Mount Venamo
Mount Venamo (Spanish: Cerro Venamo) is a mountain in South America that forms part of the international boundary between Guyana and Venezuela.[1] The mountain is 1,890 metres (6,200 ft) high[2] and is the westernmost point in Guyana. The mountain is named after the Venamo River, which flows nearby. It is often wrongly synonymized with Waukauyengtipu, a different tabletop mountain within the territory of Guyana, situated approximately 25km southeast of Mount Venamo.
| Mount Venamo | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,890 m (6,200 ft) |
| Coordinates | 5.977°N 61.396°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Guyana – Venezuela border |
Nomenclatural inaccuracies
Mount Venamo is often synonymized with Waukauyengtipu mountain in Guyana, although given the scarcity of information regarding the massif and few recorded attempts on the exploration of its areas this claim is difficult to legitimize. Most of the information about the true location and elevation of Cerro Venamo are taken from the results of Julian A. Steyermark's and Galfrid Dunsterville's botanical exploration of the mountain in Venezuela in 1963 and 1964.[2] Due to the assumptions regarding the geography of the massif having been made with only the instrumentation available at that time, some information, especially its area and actual elevation proves to be inaccurate when compared to modern satellite data.
References
- Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Psychology Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-57958-375-0. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- Dauphin, Gregorio; Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza (2002-12-31). "Hepaticae of Cerro Venamo, Venezuela, collected by J. Steyermark". Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution. 22 (1): 115–123. doi:10.11646/bde.22.1.9. ISSN 2381-9685.
Further reading
- Désamoré, A., A. Vanderpoorten, B. Laenen, S.R. Gradstein & P.J.R. Kok (30 September 2010). Biogeography of the Lost World (Pantepui region, northeastern South America): insights from bryophytes. Phytotaxa 9: 254–265.