Roraima Tepui

E443127

sandstone plateau tabletop mountain tepui

Roraima Tepui is a massive, flat-topped sandstone plateau on the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, famed for its sheer cliffs, unique endemic biodiversity, and inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Lost World."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Roraima	3
Mount Roraima plateau	2
Roraima Tepui canonical	1
tepui Roraima	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4461060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Roraima Tepui
Context triple: [Guiana Shield, contains, Roraima Tepui]

A. Auyán-tepui
Auyán-tepui is a massive table-top mountain in Venezuela’s Gran Sabana region, renowned as the plateau from which Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, plunges.
B. Sajama
Sajama is the highest mountain in Bolivia, an extinct stratovolcano located in the Andes near the Chilean border.
C. Mount Corcovado
Mount Corcovado is a prominent granite peak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best known as the site of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the city.
D. Pico da Esperança
Pico da Esperança is a volcanic peak on São Jorge Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its panoramic views over the island’s rugged landscape and surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
E. Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a dormant stratovolcano in the Andes of central Ecuador whose summit is famously the farthest point on Earth's surface from its center due to the planet’s equatorial bulge.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Roraima Tepui
Target entity description: Roraima Tepui is a massive, flat-topped sandstone plateau on the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, famed for its sheer cliffs, unique endemic biodiversity, and inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Lost World."

A. Auyán-tepui
Auyán-tepui is a massive table-top mountain in Venezuela’s Gran Sabana region, renowned as the plateau from which Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, plunges.
B. Sajama
Sajama is the highest mountain in Bolivia, an extinct stratovolcano located in the Andes near the Chilean border.
C. Mount Corcovado
Mount Corcovado is a prominent granite peak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best known as the site of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the city.
D. Pico da Esperança
Pico da Esperança is a volcanic peak on São Jorge Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its panoramic views over the island’s rugged landscape and surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
E. Pico de Príncipe
Pico de Príncipe is the highest peak on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its steep, forested slopes and striking volcanic origin.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sandstone plateau ⓘ tabletop mountain ⓘ tepui ⓘ
accessRoute	trek from Paraitepui (Venezuela) ⓘ
biodiversity	carnivorous plants ⓘ high endemism ⓘ specialized summit flora ⓘ unique amphibian species ⓘ
borderWith	Brazil ⓘ Guyana ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
climate	cool and wet summit climate ⓘ frequent rainfall ⓘ persistent mist and fog ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ Guyana ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
drainage	source area for rivers flowing to Amazon basin ⓘ source area for rivers flowing to Essequibo basin ⓘ source area for rivers flowing to Orinoco basin ⓘ
elevation	2810 m ⓘ approximately 9200 ft ⓘ
etymology	often interpreted as "great blue-green" or "mother of waters" in Pemon ⓘ
firstRecordedAscent	1884 ⓘ
firstRecordedAscentBy	Everard im Thurn ⓘ Harry Perkins ⓘ
geologicalAge	Precambrian ⓘ
hasFeature	boggy summit areas ⓘ cliff walls over 400 m high ⓘ flat summit plateau ⓘ frequent cloud cover ⓘ natural rock pools ⓘ numerous waterfalls ⓘ rock pinnacles ⓘ sheer cliffs ⓘ
hasSummitEcosystem	island-like sky island ecosystem ⓘ
highestPointOf	Brazilian state of Roraima ⓘ Guyana ⓘ
inPopularCulture	setting inspiration for "The Lost World" ⓘ
inspired	Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel "The Lost World" ⓘ linked to: The Lost World (novel) by Arthur Conan Doyle
locatedIn	Guayana Shield ⓘ linked to: Guiana Shield Pemon territory ⓘ
nameLanguage	Pemon ⓘ
partOf	Gran Sabana ⓘ Pakaraima Mountains ⓘ linked to: Guiana Highlands
protectedArea	Canaima National Park ⓘ
rockType	quartzite sandstone ⓘ
summitArea	approximately 31 km² ⓘ
tourism	multi-day guided hikes ⓘ popular trekking destination ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of Canaima National Park World Heritage Site ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guiana Shield → contains → Roraima Tepui ⓘ

Guiana Highlands → contains → Mount Roraima ⓘ

linked to: Roraima Tepui

Roraima → hasHighestPoint → Mount Roraima ⓘ

linked to: Roraima Tepui

Roraima → knownFor → Mount Roraima plateau ⓘ

linked to: Roraima Tepui

Gran Sabana Municipality → contains → tepui Roraima ⓘ

subject linked to: Gran Sabana municipality

linked to: Roraima Tepui

Roraima → contains → Mount Roraima ⓘ

subject linked to: Roraima state

linked to: Roraima Tepui

Roraima → knownFor → Mount Roraima plateau ⓘ

subject linked to: Roraima state

linked to: Roraima Tepui

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