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Aparamán-tepui
Aparamán-tepui is located in VenezuelaAparamán-tepuiAparamán-tepuiLocation in Venezuela
Highest point
Elevation2,100 m (6,900 ft)
Coordinates05°53′13″N 62°07′52″W / 5.88694°N 62.13111°W / 5.88694; -62.13111
Geography
LocationBolívar, Venezuela

Aparamán-tepui is the westernmost of the four main tepuis of the Los Testigos chain in Bolívar, Venezuela. 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 km (0.48 sq mi), and an estimated slope area of 28 km (11 sq mi). Its mostly bare summit plateau is highly dissected, presenting difficulties even for helicopter landings.

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.

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References

  1. ^ Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61.
Tepuis
Brazil
Amazonas
Roraima
Guyana
Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Potaro-Siparuni
See also
Venezuela
Amazonas
Bolívar
See also
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. Poorly known sites or lower mountains treated as tepuis for historical reasons.


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