Wadakapiapué-tepui

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Wadakapiapué-tepui

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Wadakapiapué-tepui as seen from Kukenán-tepui, with Ilú-tepui in the background
Highest point
Elevation 2,000 m (6,600 ft) [1]
Coordinates 05°18′59″N60°55′23″W / 5.31639°N 60.92306°W / 5.31639; -60.92306 Coordinates: 05°18′59″N60°55′23″W / 5.31639°N 60.92306°W / 5.31639; -60.92306
Geography
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Wadakapiapué-tepui
Location in Venezuela
Location Bolívar, Venezuela

Wadakapiapué-tepui, also spelled Wadakapiapö, [2] Wadakapiapo, [3] Wadaka Piapo or Guadacapiapui, [4] is a tepui of the Eastern Tepuis chain in Bolívar, Venezuela. [1] It has an elevation of around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). Its tiny tower-like summit has an area of less than 0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi), making it the smallest member of the Eastern Tepuis. It lies just west of the much larger Yuruaní-tepui. [1]

Tepui A table-top mountain or mesa in the Guiana Highlands of South America

A tepui, or tepuy, is a table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of 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.

Eastern Tepuis

The Eastern Tepuis, also known as the Roraima–Ilú range, is a mountain chain stretching for some 60 kilometres (37 mi) along the border between the disputed territory of Guayana Esequiba in Guyana, Venezuela and, to a small extent, Brazil. It runs in a northwesterly direction from the tripoint of these countries, closely following the Guyana–Venezuela border, with a single major peak (Uei-tepui) to the south, on the Brazil–Venezuela border. Moving northwest from Uei-tepui (2,150 m), the main summits of this chain are Roraima-tepui (2,810 m), Kukenán-tepui (2,650 m), Yuruaní-tepui (2,400 m), Wadakapiapué-tepui (2,000 m), Karaurín-tepui (2,500 ), Ilú-tepui (2,700 m), and Tramen-tepui. 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. Ilú- and Tramen-tepuis are often treated together since they are joined by a common base.

Venezuela Republic in northern South America

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km2. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. With this last country, the Venezuelan government maintains a claim for Guayana Esequiba over an area of 159,542 km2. For its maritime areas, it exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km2 of territorial waters, 22,224 km2 in its contiguous zone, 471,507 km2 of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean under the concept of exclusive economic zone, and 99,889 km2 of continental shelf. This marine area borders those of 13 states. The country has extremely high biodiversity and is ranked seventh in the world's list of nations with the most number of species. There are habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon basin rain-forest in the south via extensive llanos plains, the Caribbean coast and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.

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References

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  2. (in Spanish) El Tepuy - Características de los Tepuyes. ExplorandoRutas.com.
  3. (in Spanish) Arnaldes, J. (June 2011). "La Gran Sabana II: Turismo a pie y de contacto..." (PDF). PrimeraClase.net.
  4. (in Spanish) Brewer-Carías, C. (2012). "Roraima: madre de todos los ríos" (PDF).Río Verde8: 77–94.