Mountains of Guyana

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• The Acarai Mountains (alt. spelling Akarai) are a wet, forested highland region of low mountains located in the southern part of Guyana . This range lies along the common border between Guyana and Brazil . The Acarai Mountains is one of four mountain ranges in Guyana , the others being the Imataka , Kanuku and Pakaraima mountains. The headwaters of the Essequibo River , the longest river in Guyana , and the Courantyne River , have their sources in this range.

This range is home to a single village of Wai-Wais , the descendants of surviving tribes that were once believed extinct.

The unnamed high point of this range is located at 1° 22' N, 59° 11' W, and has an altitude of 1009 m (3310 ft.).

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• The Imataka Mountains are located in the north-west of Guyana and north-east of Venezuela .

The area is extremely rich in forest, water and mineral resources. Huge deposits of iron ore are known of. Manganese deposits are found in north-west Guyana, while gold and diamonds , among other minerals, are found in the Barima , Mazaruni , Cuyuni and Potaro areas.

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• The Kanuku Mountains are a group of mountains in Guyana , located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. The name means 'rich forest' in the Macushi language, a reference to the rich diversity of wildlife found there.

The lowland forests sustain 60% of all the known bird species in Guyana . 150 mammal species, or 80% of all mammals found in Guyana , live in the Kanuku Mountains . Prominent species include the Giant otter , the Harpy eagle and the Arapaima .

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• Mount Ayanganna is a sandstone tepui in the Pakaraima Mountains of western Guyana , 85 kilometres east of Mount Roraima at 5°23'N 59°59'W . With a height of 2,041 metres (6,696 feet) it is the easternmost tepui taller than 2,000 metres. It is part of the Guiana Shield .

Mount Ayanganna is fully within Guyanese territory and is surrounded by rainforest .

Retired Brigadier General Michael Atherly has the distinction of being the first Guyanese soldier to raise the national flag, the Golden Arrowhead , on Mount Ayanganna on 26 May 1966 , as a celebration of Guyana's independence from Great Britain .

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• Mount Roraima (Also: Monte Roraima , Cerro Roraima , Pico do Roraima , Roraima ) is the highest of the table-top tabletop mountains (or tepuis ) shared between Venezuela , Guyana and the Roraima state of Brazil . It is the highest elevation in Guyana , though Venezuela and Brazil have taller mountains.

Roraima is a sandstone plateau rising above the surrounding savannahs and forest, and marks the dividing spot of Venezuela , Guyana and Brazil . The "Triple Point", where the three national boundaries meet, is at 2739 metres (8986 feet). The table mountains of the park are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to the Precambrian Era, some two billion years ago.

The average height of the plateau is around 2,500 metres (8,200 feet). It is thought that the reports from early Victorian expeditions to the mountain inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his classic adventure yarn, The Lost World , in 1912 - now made into countless films.