located in the west shore of the guanabara bay, the 'ilha das flores', or 'flower island' in english, is part of the neves neighborhood of the metropolitan area of são gonçalo, state of rio de janeiro.

once known as marim island and sometime time later as santo antónio island, it is part of a local archipelago composed from 'ilha das flores', ilha do carvalho, ilha da mexingueira, ananases, and ilha do engenho.

due to the works for the construction of the neighboring highway, flores is currently merged with the shore, being an island mostly in name.