Aparamán-tepui is the westernmost of the four main

tepui A tepui , or tepuy (), is a member of a family of table-top mountains or mesas found in northern South America, especially in Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the ...

s of the

Los Testigos Los Testigos, also known as the Aparamán range, is a mountain chain in Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar, Venezuela.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) ''Flora of the Venezuelan G ...

chain in Bolívar,

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction.'' Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61. While the other three tepuis share a common slope area, Aparamán is derived from a separate basement. Aparamán-tepui has an elevation of around , a summit area of , and an estimated slope area of . Its mostly bare summit plateau is highly dissected, presenting difficulties even for helicopter landings. In his 1978 book, ''La Vegetación del Mundo Perdido'',

Charles Brewer-Carías Charles Brewer-Carías (born 10 September 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan explorer and naturalist. Known as the " Humboldt of the twentieth century", Brewer-Carías has led more than 200 expeditions to remote parts of the Venezuelan ...

referred to a smaller lateral peak of Aparamán-tepui () as ''Murochiopán-tepui'', though this name is now more commonly applied to the major peak immediately east of it.

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Tepuis of Venezuela Mountains of Venezuela Mountains of Bolívar (state) {{venezuela-geo-stub

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