Cerro de la Neblina
(lit. "Mountain of the Mist"
[2]
), also known as
Serra da Neblina
in
Brazil
[3]
and
Sierra de la Neblina
in
Venezuela
,
[4]
is a
sandstone
massif
located in the northern
Amazon Basin
. It is a tilted, heavily
eroded plateau
, with a deep canyon in its central portion (
Canon Grande
), drained by the
Baria River
.
Most of the massif is in Venezuelan territory, but its southeastern ridge forms part of the Brazil?Venezuela border, and this ridge is where the highest point in the massif,
Pico da Neblina
, is located. At 2,995 metres (9,826 ft)
above sea level
,
[1]
[5]
Pico da Neblina is also the highest point in the entire country of Brazil, the highest point in the
Guiana Shield
, and the highest
South American
mountain east of the Andes.
[4]
Pico da Neblina is inside Brazilian territory, but only a few hundred metres from the Venezuelan border.
The slightly lower
Pico 31 de Marco or Pico Phelps
, 2,974 metres (9,757 ft) a.s.l.,
[5]
lies next to Pico da Neblina, on the precise international border. Pico 31 de Marco/Phelps is Brazil's second-highest mountain and the highest in Venezuela outside of the
Andes
. The massif's other named peaks include
Pico Cardona
,
Pico Maguire
, and
Pico Zuloaga
.
[6]
[7]
To the north of Cerro de la Neblina lie the smaller outcrops of
Cerro Aracamuni
and
Cerro Avispa
, both reaching approximately 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) in elevation.
[4]
The massif was first explored in 1954 by an American expedition led by
Bassett Maguire
of the
New York Botanical Garden
that performed an aerial inspection and then climbed the massif's northwestern slopes.
[6]
[8]
[9]
In January 1999, a group of
carnivorous plant
enthusiasts climbed Pico da Neblina following a 30 km hike up the previously unexplored northeastern ridge.
[10]
In 1972,
Maguireocharis neblinae
Steyerm.
in the family
Rubiaceae
, was published and named after the massif and the explorer, Bassett Maguire.
[11]
Cerro de la Neblina is sometimes referred to as the
Neblina Massif
,
[12]
[13]
though this term may also encompass
Cerro Aracamuni
and
Cerro Avispa
(a grouping of mountains more precisely known as the
Neblina?Aracamuni Massif
).
[4]
The Neblina?Aracamuni Massif has a total summit area of roughly 473 km
2
(183 sq mi) and an estimated slope area of 1,515 km
2
(585 sq mi), of which Cerro de la Neblina accounts for 235 km
2
(91 sq mi) and 857 km
2
(331 sq mi), respectively.
[4]
Maguire's passage to Venezuela was provided by
Gulf Oil
executive
Willard F. Jones
.
[14]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
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]
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a
b
[Anonymous] (13 September 2004).
Four Brazilian peaks have their altitude changed
. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica.
- ^
Myers, C.W., E.E. Williams & R.W. McDiarmid (9 September 1993).
A new anoline lizard (
Phenacosaurus
) from the highland of Cerro de la Neblina, southern Venezuela
.
American Museum Novitates
, no. 3070: 1?15.
- ^
(in Portuguese)
Cronemberger, F.M., P. Wallace, E. Bertold, R.R. de Oliveira & J. Bastos (2007).
"Distribuicao espacial da familia Arecaceae na Serra da Neblina, Amazonia, Brasil"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2016-03-03.
In:
Anais do VIII Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil, 23 a 28 de Setembro de 2007, Caxambu - MG
. Sociedade de Ecologia do Brasil.
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a
b
c
d
e
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.
- ^
a
b
"Geociencias: IBGE reve as altitudes de sete pontos culminantes"
[Geosciences: IBGE revises the altitude of seven high points] (Press release) (in Portuguese). Brasilia: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2016-02-29
. Retrieved
2016-03-02
.
- ^
a
b
(in Spanish)
Brewer-Carias, C. (2011?2012).
La Neblina: el tepuy mas alto y remoto
Archived
2014-10-31 at the
Wayback Machine
.
Rio Verde
6
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- ^
(in Spanish)
Brewer-Carias, C. (2012?2013).
"Las plantas carnivoras de los tepuyes"
(PDF)
.
Rio Verde
9
: 73?88.
- ^
Maguire, B. (January 1955). Cerro de la Neblina, Amazonas, Venezuela: a newly discovered sandstone mountain.
Geographical Review
45
(1): 27?51.
JSTOR
211728
- ^
Maguire, B. & J.J. Wurdack (October 1959). The position of Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela. [pp. 566?569] In: Geographical record.
Geographical Review
49
(4): 563?588.
JSTOR
212215
- ^
Rivadavia, F. (December 1999).
Neblina expedition.
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
28
(4): 122?124.
- ^
"
Maguireocharis neblinae
Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"
.
Plants of the World Online
. Retrieved
21 October
2021
.
- ^
McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz (2011).
Sarraceniaceae of South America
. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- ^
Carvalho, F.A., A. Salino & C.E. Zartman (July 2012). New country and regional records from the Brazilian side of Neblina Massif.
American Fern Journal
102
(3): 228?232.
doi
:
10.1640/0002-8444-102.3.228
- ^
Maguire, Bassett; Reynolds, Charles (January 1955). "Cerro de la Neblina, Amazonas, Venezuela".
Geographical Review
.
45
(1): 27?51.
doi
:
10.2307/211728
.
JSTOR
211728
.
Further reading
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]
- Aymard Corredor, G.A. & J.R. Grande Allende (September 2012).
Duranta neblinensis
(Verbenaceae, Duranteae): a new species from Sierra de la Neblina, Amazonas state, Venezuela.
Brittonia
64
(3): 246?251.
doi
:
10.1007/s12228-011-9227-8
- Beau-Douezy, J.-P., M. Cambornac & E. Sampers (1999).
Neblina: Of Mists and Scents
. Editions de la Martiniere, Paris.
OCLC
477238012
review
- Berry, P.E. & M. Olson (October/December 1998). A new rheophytic species of
Euceraea
(Flacourtiaceae) from Sierra de la Neblina, Venezuela.
Brittonia
50
(4): 493?496.
doi
:
10.2307/2807759
- (in Spanish)
Brewer-Carias, C. (September 1972).
"Observaciones sobre el nicho ecologico de
Heliamphora
planta carnivora del Cerro de La Neblina"
(PDF)
.
Natura
48
/
49
: 4?7.
- (in Spanish)
Brewer-Carias, C. (May 1973).
"Plantas carnivoras del Cerro de La Neblina. Estudio y fotografia sobre tres mecanismos de trampas"
(PDF)
.
Defensa de la Naturaleza
2
(6): 17?26.
- (in Spanish)
Brewer-Carias, C. (ed.) (1988).
Cerro de la Neblina: Resultados de la Expedicion 1983?1987
. Fundacion para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas.
ISBN
980-300-437-9
- De Marmels, J. (1989). Odonata or dragonflies from Cerro de la Neblina and the adjacent lowland between the Rio Baria, the Casiquiare and the Rio Negro (Venezuela). I. Adults.
Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales
25
: 11?78.
- De Marmels, J. (1989). Odonata or dragonflies from Cerro de la Neblina and the adjacent lowland between the Rio Baria, the Casiquiare and the Rio Negro (Venezuela). II. Additions to the adults.
Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales
25
: 81?91.
- (in Spanish)
de Phelps, K.D. (1986).
Memorias de Misia Kathy: primera Expedicion Phelps al "Cerro Jime," actual Cerro de la Neblina, enero-febrero, 1954
. Tecniproven, Caracas.
ISBN
980-265-446-9
- (in Spanish)
Dickerman, R.W. & W.H. Phelps Jr. (1987). Tres nuevos atrapamoscas (Tyrannidae) del Cerro de la Neblina Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela.
Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales
41
(144): 27?32.
- (in Portuguese)
Frois, R.D.L. (October?December 1956). O "Cerro de la Neblina" seria um pico da serra do Caburi.
Revista Brasileira de Geografia
18
(4): 535?538.
- Gardner, A.L. (1989). Two new mammals from southern Venezuela and comments on the affinities of the highland fauna of Cerro de la Neblina. In: K.H. Redford & J.F. Eisenberg (eds.)
Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy
. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville. pp. 411?424.
ISBN
187-774-302-X
- Givnish, T.J., R.W. McDiarmid & W.R. Buck (1 November 1986). Fire adaptation in
Neblinaria celiae
(Theaceae), a high-elevation rosette shrub endemic to a wet equatorial tepui.
Oecologia
70
(4): 481?485.
doi
:
10.1007/BF00379892
- (in Spanish)
Joly, L.J. (1990). Los Ibidionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) de la expedicion al Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela.
Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia
16
: 207?218.
- Lourenco, W.R. & J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson (2010).
"The life cycle of
Tityus
(
Atreus
)
neblina
Lourenco, 2008 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in 'Cerro de la Neblina', Brazil/Venezuela"
(PDF)
.
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47
: 293?298.
- Maier, C.A. & P.J. Spangler (7 July 2011).
Hypsilara royi
gen. n. and sp. n. (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Larainae) from southern Venezuela, with a revised key to Larainae of the Western Hemisphere.
Zookeys
116
: 25?36.
doi
:
10.3897/zookeys.116.1347
- Myers, C.W., E.E. Williams & R.W. McDiarmid (9 September 1993).
A new anoline lizard (
Phenacosaurus
) from the highland of Cerro de la Neblina, southern Venezuela
.
American Museum Novitates
, no. 3070: 1?15.
- (in Spanish)
Osuna, E. (1984). Notas sobre Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) del Parque Nacional "Cerro de la Neblina" Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela.
Boletin de la Direccion de Malariologia y Saneamiento Ambiental
24
: 45?46.
- Phelps, W.H. & W.H. Phelps Jr. (31 October 1955).
Seven new birds from Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela
.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
68
: 113?123.
- Phelps, W.H. & W.H. Phelps Jr. (8 December 1961).
A new subspecies of warbler from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, and notes
.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
74
: 245?247.
- (in Spanish)
Phelps, W.H. & W.H. Phelps Jr. (1965). Lista de las aves del Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, y notas sobre su descubrimiento y ascenso.
Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales
26
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- Redhead, S. & R.E. Halling (May?June 1987).
Xeromphalina nubium
sp. nov. (Basidiomycetes) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela.
Mycologia
79
(3): 383?386.
- Renner, S.S. (1989). Floral biological observations on
Heliamphora tatei
Sarraceniaceae and other plants from Cerro de la Neblina in Venezuela.
Plant Systematics and Evolution
163
(1?2): 21?30.
doi
:
10.1007/BF00936149
- Rivadavia, F., V.F.O. de Miranda, G. Hoogenstrijd, F. Pinheiro, G. Heubl & A. Fleischmann (July 2012). Is
Drosera meristocaulis
a pygmy sundew? Evidence of a long-distance dispersal between Western Australia and northern South America.
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doi
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- Rogers, J.D., B.E. Callan, A.Y. Rossman & G.J. Samuels (January?March 1988).
Xylaria
(Sphaeriales, Xylariaceae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela.
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- Roze, J. A. (September 1987). Summary of coral snakes (Elapidae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, with description of a new subspecies.
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- Savage, H.M. (1987). Two new species of
Miroculis
from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela with new distribution records for
Miroculis fittkaui
and
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A new genus and species of riffle beetle,
Neblinagena prima
, from the Venezuelan tepui, Cerro de la Neblina (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Larinae)
.
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87
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Two new species of water-striders of the genus
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.
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- Spangler, P.J. (April 1987).
A new species of water penny beetle,
Pheneps cursitatus
, from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea: Psephenidae)
.
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- Struwe, L., M. Thiv, J.W. Kadereit, A.S.R. Pepper, T.J. Motley, P.J. White, J.H.E. Rova, K. Potgieter & V.A. Albert (December 1998).
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A new genus and species of microhylid frog from the Cerro de la Neblina region of Venezuela and a discussion of relationships among New World microhylid genera
.
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