Guiana Highlands

Guyana is an English-speaking country where you can find untouched nature, amazing wildlife and birding experiences, rich culture and heritage, and a multiethnic Caribbean vibe.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: higher elevations on the Guiana Shield
  • Also known as: “Guyana Highlands” and “Guyanese Highlands”

Guiana Highlands

Latitude
3.9791° or 3° 58′ 45″ north
Longitude
-62.9615° or 62° 57′ 41″ west
Open location code
67MVX2HQ+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313514276
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q208807
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Guiana Highlands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرتفعات غيانا”
  • Armenian: “Գվիանական սարահարթ”
  • Arpitan: “Guyana”
  • Asturian: “Escudu guayanés”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qviana yaylası”
  • Bashkir: “Гвиана таулығы”
  • Basque: “Guyanako mendigunea”
  • Belarusian: “Гаянскае нагор’е”
  • Belarusian: “Гвіянскае нагор’е”
  • Bengali: “গায়ানা উচ্চভূমি”
  • Bengali: “গুয়াইয়ানা উচ্চভূমি”
  • Bosnian: “Gvajana (regija)”
  • Bosnian: “Gvajanski štit”
  • Bulgarian: “Гвианска планинска земя”
  • Bulgarian: “Гвиански планини”
  • Bulgarian: “Гвианско плато”
  • Catalan: “Terres altes de Guiana”
  • Cebuano: “Guiana Highlands”
  • Chinese: “圭亚那地盾”
  • Chinese: “圭亚那高原”
  • Chinese: “圭亚那高地”
  • Chinese: “圭亞那地盾”
  • Chinese: “圭亞那盾地”
  • Chinese: “蓋亞那地盾”
  • Croatian: “Gvajana”
  • Croatian: “Gvajanski štit”
  • Croatian: “Gvajansko gorje”
  • Czech: “Guayanská vysočina”
  • Czech: “Guayánská vysočina”
  • Czech: “Guyanská vysočina”
  • Czech: “Guyánská vysočina”
  • Danish: “Guyana-skjoldet”
  • Dutch: “Bergland van Guyana”
  • Dutch: “Guyana-hoogvlakte”
  • Dutch: “Hoogland van Guyana”
  • Esperanto: “Gujana Ŝildo”
  • Estonian: “Guajaana mägismaa”
  • Finnish: “Guayana”
  • Finnish: “Guyanan ylänkö”
  • French: “Bouclier guyanais”
  • French: “plateau de Guyanes”
  • French: “plateau des Guyanes”
  • French: “Plateau des Guyanes”
  • Galician: “Escudo güianés”
  • Georgian: “გვიანას მთიანეთი”
  • Georgian: “გვიანის ზეგანი”
  • Georgian: “გვიანის მთიანეთი”
  • German: “Bergland von Guayana”
  • German: “Guayana-Hochland”
  • German: “Guayana-Schild”
  • German: “Guayana”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Plato dé Gwiyann”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Plato gwiyannen”
  • Hebrew: “גויאנה”
  • Hindi: “गयाना शील्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Guyanai-masszívum”
  • Icelandic: “Gvæjanahálendið”
  • Italian: “Altopiani della Guyana”
  • Italian: “Massiccio della Guiana”
  • Italian: “Massiccio della Guyana”
  • Japanese: “ギアナ高地”
  • Japanese: “グアジャナ高地”
  • Kazakh: “Gvïana tawlı üstirti”
  • Kazakh: “Гвиана таулы үстірті”
  • Kazakh: “ГВИАНА ТАУЛЫ ҮСТІРТІ”
  • Kazakh: “گۆىيانا تاۋلى ٴۇستىرتى”
  • Kirghiz: “Гвианa бөксө тоосу”
  • Korean: “기아나 고지”
  • Latvian: “Gvajānas plakankalne”
  • Lithuanian: “Gvianos plokščiakalnis”
  • Macedonian: “Гвајански Штит”
  • Mongolian: “Гвианы тэгш өндөрлөг”
  • Mongolian: “Гвианын уулархаг газар”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amasonasskjoldet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guayanahøgslettene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guayanaskjoldet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guiana”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guyanaplatået”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guyanaskjoldet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Høglandet Guayana”
  • Persian: “سپر گویان”
  • Polish: “Wyżyna Gujańska”
  • Portuguese: “Maciço da Guiana”
  • Portuguese: “Maciço das Guianas”
  • Portuguese: “Planalto da Guiana”
  • Portuguese: “Planalto das Guianas”
  • Romanian: “Podişul Guyanelor”
  • Romanian: “Podișul Guyanelor”
  • Russian: “Гвианское нагорье”
  • Russian: “Гвианское плоскогорье”
  • Scots: “Guiana Shield”
  • Serbian: “Гвајанска висораван”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gvajanski štit”
  • Slovak: “Guyanská vysočina”
  • Slovenian: “Gvajansko višavje”
  • Spanish: “Macizo de las Guayanas”
  • Spanish: “Mesetas de Guayana”
  • Spanish: “Tierras altas de Guayana”
  • Spanish: “Tierras altas del escudo guayanés”
  • Swahili: “Nyanda za Juu za Guyana”
  • Swedish: “Guayanaskölden”
  • Swedish: “Guyanas högland”
  • Swedish: “Guyanaskölden”
  • Turkish: “Guyana Kalkanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвіанське нагір’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґвіанське нагір’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвіанське плоскогір’я”
  • Uzbek: “Gviana yassitogʻligi”
  • Vietnamese: “Khiên Guiana”
  • Welsh: “Ucheldiroedd Guiana”
  • Yue Chinese: “圭亞那盾地”

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