Uluru

Also known as Ayers Rock, Uluru/Ayers Rock, Uluru / Ayers Rock

Uluru (; ), also known as Ayers Rock ( ) and officially gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, south-west of Alice Springs.

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Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a massive sandstone rock formation located in central Australia near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It is significant as a prominent natural landmark in the Australian landscape and holds cultural importance for Indigenous Australian peoples.

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Key facts

Mountain.name: Uluru
Mountain.other_name: Ayers Rock
Mountain.photo: File:ULURU.jpg
Mountain.photo_size: 275px
Mountain.elevation_m: 863
Mountain.prominence_m: 348
Mountain.location: Northern Territory, Australia
Mountain.map: Northern Territory#Australia
Mountain.type: Inselberg
Mountain.age: 550–530 Ma
Mountain.geology: Arkose
Mountain.mapframe: yes
Mountain.mapframe zoom: 13
Mountain.mapframe wikidata: yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Official_name: Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria: v, vi, vii, ix
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 447
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year: 1987

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Official website

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park | Parks Australia

Anangu welcome you to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a living cultural landscape where earth and memories exist as one.

environment.gov.au →

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 863
Mass: 1425000000
Official website: www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/index.html
Image: Sunset at Uluru on July 30, 2005.jpg

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topographic prominence: 67
Commons category: Uluru
Commons gallery: Uluru
name: Roca de Ayers
native label: Uluru
volume as quantity: 0.6

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26 sections

Contents

Name
Description
History
Early settlement
Arrival of Europeans (1870s)
Aboriginal reserve (1920)
Tourism (1936–1960s)
Aboriginal ownership since 1985
Tourism
Climbing
Photography
Waterfalls
Geology
Composition
Age and origin
Aboriginal myths, legends and traditions
Creation of the rock
Other stories
Mala story
Flora and fauna
Climate and five seasons
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
External links

Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Uluru and Kata Tjuta (also known as the Olgas) are the two major features of the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.