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Piedra del Cocuy (from Spanish: Cocuy Rock; Portuguese: Pedra do Cucuí) is a natural monument in Venezuela, located near the triple border of the country with Brazil and Colombia in the limits of the Amazon and the Orinoco Basins.[1] Piedra del Cocuy is an inselberg made of granitic rock, its peak stands at c. 450 m a.s.l.[2]

Piedra del Cocuy
Piedra del Cocuy Location in Venezuela
Highest point
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Coordinates	1°14′8″N 66°49′10″W
Geography
Location	Amazonas State, Venezuela

Triple border

Administratively Piedra del Cocuy is located in the municipality of Río Negro in the Amazonas State in Venezuela. The triple border is situated 2 km to the west on the island of San José in the Rio Negro (Amazon). The adjacent municipalities from the Colombian and the Brazilian side are Inírida, Guainía and São Gabriel da Cachoeira in the Amazonas State respectively.

Border Towns

La Guadalupe, on the Colombian side and the western banks of the Rio Negro with a population of around 300 people, mostly Amerindians.

San Simón del Cocuy, on the Venezuelan side and Eastern banks of the Rio Negro.

Cucuí, in Brazil. It is actually a military post connected by road to the city of São Gabriel da Cachoeira.

Transport

The Rio Negro is the most important waterway.

There is a road (BR-307) that connects the border post of Cucuí in the Brazilian side with the city of São Gabriel da Cachoeira.

Economy

The region has been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous groups including Baniwa, Karupaka (Kurrin), Karry (Karutama) who belong to the language family Arawak. The main economic activity has been the traditional exploitation of gold which has generated conflicts between the indigenous and miners (known as garimpeiros).

References

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La Piedra del Cocuy (en portugués: Pedra do Cucuí) es una formación de roca ígnea intrusiva con características geológicas propias de un domo de exfoliación, cuya edad geológica tiene orígenes que se remontan al Precámbrico. Se encuentra dentro del área protegida por el Monumento natural Piedra del Cocuy y se eleva unos 400 metros sobre el área circundante, confiriéndole las características de un cerro testigo. Dicha singularidad, que la hace destacar sobre la penillanura, es más notoria debido a que su cima está constituida por tres picachos casi verticales. Sobre esta roca se ha desarrollado una leyenda mitológica entre los habitantes de la etnia Baré.[1] La primera ascensión a este cerro de la Piedra del Cocuy corresponde a Bassett Maguire en 1953 ().

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