# Maverick Rock

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{{Short description|Natural rock formation in Venezuela}}
[[File:Roraima Maverick Stone3.jpg|thumb|Maverick Rock, the highest point of [Mount Roraima](/source/Mount_Roraima)]]
'''Maverick Rock''' or '''Maverick Stone''' ({{langx|es|Roca Maverick}} or simply ''El Maverick'') is a natural rock formation on top of [Mount Roraima](/source/Mount_Roraima). It is the highest point of that tabletop mountain (a [tepui](/source/tepui)), at {{convert|2810|m|ft}} [a.m.s.l.](/source/Metres_above_sea_level) The rock stands near the southwestern edge of the mountain plateau.<ref name="peakbagger">{{cite web |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=8684 |title=Monte Roraima, Venezuela |work=Peakbagger |accessdate=2016-04-18 }}</ref> Although Mount Roraima is shared with [Guyana](/source/Guyana) (in an [area claimed by Venezuela](/source/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute)) and [Brazil](/source/Brazil), Maverick Rock itself is entirely within [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), in the [state](/source/States_of_Venezuela) of [Bolívar](/source/Bol%C3%ADvar_(state)), of which it is the highest point.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The rock's name comes from the apparent similarity of its shape to a [Ford Maverick](/source/Ford_Maverick_(1970%E2%80%931977)) automobile.<ref name="wgi">{{cite web |url=http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/journal/2-1/fs/page1.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150710110342/http://www.watergardenersinternational.org/journal/2-1/fs/page1.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |title=My Journey to the Lost World, Venezuela's Roraima Tepui |last=Santos |first=Fernando |accessdate=2016-04-18 }}</ref>

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Category:Mountains of Venezuela
Category:Landforms of Venezuela
Category:Geography of Bolívar (state)
Category:Mountains of Bolívar (state)

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