However, the Geoportal of Ajuntament de Malgrat de Mar shows Felix Cardona Puig map in a digital mode. Other sources claim that the first Westerner to see the waterfall was the Spanish explorer Fèlix Cardona in 1927. Some historians say that the first European to visit the waterfall was Fernando de Berrío, a Spanish explorer and governor from the 16th and 17th centuries. Exploration ĭuring his expedition to find the fabled city of El Dorado, Walter Raleigh described what was possibly a tepui (table top mountain), and he is said to have been the first European to view Angel Falls, although these claims are considered far-fetched. this is indigenous land." However he later said that he would not decree the change of name, but was only defending the use of Kerepakupai Vená. Explaining the name change, Chávez reportedly said, "This is ours, long before Angel ever arrived there. In 2009, President Hugo Chávez announced his intention to change the name to the purported original indigenous Pemon term (" Kerepakupai-Merú", meaning "waterfall of the deepest place"), on the grounds that the nation's most famous landmark should bear an indigenous name. The common Spanish name Salto Ángel derives from his surname. Angel's ashes were scattered over the falls on 2 July 1960. aviator, who was the first person to fly over the falls. The waterfall has been known as Angel Falls since the mid-20th century they are named after Jimmie Angel, a U.S. The falls are along a fork of the Río Kerepacupai Merú which flows into the Churún River, a tributary of the Carrao River, itself a tributary of the Orinoco River. The height figure, 979 m (3,212 ft), mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 metres (1,300 ft) of sloped cascade and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre-high (100 ft) plunge downstream of the talus rapids. The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyán-tepui mountain in the Canaima National Park ( Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State. It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft), and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). Auyán-tepui, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuelaĥ★8′03″N 62☃2′08″W / 5.96750°N 62.53556°W / 5.96750 -62.53556Īngel Falls ( Spanish: Salto Ángel Pemon language: Kerepakupai Merú meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or Parakupá Vená, meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a waterfall in Venezuela.
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