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Notes on misconceptions in the application of geographical names of the tepuis on the borderlands of Guyana and Venezuela and a clarification of the location of Waukauyengtipu and Cerro Venamo

Mateusz Wrazidlo

Mateusz Wrazidlo

Department of Fundamentals of Machinery Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of TechnologyGliwice, Poland
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Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd.Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
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H. David Clarke

H. David Clarke

Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina Asheville, One University HeightsAsheville, USA
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Feb 02, 2022
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Published Online: Feb 02, 2022
Page range: 75 - 79
Received: Mar 15, 2021
Accepted: Oct 27, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0073
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Figure 1

Exploration history. A map presenting the location of recorded expeditions to Cerro Venamo (Steyermark & Dunsterville 1963/64) and Waukauyengtipu (Clarke 1997; Wrazidlo & Carpenay 2019)Source: map by Łukasz Fiedeń, Jagiellonian University. Made with QGIS (QGIS 2021)
Exploration history. A map presenting the location of recorded expeditions to Cerro Venamo (Steyermark & Dunsterville 1963/64) and Waukauyengtipu (Clarke 1997; Wrazidlo & Carpenay 2019)Source: map by Łukasz Fiedeń, Jagiellonian University. Made with QGIS (QGIS 2021)

Figure 2

Eastern wall of Waukauyengtipu. Seen from Ararata Camp, Guyana, 5°49′37.4″N 61°08′38.7″WPhoto by: Mateusz Wrazidlo
Eastern wall of Waukauyengtipu. Seen from Ararata Camp, Guyana, 5°49′37.4″N 61°08′38.7″WPhoto by: Mateusz Wrazidlo

Figure 3

Wetlands on the summit of Waukauyengtipu. Calio Elliman, of the Arekuna community of Paruima, crossing the submerged swampland on the summit plateau of WaukauyengtipuPhoto by: Mateusz Wrazidlo
Wetlands on the summit of Waukauyengtipu. Calio Elliman, of the Arekuna community of Paruima, crossing the submerged swampland on the summit plateau of WaukauyengtipuPhoto by: Mateusz Wrazidlo

Figure 4

Waukauyengtipu. Waukauyengtipu plateau seen from the savanna in close proximity to Uchi Fall, Guyana, 5°40′21″N 61°07′24″WPhoto by: Mateusz Wrazidlo
Waukauyengtipu. Waukauyengtipu plateau seen from the savanna in close proximity to Uchi Fall, Guyana, 5°40′21″N 61°07′24″WPhoto by: Mateusz Wrazidlo
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