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Mysterious Roraima Mountain and Movable Hill Tales
Reports from the Anglo-Venezuelan dispute spotlight Roraima, a high inaccessible tableland in the border area, described as forested with rivers and a temperate climate. A Japanese Yomiuri note adds a hill near Noto Province that moves every four to five years, causing cracks and leaning houses in its hamlet.
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Roraima
Robert Schomburgk
British Guiana
Venezuela
Japan
Yomiuri
Noto
Etehiu
Awa Hara
Hisaye-Maru
Kajima
Nannao
Europe