Cerro Marahuaca

{{Short description|Mountain (tepui) in Venezuela}}

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| location = Amazonas, Venezuela

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Cerro Marahuaca, also spelled Marahuaka (Ye'kuana: {{lang|mch|Madawaka}}Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 112, 115, 157, 166, 203, 302, 345, 426), is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an elevation of {{convert|2832|m|ft|0}} above sea level{{cite peakbagger|pid=8695|name=Cerro Marahuaca, Venezuela}} and is the second-highest mountain of the entire Guayana Shield (after the Cerro de la Neblina complex).Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61. Cerro Marahuaca shares a common base with the much larger Cerro Duida and together they form the Duida–Marahuaca Massif. Both tepuis are located entirely within the bounds of Duida–Marahuaca National Park.

File:Cerro Marahuaca.jpg

Cerro Marahuaca actually consists of two summit plateaus, the slightly larger northern one going by the Yekwana Amerindian name Fufha or Huha ({{coord|03|46|52|N|65|29|31|W|dim:50km|name=Fufha}}). The southern plateau ({{coord|03|39|04|N|65|25|01|W|dim:50km|name=Cerro Marahuaca southern plateau}}) is known by two local names; its northwestern edge is called Fuif or Fhuif, whereas its southeastern portion is called Atahua'shiho or Atawa Shisho. A massive ridge known as Cerro Petaca rises to at least {{convert|2700|m|ft|sigfig=2}} just west of these two plateaus. In 1973, the Italian expeditioner Walter Bonatti attempted to climb Cerro Marahuaca without success. The first recorded ascent of Cerro Marahuaca dates back to 1984 on its Southwest face by Venezuelan climbers Luis Enrique (Kike) Arnal, Ramón Blanco, Manuel Guariguata and José Luis Pereyra.

Cerro Marahuaca has a total summit area of {{convert|121|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}} and an estimated slope area of {{convert|325|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}}.