Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of plateaus in South America.

Mount Roraima
Mt. Roraima during the wet season
Highest point
Elevation	2,810 m (9,220 ft)
Prominence	2,338 m (7,671 ft)
Listing	Country high point Ultra prominent peak
Coordinates	5°08′36″N 60°45′45″W
Geography
Mount Roraima Location of Mount Roraima in South America (on border between Brazil and Venezuela)
Location	Venezuela/Brazil/
Country	Venezuela Brazil
Geology
Mountain type	Plateau
Climbing
First ascent	1884
Easiest route	Hike

It was first described to Europeans by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his 1595 expedition. Raleigh learned about it from indigenous peoples.

Roraima has a 31-square-kilometre (12-square-mile) summit area. It is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 metres (1,300 ft).

The mountain is in Venezuela and Brazil. Mount Roraima is the point where the boundaries of Venezuela and Brazil. A stone stands on its summit, put there by the International Commission in 1931.

Mount Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield. It is the highest point of the Brazilian state of Roraima lie on the plateau, but Venezuela and Brazil have higher mountains elsewhere. The triple border point is at 5°12′08″N 60°44′07″W, and the mountain's highest point is called 'Laberintos del Norte'.

The steep rock wall of Monte Roraima.

Although the steep sides of the plateau make it difficult, it was the first recorded major table-top to be climbed. Sir Everard im Thurn walked up a forested ramp on 18 December 1884 to scale the plateau. This route also used by the Clementis group in their climb of 15 January 1916. It is one of the most important mountain trekking routes in Venezuela.