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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).
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 .
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Angel and his three companions, including his wife Marie, were forced to descend the tepui on foot. It took them 11 days to make their way back to civilization by the gradually sloping back side, but news of their adventure spread and the waterfall was named Angel Falls in his honor.
The minor peak of Wei-Assipu-tepui lies entirely outside Venezuela, on the border between Brazil and Guyana. Additionally, there are a number of minor plateaus which form a chain between Uei-tepui and Roraima-tepui. [3] Ilú- and Tramen-tepuis are often treated together since they are joined by a common base. [2]
Cerro El Sol, also known as Wei-or Uei-tepui, is a small tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. It is situated off the northern flank of Auyán-tepui, just northwest of the similarly small Cerro La Luna, and forms part of the Auyán Massif. Both it and Cerro La Luna emerge near the end of a long forested ridge leading from Auyán-tepui.
The animal was found at the summit of a “small table-top mountain” on the Guyana-Brazil border, the study said.
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