Mount Ayanganna

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Mount Ayanganna
Elevation	2,041 metres (6,696 feet)
Location	Guyana
Range	Pakaraima Mountains
Coordinates	5°23′N 59°59′W

Mount Ayanganna is a sandstone tepui in the Pakaraima Mountains of western Guyana, 85 kilometres east of Mount Roraima at 5°23′N 59°59′W. With a height of 2,041 metres (6,696 feet) it is the easternmost tepui taller than 2,000 metres. It is part of the Guiana Shield.

Mount Ayanganna is fully within Guyanese territory and is surrounded by rainforest.

Retired Brigadier General Michael Atherly has the distinction of being the first Guyanese soldier to raise the national flag, the Golden Arrowhead, on Mount Ayanganna on 26 May 1966, as a celebration of Guyana's independence from Great Britain.

Ever since Guyana became a Republic on 23 February 1970, the national flag is hoisted ceremoniously each year on Mount Ayanganna on the eve of the country's Republic Anniversary by members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). The GDF named their Georgetown base after Mount Ayanganna.

On 1 November 2005 28 female soldiers hoisted the national flag on the summit after a two day climb.