Cerro Marahuaca
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Cerro Marahuaca, also spelled Marahuaka (Ye'kuana: Script error: No such module "Lang".[1]), is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level[2][3] and is the second-highest mountain of the entire Guayana Shield (after the Cerro de la Neblina complex).[4] Cerro Marahuaca shares a common base with the much larger Cerro Duida and together they form the Duida–Marahuaca Massif.[4] Both tepuis are located entirely within the bounds of Duida–Marahuaca National Park.
Cerro Marahuaca actually consists of two summit plateaus, the slightly larger northern one going by the Yekwana Amerindian name Fufha or Huha (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). The southern plateau (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is known by two local names; its northwestern edge is called Fuif or Fhuif, whereas its southeastern portion is called Atahua'shiho or Atawa Shisho. A massive ridge known as Cerro Petaca rises to at least Script error: No such module "convert". just west of these two plateaus.[4] In 1973, the Italian expeditioner Walter Bonatti attempted to climb Cerro Marahuaca without success. The first recorded ascent of Cerro Marahuaca dates back to 1984 on its Southwest face by Venezuelan climbers Luis Enrique (Kike) Arnal, Ramón Blanco, Manuel Guariguata and José Luis Pereyra.
Cerro Marahuaca has a total summit area of Script error: No such module "convert". and an estimated slope area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
Flora and fauna
Several frog species are only known from the summit of Cerro Marahuaca, including Pristimantis marahuaka,[5] Metaphryniscus sosai,[6] and Myersiohyla inparquesi.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 112, 115, 157, 166, 203, 302, 345, 426
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- ↑ a b c d 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.
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Further reading
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- Jaffe, K., J. Lattke & R. Perez-Hernández (January–June 1993). Ants on the tepuies of the Guiana Shield: a zoogeographic study. Ecotropicos 6(1): 21–28.