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Auyantepui (Venezuela)


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    • Aiyan-tepui (Venezuela)
    • Auyan Mountain (Venezuela)
    • Auyán-tepuí (Venezuela)
    • Auyán Tepuy (Venezuela)
    • Auyantepui, Mount (Venezuela)
    • Auyantepuy (Venezuela)
    • Devil Mountain (Venezuela)
    • Devil's Mountain (Venezuela)
    • Mount Auyantepui (Venezuela)
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    • found: Work cat.: Myers, C.W. The summit herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela, 2008:p. 5 (Auyantepui is an immense sandstone table mountain in the Venezuelan Guayana; this mesa was unknown to the literate world prior to the late 1930s)
    • found: GEOnet, Sept. 8, 2008(Auyán Tepuy (BGN Standard); variants: Devil Mountain, Auyán-tepuí; Venezuela, Bolívar, 05°55ʹ00ʺN 062°32ʹ00ʺW; feature type: mesa(s))
    • found: Wikipedia, Sept. 8, 2008(Auyantepui. Auyantepui (Auyantepuy, Auyan-Tepui or Aiyan-tepui), which in the language of the native Pemon people means "Devil's Mountain", is the most visited and famous tepui (table-top mountain) in Venezuela. It is one of the largest (but not the highest) tepuis with an area of 700 km² in the Guiana Highlands and is located in the Gran Sabana region in Bolivar State)
    • found: The Times atlas of the world, c1999:index (Auyan Tepui plat. Venez.)
    • found: Merriam-Web. geog. dict., c1997(Auyán-tepuí or Devil Mountain. Plateau, SE Venezuela, E of the Caroní River; 20 mi. (32 km.) long)
    • found: Tripadvisor site, Oct. 16, 2008(Mt. Auyantepui, Canaima National Park, Venezuela)
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    • 2008-09-10: new
    • 2008-11-07: revised
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