Auyan-tepui is a tepui, or table mountain, in Bolivar state, Venezuela, one of the largest tepuis of the Guiana Highlands by summit area, covering 666.9 square kilometers, though not the tallest, reaching a maximum elevation of 2,450 meters in the southeast. Its unevenly heart-shaped summit plateau rises from about 1,600 meters in the northwest, with the western part forested and the eastern part largely bare rock; the mountain contains extensive cave systems characteristic of tepui geology. Its name means House of the Gods in the Pemon language, and Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world, drops from a cleft near its summit. The entire plateau lies within Canaima National Park.
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Auyán-tepui (Spanish pronunciation: [awˈʝan teˈpuj]), also spelled Ayan, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela.
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