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Uluru ( / ˌuːləˈruː /; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊlʊɻʊ] ), also known as Ayers Rock ( / ˈɛərz / AIRS) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, [1] is a large sandstone monolith. It outcrops near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, 335 km (208 mi) south-west of Alice Springs .
Made of arkose sandstone, Ulu r u rises 348 metres above the ground, reaches an incredible 6km below the ground, and has a circumference of 9.4 kilometres. At 348 meters tall, Ulu r u is higher than The Statue of Liberty (93m) and taller than Paris’ Eiffel Tower (324m) and only 33m lower than the Empire State Building (381m).
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May 13, 2024 · Uluru/Ayers Rock, giant monolith, one of the tors (isolated masses of weathered rock) in southwestern Northern Territory, central Australia. It has long been revered by a variety of Australian Aboriginal peoples of the region, who call it Uluru. It is oval in shape and rises 1,142 feet above the surrounding desert.
Contrary to popular opinion, it is Mount Augustus, and not Uluru, which is the largest rock in the world. Rising 717m above the flat plains which surround it, Mount Augustus covers an area of 4,795 hectares, making it one-and-a-half times larger than Uluru (3,330 hectares).
Dec 23, 2023 · Uluru is the largest single rock on earth and seeing it in person is a sight to behold. But there is more to this part of central Australia than just the monolith. Kata-Tjuta is another massive sandstone rock formation and lies barely 25 miles away from Uluru.
Aug 19, 2019 · by Gosford Quarries. Without a doubt the most iconic geological wonder in Australia is Uluru. The giant monolith, previously named Ayers Rock is located in the outback of central Australia and is the second largest in the world, only exceeded by Western Australia’s Burringurrah (Mount Augustus).
Geological description. Uluru (Pitjantjatjara: Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock (Sweet and Crick, 1994; Twidale and Bourne, 2012), is a large sandstone formation in the centre of Australia. It is in the southern part of the arid Northern Territory.
