Angel Falls
Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto Ángel; Pemon: Kerepakupai Merú or Parakupá Vená) is the tallest waterfall in the world. It fell 979 metres (3,212 ft) but recently dropped to 974 metres (3,196 ft). It drops from a mountain called Auyantepui.[1][2] It is in Venezuela. The drop is so far, that the water turns into mist when it reaches the bottom.
The Pemon name Kerepakupai Merú or Parakupá Vená, named by the Pemon indigenous people, means "falls from the deepest place".
Ironically, the more famous name of the falls has nothing to do with the connotation that its water falls from the heavens. The falls are named for Jimmy Angel, who was an American airplane pilot who crashed at the top of the falls in 1937.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Hollis Micheal Tarver Denova; Julia C. Frederick (2005). The History of Venezuela. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-313-33525-9.
- ↑ Palmerlee, Danny (2007). South America on a Shoestring. Lonely Planet. p. 1040. ISBN 978-1-74104-443-0.
- ↑ Parque Nacional Canaima. (1964): “Parque Nacional Canaima – La Gran Sabana/Plan rector”. Corporación de Turismo de Venezuela. Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría. y Nacional Park Service U.S. Departamento of the Interior. Caracas Venezuela 214p.
- ↑ "Plane Pilot Sights Highest Waterfall in World." Popular Science, April 1938, p. 37.
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- Parques Nacionales y espacios protegidos de Venezuela
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- Vista Panorámica del Salto Ángel en viewat.org Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
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