Roraima Tepui
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Roraima Tepui is a massive, flat-topped sandstone plateau on the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, famed for its sheer cliffs, unique endemic biodiversity, and inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Lost World."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Roraima | 1 |
| Roraima Tepui canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4461060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roraima Tepui Context triple: [Guiana Shield, contains, Roraima Tepui]
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A.
Auyán-tepui
Auyán-tepui is a massive table-top mountain in Venezuela’s Gran Sabana region, renowned as the plateau from which Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, plunges.
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B.
Sajama
Sajama is the highest mountain in Bolivia, an extinct stratovolcano located in the Andes near the Chilean border.
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C.
Mount Corcovado
Mount Corcovado is a prominent granite peak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best known as the site of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the city.
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D.
Pico da Esperança
Pico da Esperança is a volcanic peak on São Jorge Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its panoramic views over the island’s rugged landscape and surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a dormant stratovolcano in the Andes of central Ecuador whose summit is famously the farthest point on Earth's surface from its center due to the planet’s equatorial bulge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roraima Tepui Target entity description: Roraima Tepui is a massive, flat-topped sandstone plateau on the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, famed for its sheer cliffs, unique endemic biodiversity, and inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Lost World."
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A.
Auyán-tepui
Auyán-tepui is a massive table-top mountain in Venezuela’s Gran Sabana region, renowned as the plateau from which Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, plunges.
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B.
Sajama
Sajama is the highest mountain in Bolivia, an extinct stratovolcano located in the Andes near the Chilean border.
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C.
Mount Corcovado
Mount Corcovado is a prominent granite peak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, best known as the site of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the city.
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D.
Pico da Esperança
Pico da Esperança is a volcanic peak on São Jorge Island in the Azores, Portugal, known for its panoramic views over the island’s rugged landscape and surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Pico de Príncipe
Pico de Príncipe is the highest peak on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its steep, forested slopes and striking volcanic origin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sandstone plateau
ⓘ
tabletop mountain ⓘ tepui ⓘ |
| accessRoute | trek from Paraitepui (Venezuela) ⓘ |
| biodiversity |
carnivorous plants
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high endemism ⓘ specialized summit flora ⓘ unique amphibian species ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
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Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
cool and wet summit climate
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frequent rainfall ⓘ persistent mist and fog ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| drainage |
source area for rivers flowing to Amazon basin
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source area for rivers flowing to Essequibo basin ⓘ source area for rivers flowing to Orinoco basin ⓘ |
| elevation |
2810 m
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approximately 9200 ft ⓘ |
| etymology | often interpreted as "great blue-green" or "mother of waters" in Pemon ⓘ |
| firstRecordedAscent | 1884 ⓘ |
| firstRecordedAscentBy |
Everard im Thurn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Precambrian ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
boggy summit areas
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cliff walls over 400 m high ⓘ flat summit plateau ⓘ frequent cloud cover ⓘ natural rock pools ⓘ numerous waterfalls ⓘ rock pinnacles ⓘ sheer cliffs ⓘ |
| hasSummitEcosystem | island-like sky island ecosystem ⓘ |
| highestPointOf |
Brazilian state of Roraima
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture | setting inspiration for "The Lost World" ⓘ |
| inspired | Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel "The Lost World" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guayana Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pemon territory ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Pemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gran Sabana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakaraima Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Canaima National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rockType | quartzite sandstone ⓘ |
| summitArea | approximately 31 km² ⓘ |
| tourism |
multi-day guided hikes
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popular trekking destination ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of Canaima National Park World Heritage Site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roraima Tepui Description of subject: Roraima Tepui is a massive, flat-topped sandstone plateau on the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, famed for its sheer cliffs, unique endemic biodiversity, and inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Lost World."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mount Roraima