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Guiana Shield
(English) It is one of 3 cratons of the South American Plate and is 1.7 billion-year-old. It underlies Guyana (previously British Guiana), Suriname (previously Dutch Guiana) and French Guiana (or Guyane), much of southern Venezuela, as well as parts of Colombia, and Brazil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Shield; Accessed date 12/09/19).

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