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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. Cerro El Sol has an elevation of around 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) and a summit area of 0.6 km 2 (0.23 sq mi).
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).
It is the northernmost member of the Eastern Tepuis chain and comprises two major plateaus: the larger Ilú-tepui (also spelled Uru) to the south and Tramen-tepui to the north, all close to the border with neighboring Guyana. With a maximum elevation of around 2,700 metres (8,900 ft), Ilú-tepui is the taller of the two peaks.
Cerro Jaua is a tepui in Bolivar State, Venezuela. The mountain has a height of 2395 meters, [ 1 ] It was included in Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park which has been subsumed within Caura National Park .
Mount Roraima is located in the northern part of South America, the Pacarema Mountains in the eastern part of the Guyana Plateau, Brazil in the east accounting for 5% of its area, Guyana in the north accounting for 10%, and Venezuela in the south and west accounting for 85%.
Uaipán-tepui, also spelled Waipán, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. It is a southern satellite peak of the vast Auyán Massif, with a maximum elevation of around 1,950 metres (6,400 ft). Its mostly forested summit plateau has an area of 2.5 km 2 (0.97 sq mi). The mountain's slope area has been estimated at 60 km 2 (23 sq mi). [1]
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.
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