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Mount Roraima

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Elevation 2810
First ascent1884
Locations Venezuela
Brazil
Guyana
Mountain range Guiana Shield
First ascenders Everard im Thurn
Harry Inniss Perkins
Did you knowMount Roraima is 14 kilometers (9 miles) long, and 2,810 meters (9,222 feet) tall at its highest point, with 400 meters (1,300 feet) cliffs on each side of the plateau.
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About Mount Roraima


Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America. First described to Europeans by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his 1595 expedition, its 31-square-kilometre summit area is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 metres.

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