Angel Falls adalah sebuah nama air terjun tertinggi di Venezuela sekaligus air terjun tertinggi di dunia, dengan ketinggian 979 m (3.212 kaki). Air terjun ini tepat terletak di tepi gunung Auyantepui di Canaima National Park.
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Air terjun ini menurut catatan pertama kali terlihat pada tahun 1912 oleh penjelajah Ernesto Sanchez La Cruz, tetapi ia tidak mempublikasikan penemuannya ini. Otomatis hal itu menjadikannya tidak diketahui dunia luar sampai Amerika penerbang Jimmie Angel terbang melintas disekitar tempat air terjun tersebut pada 16 November 1933 di pesawat ketika tidak sengaja saat ia sedang mencari tempat penambangan bijih ore bed.
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4 years later the plane with Jimmie Angel and his three companions, including his wife, was damaged when the wheels sank into the marshy ground, while Angel tried to land his monoplane at the peak of the Auyantepui mountain. It took them 11 days to make their way back to civilization, but news of their adventure spread, and the waterfall was named Angel Falls in his honor.
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Angel's plane remained on top of the Auyantepui for 33 years before being lifted out by helicopter. It was restored at the Aviation Museum in Maracay and now sits outdoors on the front of the airport at Ciudad Bolívar.
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