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Uluru May or May Not Be the Biggest Rock in the World - but It's Sure Jaw-Dropping
01.09.2023 - 14:46 / matadornetwork.com / Alice Springs
Whether Uluru is the largest monolith in the world really isn’t that important. What matters is that this immense, gorgeous rock in Australia’s Northern Territory, considered sacred by the local Aboriginal people, was formed hundreds of millions of years ago, and that today it stands isolated and beautiful in the desert. The best part is that you can see it with your own eyes, walk around its base, and learn more about what makes it special to the people who own the land on which it rests.
Uluru is a huge red-orange sandstone rock formation located in the flat landscape of central Australia. It is considered a sacred site to the Anangu Aboriginal people.
While Uluru is often referred to as a monolith, it is scientifically known as an inselberg or monadnock, i.e. an isolated rock formation in an otherwise flat landscape.
Uluru’s formation started about 550 million years ago, a time long before the dinosaurs roamed the planet. Much like how all hills and mountains were created, Uluru is the result of the earth’s tectonic plates colliding, crumpling and folding the rocks and forcing them up into mounts. The formations that resulted from the movements of tectonic plates slowly eroded over hundreds of millions of years, but Uluru resisted the elements and still stands tall.
Kata Tjuta (also known as the Olgas) is rock formation about 30 miles west of Uluru, but it is part of the same park: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Kata Tjuta consists of 36 red domes and is part of the Anangu Aboriginal people’s belief system. In the Pitjantjatjara language of the local Aboriginal people, Kata Tjuta means “many heads.”
Uluru is located within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The nearest large town is Alice Springs, 280 miles away.
Flying is by far the easiest way to get to Uluru. There is an airport in the small town of Yulara, 15 miles from the rock formation: Ayers Rock/Connellan Airport. Flights from and to Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns, and Brisbane with Quantas, Virgin Australia, and Jetstar are frequent.
Uluru is the name the local Aboriginal people have been calling the rock formation for thousands of years; however, Australian explorer William Gosse, the first non-Aboriginal person to see the rock (in 1873), called it “Ayers Rock” after the then Chief Secretary of South Australia Sir Henry Ayers.
There is no translation to “Uluru” which is a word in the Pitjantjatjara language of the local Aboriginal people. It is pronounced [oo-luh-roo].
The weather in this part of Australia can be extremely hot in late spring and during the summer months (October to March in the southern Hemisphere). Visit in late autumn or during the
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