Location Venezuela Mountain type Plateau Range Guiana Shield | Parent range Guiana Highlands Elevation 2,680 m Easiest route Hiking | |
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Similar Mount Roraima, Auyán‑tepui, Tepuy Yuruaní, Chimantá Massif, Ptari‑tepui | ||
Kukenán, also known as Matawi, is a tepui in Guayana Region, Venezuela. It is 2,680 metres (8,790 ft) high and about 3 km (1.9 mi) long. Kukenan Falls, which is 674 m (2,211 ft) high, is located at the south end of the tepui.
Map of Kuken%C3%A1n-tepui, Bol%C3%ADvar, Venezuela
Kukenán is located in Canaima National Park. Next to Kukenán, to the southeast, is Mount Roraima, a better known tepui. Kukenán is more difficult to climb, so it is ascended much less frequently than Mount Roraima.
Scenery on top of Kukenán provided inspiration for the 2009 film Up.
References
Kukenán-tepui Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA