page_title: Auyán-tepui
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Auyán-tepui / References
caption_attribution_description: English: Overview map of Auyán-tepui with most notable landmarks marked on the map
context_page_description: Auyán Tepui, also spelled Ayan, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. It is the most visited and one of the largest tepuis in the Guiana Highlands, with a summit area of 666.9 km² and an estimated slope area of 715 km². The unevenly butt-shaped summit plateau of Auyán-tepui is heavily inclined, rising from around 1,600 metres in the northwest to a maximum of 2,450 m in the southeast. It is incised from the north by a vast valley, the Cañón del Diablo, formed by the Churún River. The larger western portion of the plateau is partially forested, whereas the eastern part comprises mostly bare rock with only patchy vegetation cover. The mountain hosts a number of extensive cave systems.
  Auyán-tepui gives its name to the Auyán Massif, which also includes the tiny peaks of Cerro El Sol and Cerro La Luna to the north, and the satellite mountain of Uaipán-tepui to the south. The massif has a total summit area of roughly 670 km² and an estimated slope area of 795 km². It is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park. Auyán-tepui means "Devil's House" in the local Pemón language.
  Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world, drops from a cleft near the summit.
context_section_description: 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.
  Barnett, A., R. Shapley, P. Benjamin, E. Henry & M. McGarrell (2002). "Birds of the Potaro Plateau, with eight new species for Guyana" (PDF). Cotinga 18: 19–36.
  Piccini, L. (1995). "Karst in siliceous rocks: karst landforms and caves in the Auyán-tepui massif (Est. Bolivar, Venezuela)" (PDF). International Journal of Speleology 24(1–4): 41–54.
  Piccini, L. & M. Mecchia (1 May 2009). Solution weathering rate and origin of karst landforms and caves in the quartzite of Auyan-tepui (Gran Sabana, Venezuela). Geomorphology 106(1–2): 15–25. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.019
  (in Spanish) Torres, I.N. & D.D. Martín (November 2007). "Informe Final de la Evaluación del Parque Nacional Canaima, Venezuela, como Sitio de Patrimonio Natural de la Humanidad" (PDF). Mejorando Nuestra Herencia.
  Angel, K. (2001) [revised 2009, 2010]. "The Truth about Jimmie Angel and Angel Falls" (PDF). Alexander von Humboldt International Conference 2001, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.
  (in Spanish) Brewer-Carías, C. (2010). Tras la huella: del Salto Angel. Río Verde 2: 61–77.
  Myers, C.W. & M.A. Donnelly (March 2008). The summit herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela: report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum–Terramar Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 308: 1–147. doi:10.1206/308.1
  Myers, C.W., G.R. Fuenmayor & R.C. Jadin (August 2009). New species of lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with notes on "microteiid" hemipenes (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 3660: 1–31. doi:10.1206/657.1
  Chapman, F.M. (7 December 1939). The upper zonal birds of Mt. Auyan-tepui, Venezuela. American Museum Novitates, no. 1051: 1–15.
  Gilliard, E.T. (7 May 1941). The birds of Mt. Auyan-tepui, Venezuela. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(9): 439–508.
  Barrowclough, G.F., Miguel Lentino R. & P.R. Sweet (1997). "New records of birds from Auyán-tepui, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 117(3): 194–198.
  (in Spanish) Lentino, M., L. Pérez, G. Barrowclough & P. Sweet (1999) ['1998']. Notas sobre las aves de la cima del Auyantepuy. Acta Terramaris 11: 1–12.
  Gleason, H.A. & E.P. Killip (October 1938). The flora of Mount Auyan-tepui, Venezuela. Brittonia 3(2): 141–204. doi:10.2307/2804811
  (in Spanish) Lindorf, H. (June 2006). La expedición universitaria a la meseta Auyán-tepui, abril 1956. Acta Botánica Venezuelica 29(1): 177–188.
caption: Map of Auyán-tepui showing notable landmarks
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