National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Largest Monolith: Uluru (original) (raw)

Updated: 17 March 2005

Monolithic Icon: Uluru

Uluru

Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia's outback Northern Territory. Click to see a larger image (160K JPEG).

Formerly named Ayers Rock, this massive monolithic sandstone rock covers an area of 3.3 square kilometres, and is 9.4 kilometres around its base. It rises 345 metres above the plains, and is believed to extend several kilometres below the surface.

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