Gunung Roraima bahasa Spanyol Monte Roraima ˈmonte roˈɾaima juga dikenal sebagai Tepuy Roraima atau Cerro Roraima bahasa

Gunung Roraima (bahasa Spanyol: Monte Roraima [ˈmonte roˈɾaima], juga dikenal sebagai Tepuy Roraima atau Cerro Roraima; bahasa Portugis: Monte Roraima [ˈmõtʃi ʁoˈɾajmɐ]) adalah daerah tertinggi di jajaran Pakaraima dataran tinggi tepui, Amerika Selatan. Gunung ini pertama kali dideskripsikan oleh seorang penjelajah Inggris Sir Walter Raleigh pada tahun 1596. Area puncaknya seluas 31 km² dan pada semua sisinya dibatasi tebing tegak setinggi 400 meter (1.300 ft). Gunung ini merupakan wilayah dari 3 negara yaitu: Venezuela (mengklaim 85% teritorialnya), Brasil (5%) dan Guyana (10%).

Gunung Roraima
Gunung Roraima
Titik tertinggi
Ketinggian	2.810 m (9.220 ft)
Puncak	2.338 m (7.671 ft)
Masuk dalam daftar	Country high point Ultra prominent peak
Geografi
Gunung Roraima Lokasi di wilayah Venezuela (di perbatasan antara Guyana dan Brazil)
Letak	Venezuela/Brasil/Guyana
Pegunungan	Dataran tinggi Guyana
Geologi
Jenis gunung	Plateau
Pendakian
Pendakian pertama	1884, dipimpin oleh Sir Everard im Thurn bersama Harry Inniss Perkins dan beberapa orang penduduk lokal guyana ^:497
Rute termudah	Pendakian

Keberadaan gunung ini pertama kali dideskripsikan kepada orang Eropa oleh penjelajah Inggris Sir Walter Raleigh selama ekspedisinya pada tahun 1595. Gunung Roraima terkenal dengan bentuk puncaknya yang menyerupai meja, dengan puncak yang datar, pada setiap sisinya dibatasi tebing vertikal hingga setinggi 400 meter (1.300 ft). Tebing-tebing ini sering kali berada di atas kabut dan awan.

Gunung Roraima juga memiliki beberapa air terjun, biasanya disebut sebagai Air Terjun Roraima, yang mengalir dari puncaknya dalam empat lompatan berjenjang; ketinggian air terjun diperkirakan sekitar 2.000 kaki (610 m).

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im Thurn, Everard (August 1885), "The Ascent of Mount Roraima", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, London, England, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing, on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, with the Institute of British Geographers, 7 (8): 497–521, doi:10.2307/1800077, ISSN 0266-626X, JSTOR 1800077, OCLC 51205375, dari versi asli tanggal 2023-08-10, diakses tanggal November 14, 2009, For all around wore rocks and pinnacles of rocks of seemingly impossibly fantastic forms, standing in apparently impossibly fantastic ways—nay, placed one on or next to the other in positions seeming to defy every law of gravity—rocks in groups, rocks standing singly, rocks in terraces, rocks as columns, rocks as walls and rooks as pyramids, rocks ridiculous at every point with countless apparent caricatures of the faces and forms of men and animals, apparent caricatures of umbrellas, tortoises, churches, cannons, and of innumerable other most incongruous and unexpected objects.
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Media terkait Mount Roraima di Wikimedia Commons
Mount Roraima Information 2020-08-08 di Wayback Machine.
Mount Roraima on SummitPost.org 2008-10-07 di Wayback Machine.
National Geographic's 2004 Biological Exploration of the Cliffs 2017-10-30 di Wayback Machine.
Dias de Tempestade (Days of Storm) 2022-10-30 di Wayback Machine. - 28-minute short documentary on Vimeo (in Portuguese, with English subtitles) showing the 2010 climb of Mount Roraima from the Guyana side by Brazilian climber Eliseu Frechou and his team.
Mount Roraima Guide 2021-06-28 di Wayback Machine.

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[NYTimes1-2] From The Times (May 22, 1885), "Mr. im Thurn's Achievement" (PDF), The New York Times, New York City, United States, hlm. 3, ISSN 0362-4331, OCLC 1645522, (PDF) dari versi asli tanggal 2019-09-12, diakses tanggal November 15, 2009, Lord Aberdare said that Mr. Perkins, who accompanied Mr. im Thurn in the ascent of the mountain, had fared little better, inasmuch as he also had been severely attacked by fever since his return, and though present that evening, was still too weak to read his notes.

[ImThurn1-3] Thurn, Everard (August 1885), "The Ascent of Mount Roraima", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, London, England, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing, on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, with the Institute of British Geographers, 7 (8): 497–521, doi:10.2307/1800077, ISSN 0266-626X, JSTOR 1800077, OCLC 51205375, dari versi asli tanggal 2023-08-10, diakses tanggal November 14, 2009, For all around wore rocks and pinnacles of rocks of seemingly impossibly fantastic forms, standing in apparently impossibly fantastic ways—nay, placed one on or next to the other in positions seeming to defy every law of gravity—rocks in groups, rocks standing singly, rocks in terraces, rocks as columns, rocks as walls and rooks as pyramids, rocks ridiculous at every point with countless apparent caricatures of the faces and forms of men and animals, apparent caricatures of umbrellas, tortoises, churches, cannons, and of innumerable other most incongruous and unexpected objects.

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