- Guyana. The word
tepui means "house of the gods" in the
native tongue of the Pemon, the
indigenous people who
inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Tepuis tend to be found...
- Tereke-yurén-
tepui is one of the four main
tepuis of the Los
Testigos chain in Bolívar, Venezuela.
Looking west to east, it is the
third major peak of...
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called the
Guiana Highlands,
which is
where the table-like
mountains called tepuis are found. The
Guiana Highlands are also the
source of some of the world's...
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chain of the 7
eastern tepuis.
These also
highlight the
tepuis Iglú-
tepui, Ptarí-
tepui, Acopán-
tepui and the Sororopán-
tepui,
which has a tilt feature...
- Venezuela. 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 km2 (257.5 sq mi) and...
- most
famous tepuis in the park are
Mount Roraima, the
tallest and
easiest to climb, and Auyantepui, the site of
Angel Falls. The
tepuis are sandstone...
-
Conquering a
virgin Venezuelan tepui. The Times,
November 11, 2007. Lost Land Of The
Jaguar - The
First Ascent of
Upuigma Tepuis in
Venezuela for BBC Natural...
- Roraima; Portuguese:
Monte Roraima) is the
highest of the
Pacaraima chain of
tepuis (table-top mountain) or
plateaux in
South America.: 156 It is
located at...
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between Uei-
tepui and Roraima-
tepui. Ilú- and Tramen-
tepuis are
often treated together since they are
joined by a
common base. The
Eastern Tepuis chain has...
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plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The
waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyán-
tepui mountain in the
Canaima National Park (Spanish:
Parque Nacional Canaima)...
