#mount roraima

[manessha545]

Mount Roraima Mountain, South America: Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis or plateaux in South America. It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliffs 400–1,000 m high. Wikipedia

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The oldest place on planet earth is in Venezuela. It's called Mount Roraima.

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Mount Roraima is located in the northern part of South America and on the triple border between Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana.

Located in the Canaima National Park, it is the highest of the tepuis — a type of table-shaped mountain very characteristic of the Guiana Plateau — standing almost 3,000 metres above sea level.

Mount Roraima is composed of sandstone of the Proterozoic Eon formed about 1.7 to 2 billion years ago, therefore among the oldest rocks on Earth.

It contains a large amount of quartz deposits, 98% are silica particles, forming white or pinkish crystals several centimetres long.

(Via Meteored)

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Mount Roraima, Venezuela

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Mount Roraima, Venezuela

[scienceacumen]

Mount Roraima is one of the oldest geological formations on Earth, with their “tepuis” estimated at over 2 billion years old. The highest tepui plateau, Mount Roraima, is famous for its prehistoric ecology, which sustains plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.

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Mount Roraima near the Macuxi community of Maturuca, Raposa–Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory, state of Roraima, Brazil, 2018.

© Sebastião Salgado

[hunnyy-bunnyyy]

So, I'm writing an aCoTaR fic and I've been going back through the series to piece together canon worldbuilding because I don't wanna write. I'm gonna post my general half-canon worldbuilding so I don't have to make another folder on Reedsy.

Starting with the outside of House of Wind, as described in the beginning of Silver Flames.

". . . [referring to the House of Wind] the red-stoned palace built into the side of the flat-topped mountain itself." - A Court of Silver Flames

So, to start out, the HoW is built into the mountain. The mountain itself is flat at the top. I'm not super sure about square footage of the flat top; but, on a scale of Mount Roraima to Mount Asgard, I'm gonna say it's a lot closer to Mount Asgard. (Both pictured below)

[Pictured below: Mount Roraima]

[Pictured below: Mount Asgard]

I haven't gotten to the part where the priestesses train, so I can't pull quotes; but, if I remember correctly, they train on the roof of the HoW. For simplicity's sake, I'm going to assume that the roof of the HoW is level with the flat top.

". . . Spiral stairs. Each a foot high. Ten thousand steps. . ." - A Court of Silver Flames

Let's say that this staircase starts at the bottom floor of the House of Wind, and that the library where the priestesses reside isn't counted as part of the manor. Then, the mountain is 10,000 feet from Velaris level to the first floor of the HoW.

In Mist and Fury, Feyre describes the rooms she stays in as large and open -- an obvious contrast to the rooms in the Spring Court manor. Since all high fae (let's be real: Tolkien elf ripoffs) are taller on average, those ceilings would have to be decently high as well. Let's say: there are five floors, all of the floors have high ceilings, all of those ceilings are the same height, and that height is exactly 13 feet from floor to ceiling. That would mean that the House of Wind is a little over 65 feet tall (the "little over" accounting for the depth of each floor/ceiling).

If all of that is assumed, that would make the mountain where the House of Wind sits around 10,065 feet above the city of Velaris. That is closest in height to Mount San Antonio (aka: Mount Baldy) in California.

[Pictured below: "South face of Mt. San Antonio, seen above Upland, California"]

[jb89149]

Mount Roraima is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. Looks like an old Yes album cover.

[manessha545]

Mount Roraima Mountain, South America: Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis or plateaux in South America. It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliffs 400–1,000 m high. Wikipedia

[terrasurtravels]

Mount Roraima: the most mysterious geological formation in history For more than 500 years, scientists from all over the world have tried to decipher the unique geological origin of Mount Roraima, in southern Venezuela. In addition to rising almost 3,000 meters above sea level, the mountain has an unnatural morphology, which seems to have been cut with knives for the precision of its angles of millions of years. The top of Mount Roraima is completely horizontal, and occupies an area of ​​more than 30 square kilometers, surrounded by waterfalls, cliffs, and other unusual geographical features in the world. Isn't it just impressive? 🤯 . . . . . #roraima #roraimatepuy #mountroraima #geology #tabletopmountain #uniqueplaces #canaima #venezuela (at Tepuy Roraima) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnZrHi4O5tE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kaijumaker]

English Cocker Spaniel kaiju. Spotted in Mount Roraima (Venezuela).

[murielcook]

100% what i picture the mountaintop where the gang met Kreedis looking like.

[grapehyasynth]

omg i just realized/discovered that mount roraima is (partially) in venezuela omg

i've been obsessed with it for ages and now i'm writing something set in venezuela......hhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[a-pixel-perfect-world]

Roraima Tepui or Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. It was first described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh...