Kukenán-tepui
Kukenán, also known as Matawi or Cuquenán, is a tepui in Bolívar State, Guayana Region, Venezuela. It has an estimated surface area of 2185 hectares (equivalent to 21.85 square kilometres). It is 2,680 metres (8,790 ft) high and about 3 km (1.9 mi) long. Kukenan Falls, which is 674 m (2,211 ft) high, is located at the south end of the tepui.[1]
Kukenán Tepui | |
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Kukenan Tepui | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,680 m (8,790 ft) |
Coordinates | 5°12′36.38″N 60°49′52.18″W |
Geography | |
Kukenán Tepui Location of Kukenan Tepui | |
Location | Venezuela |
Country | Venezuela |
Parent range | Guiana Highlands |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Plateau |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hike |
Kukenán is located in Canaima National Park. Next to Kukenán, to the southeast, is Mount Roraima, a better known tepui. Kukenán is more difficult to climb, so it is ascended much less frequently than Mount Roraima.[2]
Canaima National Park is also home to the highest waterfall in the world, which is located in Auyán Tepui.[3]
Scenery on top of Kukenán provided inspiration for the 2009 film Up.
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See also
References
- Kukenaam, Salto Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine. World Waterfall Database.
- Kukenan Tepui. SummitPost. 24 July 2007.
- "Kukenan Tepui : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org.
Further reading
- Kok, P.J.R., R.D. MacCulloch, D.B. Means, K. Roelants, I. Van Bocxlaer & F. Bossuyt (7 August 2012). "Low genetic diversity in tepui summit vertebrates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Current Biology 22(15): R589–R590. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.034 ["supplementary information" (PDF).]
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