the
ilha do capão, or big cape island, is
located in the region where the fresh rivers and streams born in
the nearby 'maciço da pedra branca' meet the salty waters of the
sepetiba bay and the atlantic ocean.
capão itself is a large
trapezium-shaped mass of land, delimited on three sides by
rivers and canals and on the western side by the
sepetiba bay.
it is also on this side that the other
important islands of this area are located.