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Angel Falls

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Angel Falls, waterfall, Sp. Salto Ángel, 3,212 ft (979 m) high, SE Venezuela, in the Guiana Highlands. Springing from Auyán-Tepuí Mesa, it is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.

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Angel Falls (Salto Ángel), La Gran Sabana region of Bolívar state, Venezuela.
(credit: G. De Steinheil/Shostal Associates)
Waterfall, southeastern Venezuela. It lies on the Churún River, a tributary of the Caroní, southeast of Ciudad Bolívar. The highest waterfall in the world, the cataract drops 3,212 ft (979 m) and is 500 ft (150 m) wide at its base. It was named for James Angel, an American who crash-landed his plane nearby in 1937.
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The drama dates back to 1935, when Jimmy Angel and his co-pilot sought a mythical river of gold and spotted instead the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls.
Lots of gold, no rush: a multi-billion dollar gold mine in Venezuela ... by Ceaser, Mike / Latin Trade
A case of lobomycosis involving the chest was recently described in an Atlanta, Georgia, man who had previously traveled to Venezuela and was exposed to extremely high water pressure while walking under Angel Falls (7), although the first published description of a human case in the United States appears to be in an immigrant from Suriname (6).
Human case of lobomycosis by Kasper, Richard / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Plan time/budget for side trips in countries you visit, particularly: spectacular Mayan ruins of Central America; colonial Antigua, Guatemala; rain forests of Honduras and Panama; exciting Cartagena, Colombia; dramatic Angel Falls and Merida, Venezuela.
Ithaka cruising log: the radical sabbatical by Bernon, Bernadette / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
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