Highest point |
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Elevation | 2,100 m (6,900 ft)[1] |
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Coordinates | 05°53′13″N 62°07′52″W / 5.88694°N 62.13111°W / 5.88694; -62.13111 |
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Geography |
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Location | Bolívar, Venezuela |
Aparamán-tepui is the westernmost of the four main tepuis of the Los Testigos chain in Bolívar, Venezuela.[1] While the other three tepuis share a common slope area, Aparamán is derived from a separate basement. Aparamán-tepui has an elevation of around 2,100 metres (6,900 ft), a summit area of 1.25 km2 (0.48 sq mi), and an estimated slope area of 28 km2 (11 sq mi).[1] Its mostly bare summit plateau is highly dissected, presenting difficulties even for helicopter landings.[1]
In his 1978 book, La Vegetación del Mundo Perdido, Charles Brewer-Carías referred to a smaller lateral peak of Aparamán-tepui (05°52′32″N 62°06′48″W / 5.87556°N 62.11333°W / 5.87556; -62.11333 (lateral mountain of Aparamán Tepui)) as Murochiopán-tepui, though this name is now more commonly applied to the major peak immediately east of it.[1]
See also
- Distribution of Heliamphora
References
Tepuis
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Amazonas | - Cerro Aratitiyope
- Cerro Camani
- Cerro Guanay
- Cerro Tamacuari
- Cerro Yapacana2
- Cerro Yaví
- Cuao–Sipapo Massif
- Cerro Autana2
- Cerro Cuao
- Cerro Moriche
- Cerro Ovana
- Cerro Sipapo
- Duida–Marahuaca Massif
- Neblina–Aracamuni Massif
- Parú Massif
- Serranía Tapirapecó
- Sierra Unturán2
- Yutajé Massif
- Cerro Coro Coro
- Serranía Yutajé
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Bolívar | |
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1 List sourced from volume 1 of Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana; includes landforms that may not strictly conform to the definition of a tepui or table mountain. 2 Poorly known sites or lower mountains treated as tepuis for historical reasons. |
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