A ground engaging tip of a ground engaging tip assembly for a base edge of a ground engaging implement, wherein the ground engaging tip assembly includes an adapter configured for attachment to the base edge of the ground engaging implement and having a forwardly extending adapter nose, the ground engaging tip comprising: a rear edge; a top outer surface; a bottom outer surface, wherein the top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend forward from the rear edge of the ground engaging tip and converge at a front edge of the ground engaging tip; first and second side outer surfaces (57, 59) extending forward from the rear edge of the ground engaging tip to the front edge; a nose cavity, within the ground engaging tip and defined by the converging top and bottom outer surfaces and the first and second side outer surfaces, for receiving the adapter nose therein, the nose cavity comprising: first and second side inner surfaces opposite the first and second outer surfaces, respectively; an aperture in at least one of the first and second side inner surfaces; and a retention channel on at least one of the first and second side inner surfaces, the retention channel extending from the rear edge to the aperture and being configured to guide a lug of the adapter into the aperture during installation of the ground engaging tip on the adapter, characterised in that the retention channel comprises an untapered portion and a tapered portion, the tapered portion extending from the rear edge to the untapered portion, and the untapered portion extending from the tapered portion to the aperture, and in that the untapered portion ends at the aperture and that a taper angle of the tapered portion relative to the untapered portion is 5-10 degrees. a rear edge; a top outer surface; a bottom outer surface, wherein the top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend forward from the rear edge of the ground engaging tip and converge at a front edge of the ground engaging tip; first and second side outer surfaces (57, 59) extending forward from the rear edge of the ground engaging tip to the front edge; a nose cavity, within the ground engaging tip and defined by the converging top and bottom outer surfaces and the first and second side outer surfaces, for receiving the adapter nose therein, the nose cavity comprising: first and second side inner surfaces opposite the first and second outer surfaces, respectively; an aperture in at least one of the first and second side inner surfaces; and a retention channel on at least one of the first and second side inner surfaces, the retention channel extending from the rear edge to the aperture and being configured to guide a lug of the adapter into the aperture during installation of the ground engaging tip on the adapter, characterised in that the retention channel comprises an untapered portion and a tapered portion, the tapered portion extending from the rear edge to the untapered portion, and the untapered portion extending from the tapered portion to the aperture, and in that the untapered portion ends at the aperture and that a taper angle of the tapered portion relative to the untapered portion is 5-10 degrees. first and second side inner surfaces opposite the first and second outer surfaces, respectively; an aperture in at least one of the first and second side inner surfaces; and a retention channel on at least one of the first and second side inner surfaces, the retention channel extending from the rear edge to the aperture and being configured to guide a lug of the adapter into the aperture during installation of the ground engaging tip on the adapter, characterised in that the retention channel comprises an untapered portion and a tapered portion, the tapered portion extending from the rear edge to the untapered portion, and the untapered portion extending from the tapered portion to the aperture, and in that the untapered portion ends at the aperture and that a taper angle of the tapered portion relative to the untapered portion is 5-10 degrees.