Acopán-tepui

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Acopán-tepui (also spelled Acopan-tepui or Tepuy Acopán) is a tepui, a flat-topped sandstone table mountain characteristic of the Guiana Shield. It rises to an elevation of 2,112 metres (6,929 ft) in Bolívar state, in the southeast of Venezuela.

The mountain belongs to the Chimantá Massif, a cluster of tepuis in the western Guiana Shield, and lies within Canaima National Park, one of the largest protected areas in Venezuela. It was first climbed in 2002 by an Italian–Venezuelan team.

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