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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).
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).
Both tepuis have open, rocky summit plateaus, with a combined summit area of 5.63 km 2 (2.17 sq mi). They lie just north of Karaurín-tepui. [1] Tramen-tepui, the left most tepuy in the photo below, was first climbed by Scharlie Wraight and Stephen Platt from the col between Ilú-tepui and Tramen-tepui on 24 November 1981. [2]
It is situated off the northern flank of Auyán-tepui, just southeast of the similarly small Cerro El Sol, and forms part of the Auyán Massif. Both it and Cerro El Sol emerge near the end of a long forested ridge leading from Auyán-tepui. Cerro La Luna has an elevation of around 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) and a summit area of 0.2 km 2 (0.077 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 .
The highest point is 2,810 m (9,219 ft) above sea level, located at the southern end of the plateau and the highest point in the state of Bolívar, [7] [9] [16] 8.25 km (5.13 mi) north of the summit is another high point with an elevation of 2,772 m (9,100 ft), which is the highest point in Guyana. [17]
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]
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 .