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Guiana Highlands


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    • Escudo de Guayana
    • Guayana Highlands
    • Guayana Shield
    • Guayanés Massif
    • Guiana Highland
    • Guiana Massif
    • Guiana Shield
    • Guianas Plateau
    • Guyana Shield
    • Macizo de Guayana
    • Macizo Guayanés
    • Planalto das Guianas
    • Sistema de Guayana
    • Tierras Altas de Guayana
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Guyana Shield
  • Sources

    • found: Gibbs, A.K. The geology of the Guyana Shield, 1992:CIP galley (Guiana Shield)
    • found: GeoRef(Guyana Shield; UF Guiana Highland, Guiana Massif; Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana)
    • found: Geog. thes.
    • found: LC database, April 15, 1992(Guiana Shield) Sept. 4, 2012 (Guayana Shield)
    • found: GEOnet, Sept. 4, 2012(Guiana Highlands, upland, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, 04°00ʹ00ʺN 060°00ʹ00ʺW; variants: Escudo de Guayana, Sistema de Guayana, Guayana Highlands, Guiana, Guiana Massif, Planalto das Guianas)
    • found: Brewer-Carías, C. Entrañas del mundo perdido, 2011:p. 10 (Tierras Altas de Guayana)
    • found: Columbia gazetteer, via WWW, Sept. 4, 2012Guiana Highlands; mountainous tableland, N South America, bounded by the Orinoco and Amazon river basins, and by the coastal lowlands of the Guiana; it is located in SE Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and N Brazil; geologically, the Guiana Highlands is a shield)
    • found: Gran encic. de Venezuela, c1998-c2001:v. 1, p. 47 (Macizo Guayanés; macizo de Guayana; this massif or shield continues beyond the borders of Venezuela, in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northern Brazil)
    • found: Web geog.(Guiana Massif or Guiana Highlands; highland area in N South America, extending from E Venezuela E across N Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana)
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  • Change Notes

    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2012-12-06: revised
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