Kukenán-tepui

Kukenán, also known as Matawi or Cuquenán, is a tepui in Bolívar State, Guayana Region, Venezuela. It has an estimated surface area of 2185 hectares. It is 2,680 metres high and about 3 km long. , which is 674 m high, is located at the south end of the tepui.
Wikipedia
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,767 metres
  • Description: mountain in Venezuela
  • Also known as: “Cerro Cuquenán”, “Cerro Cuqueran”, “Kukenán Tepuy”, “Matawi Tepuy”, “Mount Kukenam”, and “Mount Kukenán”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cuquenan Falls.

Waterfall
Photo: Jorge.falcon, Public domain.
Kukenan Falls is the second tallest major waterfall in after . It is also the second tallest free-leaping waterfall in the world. Overall, it is usually cited as the 11th highest waterfall in the world.

Kukenán-tepui

Latitude
5.21171° or 5° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
-60.82924° or 60° 49′ 45″ west
Elevation
1,767 metres (5,797 feet)
Open location code
67QX656C+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3741710719
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3661219
Wiki­data ID
Q2333134
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Venetian—“Kukenán-tepui” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ကူကန်န တောင်ကလပ်”
  • Cebuano: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Kukenaam”
  • Czech: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Czech: “Kukenan”
  • Dutch: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Dutch: “Kukenán”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كوكينان تيپوى”
  • French: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • French: “Tepuy Kukenan”
  • Galician: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Galician: “Tepui Kukenán”
  • Georgian: “კუკენან-ტეპუი”
  • German: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • German: “Kukenán”
  • Hungarian: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Hungarian: “Kukenán-tepui”
  • Indonesian: “Dataran Tinggi Kukenan”
  • Indonesian: “Kukenan”
  • Italian: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Italian: “Kukenan”
  • Japanese: “クケナン山”
  • Ladin: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Ladin: “Kukenán-tepui”
  • Lithuanian: “Kukenanas”
  • Persian: “کوکنان-تپویی”
  • Polish: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Portuguese: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Portuguese: “Tepui Kukenán”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kukenán”
  • Slovak: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Slovak: “Kukenan”
  • Spanish: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Spanish: “Monte Kukenán”
  • Spanish: “Tepuy Kukenán”
  • Swedish: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • Venetian: “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • “Kukenán Tepuy”
  • “Mt Kukenán”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as El Merok and Barrancos del Diablo.

Notable Places Nearby

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