we included praia dos gaegos in our work, however classifying this stretch of shore as a beach may be an overstatement - as this beach is really a large landfill built on top of a marsh by the bay at ilha do governador, which was used to extend the area of the runways of international airport tom jobim.

a portion of the area was occupied by the favela of parque royal, while the rest of gaegos is covered in shrubs that extends by the back side of the airport, up to the ponta de tubiacanga.