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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 .
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.
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 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]
Depending on either their size, other physical characteristics, or geographic location, the landforms comprising a tableland are individually referred to by a number of names including either butte, mesa, plateau, potrero, tepui, or tuya. [1] [2] A homologous landform under the sea is called either a tablemount or guyot.
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%.
The animal was found at the summit of a “small table-top mountain” on the Guyana-Brazil border, the study said.
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 ...