page_title: Ptari-tepui
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Ptari-tepui / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic view of Ptarí and Sororopán tepuis in Gran Sabana, Venezuela. Español: Vista panorámica de tepuis Ptarí y Sororopán en la Gran Sabana, Venezuela.
context_page_description: Ptari-tepui, also spelled Pu-tari and sometimes called Cerro Budare or Cerro del Budare, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. Lying near the centre of the Sierra de Lema, it has a maximum elevation of around 2,400 metres above sea level. Its mostly bare summit plateau has an area of 1.25 km². Though generally flat, distinctive erosional rock formations are found on the more dissected eastern edge of the summit.
context_section_description: Ptari-tepui gives its name to the Ptari Massif, which also includes Carrao-tepui to the northeast and a long ridge known as Sororopán-tepui to the southeast. As a whole, the massif has a summit area of around 2.5 km² (0.97 sq mi) and an estimated slope area of 58 km² (22 sq mi) (Carrao and Ptari together contributing 28 km² (11 sq mi) and Sororopán, which is derived from a separate basement, a further 30 km² (12 sq mi)). The massif is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park.
  Ptari-tepui is a prime example of the classic tepui shape, having an almost perfectly flat-topped summit and near-vertical walls. This characteristic profile is said to recall the shape of a budare, a type of griddle used for making cassava bread, and is the source of its Pemón-derived name. For this reason it is also sometimes known as Cerro Budare or Cerro del Budare.
caption: The flat, symmetrical peak of Ptari-tepui is visible on the left, with the long southwestern face of Sororopán-tepui extending to the right.
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