Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Mount Roraima, South America -The Real Lost World


Mount Roraima (SpanishMonte Roraima [ˈmonte roˈɾaima], also known as Tepuy Roraimaand Cerro RoraimaPortugueseMonte Roraima [ˈmõtʃi ʁoˈɾajmɐ]) is the highest of thePakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America.[4]:156 First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596, its 31 km2 summit area[4]:156 is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 metres (1,300 ft). The mountain also serves as the triple border point ofVenezuela (85% of its territory), Guyana (10%) and Brazil (5%).

Mount Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield in the southeastern corner of Venezuela's 30,000-square-kilometre (12,000 sq mi) Canaima National Park forming the highest peak of Guyana's Highland Range. The tabletop mountains of the park are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago in thePrecambrian.
The highest point in Guyana and the highest point of the Brazilian state of Roraima lie on the plateau, but Venezuela and Brazil have higher mountains elsewhere. The triple border point is at 5°12′08″N 60°44′07″W, but the mountain's highest point is Maverick Rock, 2,810 metres (9,219 ft), at the south end of the plateau and wholly within Venezuela.










Maverick Rock, the highest point of Mount Roraima 
The steep rock wall of Monte Roraima.
Top of mountain
Source of Angel Falls
Angel Falls
Picture Source: Collected from Internet

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