Tereke-yurén-tepui is one 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 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. Looking west to east, it is the third major peak of the massif and is connected to Murisipán-tepui and Kamarkawarai-tepui by a common basement (the westernmost peak, Aparamán-tepui, is relatively isolated by comparison). With a summit area of and an elevation of around , Tereke-yurén-tepui is both the smallest and lowest of the four peaks. Its summit plateau comprises mostly bare rock. 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 ...

applied the name ''Tereke Yurén-tepui'' to what is now generally known as '' Murisipán-tepui'' and used ''Tucuy-wo-cuyén-tepui'' for the smallest of the four main peaks: what is now known as ''Tereke-yurén-tepui''.

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

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