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Uluru-Kata Tjuta
National Park Uluru, also known
as Ayers Rock, is 9.4km if you walk around it, and
about 345 metres high if you climb it (and is thought
to be the tip of a mountain which extends kilometres
below the surface). It's 3.6km long, 2km wide, and is roughly oval in shape.
It's made of arkosic sandstone, and is renowned for
the way it changes colour in the light and is particularlyspectacular at sunrise and sunset. Uluru is located
in the Uluru is the
homeland of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people (also known as Anangu)
and was returned to their care and ownership in 1985. The area contains
carvings and paintings by Aboriginal people and is also the location of a
number of sacred sites which are closed to the public. The monolith's sandstone has weathered in places to form
interesting shapes and caves. Uluru was named
"Ayers Rock" by European explorer William Gosse
who sighted it in July 1873. It was named by him for the South Australian
premier of the time, Sir Henry Ayers. In 1995 the name of the National Park was changed from Ayers Rock-Mount
Olga National Park to Uluru-Kata Tjuta
National Park to acknowledge Anangu ownership and
their relationship with the area. (citation:Australian Government cultual
and Recreation Potal.) *word* Oval Uluru-kata tjuta national
park Granite via General Travel
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