is located in the Serra da Mantiqueira which forms the physical...
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  • 798 9,180 Mantiqueira Mountains   Highest in São Paulo state Pico das Agulhas Negras 2,791 9,157 Mantiqueira Mountains   Highest in Rio de Janeiro State...
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    their journey towards Rio de Janeiro, while at the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras (AMAN), halfway between the cities, general Emílio Garrastazu Médici...
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    branch remain in it for the entire career. At the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (AMAN) the differentiation occurs when, still as cadets, they are called...
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