Cerro El Sol, also known as Wei- or Uei-tepui, is a small
tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran ...
in
Bolívar state,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...
. It is situated off the northern flank of
Auyán-tepui
Auyán Tepui (), also spelled Ayan, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela.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.'' Mis ...
, just northwest of the similarly small
Cerro La Luna
Cerro La Luna is a small tepui in Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar state, Venezuela. It is situated off the northern flank of Auyán-tepui, just southeast of the similarly small Cerro El Sol, and forms part of the Auyán Massif. Both it and Cerro El ...
, and forms part of the
Auyán Massif. Both it and Cerro La Luna emerge near the end of a long forested ridge leading from Auyán-tepui. Cerro El Sol has an elevation of around and a summit area of .
[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.]
See also
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Distribution of ''Heliamphora''
References
Tepuis of Venezuela
Mountains of Venezuela
Mountains of Bolívar (state)
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