Emba Venez UK·Tepuis
Tepuis
The sandstone table mountains of the Guiana Highlands — formation, flora and the record of ascent.
03pages in this section
The sandstone table mountains of the Guiana Highlands — formation, flora and the record of ascent.
3 pages in Tepuis
Full index- Two Billion Years of Sandstone, Left StandingThe tepuis of the Guiana Highlands are not mountains that rose — they are what remains after everything else eroded awayChronology · 5 entries
The American Who Landed on the CloudA bush pilot looking for gold flew onto one of the highest flat surfaces on Earth and could not fly back off.Chronology · 5 entries
The Plane That Stayed Thirty-Three YearsA Venezuelan bush pilot's Flamingo sat on Auyán-tepui's summit from 1937 until 1970, when the Air Force finally came to collect it.Chronology · 4 entries
The other sections
- Land & Water6 pages
- Rivers3 pages
- Maracaibo3 pages
- Coasts3 pages
- Species6 pages
- Built & Played6 pages
- The Record7 pages