“Devil’s Mountain” in Pemon

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“Devil’s Mountain” in Pemon is the indigenous name referring to Auyán-tepui, a massive table-top mountain in Venezuela famed as the source of Angel Falls.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
“Devil’s Mountain” in Pemon canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural landmark ⓘ
table-top mountain ⓘ
tepui ⓘ
access primarily by river and air ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Auyan Tepui ⓘ
linked to: Auyán-tepui

Auyantepui ⓘ
linked to: Auyán-tepui

Auyán-tepui ⓘ
Auyántepui ⓘ
linked to: Auyán-tepui
biodiversity hosts endemic animal species ⓘ
hosts endemic plant species ⓘ
climate tropical with high rainfall ⓘ
conservationStatus within a protected national park ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred site for the Pemon people ⓘ
drainage feeds the Churún River ⓘ
part of the Caroní River basin ⓘ
ecosystem montane and summit scrub ecosystems ⓘ
elevation approximately 2535 m ⓘ
approximately 8317 ft ⓘ
feature frequent cloud cover around the summit ⓘ
numerous waterfalls cascading from the plateau ⓘ
steep, forested slopes at the base ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
hasIndigenousNameMeaning often translated as Devil’s Mountain ⓘ
languageOfName Pemon ⓘ
locatedIn Bolívar state ⓘ
linked to: Bolívar State

Canaima National Park ⓘ
Guayana Region ⓘ
southeastern Venezuela ⓘ
locatedInIndigenousTerritory Pemon traditional lands ⓘ
nearestAirstrip Kamarata airstrip ⓘ
nearestSettlement Kamarata ⓘ
notableFor being the source of Angel Falls ⓘ
dramatic vertical escarpments ⓘ
sheer cliffs and flat summit ⓘ
partOf Guiana Shield ⓘ
tepui system of the Guiana Highlands ⓘ
protectedArea Canaima National Park ⓘ
region Gran Sabana ⓘ
rockType sandstone ⓘ
sourceOf Angel Falls ⓘ
summitType flat plateau ⓘ
tourismActivity sightseeing flights to view Angel Falls ⓘ
trekking and expeditions to the summit ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Canaima National Park ⓘ

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

Auyán-tepui → meaningOfName → “Devil’s Mountain” in Pemon ⓘ