ilhota grande ('big islet,' relative to the
other islets in the chain) is part of the cagarra archipelago,
which is a group of uninhabited islands located directly south
of
ipanema beach
in rio de janeiro.
despite its name, grande is too small to have
full island status, and because of the limits imposed by its
size it is one of the least-visited of the cagarras.
yet, this is not to say that the islet is
without attractions.