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A tepui / ˈ t ɛ p w i /, or tepuy (Spanish:), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana.The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Mount Roraima (Spanish: Monte Roraima; Tepuy Roraima; Cerro Roraima; Portuguese: Monte Roraima) is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis (table-top mountain) or plateaux in South America. [4]: 156 [c] It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliffs 400 ...
The mountains of Venezuela. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Tepuis of Venezuela (50 P) M. Mountains of ...
Auyán-tepui (Spanish pronunciation: [awˈʝan teˈpuj]), also spelled Ayan, [3] is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. [1] It is the most visited and one of the largest (but not the highest) tepuis in the Guiana Highlands, with a summit area of 666.9 km 2 (257.5 sq mi) and an estimated slope area of 715 km 2 (276 sq mi).
The outstanding features of the national park are the tepui, table-top mountains or mesas that have been created through hundreds of millions of years of erosion. Due to isolation, the summits of the tepui are inhabited by numerous endemic animal and plant species.
Upuigma-tepui, also known as El Castillo, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. [1] A relatively isolated peak, both it and nearby Angasima-tepui lie just south of the vast Chimantá Massif, from which they are separated by the Río Aparurén valley. [1] Upuigma-tepui is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park. [2]
Ptari-tepui gives its name to the Ptari Massif, which also includes Carrao-tepui to the northeast and a long ridge known as Sororopán-tepui to the southeast. As a whole, the massif has a summit area of around 2.5 km 2 (0.97 sq mi) and an estimated slope area of 58 km 2 (22 sq mi) (Carrao and Ptari together contributing 28 km 2 (11 sq mi) and Sororopán, which is derived from a separate ...
Cerro Marahuaca, also spelled Marahuaka (Ye'kuana: Madawaka [2]), is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela.It has an elevation of 2,832 metres (9,291 ft) above sea level [1] [3] and is the second-highest mountain of the entire Guayana Shield (after the Cerro de la Neblina complex). [4]