The famous sandstone monolith stands 348 metres high and, like an iceberg, has most of its bulk below the surface.
It is located 440 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. 40 kilometres to the west of Uluru/Ayers Rock is Kata Tjuta, also known as The Olgas. This massive pile of rock domes dates back 500 million years.
Both Uluru and Kata Tjuta have great aborioginal cultural significance for the Anangu traditional landowners, who lead walking tours that inform about the local flora and fauna, bush foods and the Aboriginal Dreamtime stories of the area.
Watarrka National Park, encompassing Kings Canyon, lies 300 kilometres to the north-east of Uluru and 310 kilometres west of Alice Springs. Kings Canyon has 300-metre-high sandstone walls, walking trails, palm-filled crevices and views across the desert.
shutterstock
Labels
- Argentina (2)
- Australia (2)
- Ayers Rock (1)
- Barcelona (5)
- Chile (8)
- Cuitat Vella (1)
- Easter Island - Chile (8)
- ESPANA (1)
- Iguazu Falls - Argentina (2)
- L'Eixample (1)
- Spain (8)
- Tourism (1)
- Uluru (1)
- Waterfront (1)
Advetlets #3
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
The Most Beautiful Places In Our Lovely World
The Inca City of Machu Picchucountry, Sigiriya, The Mosque of Djenné, El Tajin, Baalbek, Nightlife on The Djemaa Elfna Square, The Pagoda of Shwedagon, The Tasmania Island, Giant Sequoias, The Sagrada Familia, The Karnak Temple, The Wulingyuan Rocky Peaks, The Baikal Lake, The Uluru Giant Monolith at Ayers Rock, The Reims Cathedral, The Neuschwanstein Castle, The Plitvice Park and Its Waterfalls, The Aeolian Islands and The Stromboli, The Canaima Park and The Salto Angel Waterfalls, The Alhambra, The Louvre Museum, The Komodo Island, The Kremlin and The Saint Basil the Blest Cathedral, The Colorful Waters of The Jiuzhaigou River, A Nil Cruise between Luxor and Assuan, Hindu fervour at The Banks of the Ganges at Varanasi, The Mont Saint-Michel, The Meteors: Monasteries Built on Rocky Peaks, The Acropolis and The Parthenon, The Hassan II Mosque, The Kilauea and the Hawaii Volcanoes, The Buddhistic Temple of Borobudur, Milford Sound and The Mitre Peak, The Giants' Causeway, The Limestone Basins at Huanglong, The Piana Rocky Inlet and the Girolata Gulf, The Yellowstone National Park, The Maya City of Chichen Itza, The Vatican and The Saint Peter's Basilica, Moai Statues of The Easter Island, The Cappadocia and the Goreme Valley, The Rice Terrace Fields of Banaue, The Caves of Carlsbad, The Perito Moreno Glacier, The Galapagos Archipelago, The Galapagos Archipelago, Lunar Scenery at the South of Altiplanoand the Colourful Lagoons, White Immensity of Antarctica, The Ngorongoro Crater, Fjords and the Preikestolen Cliff, Pagan, the Thousand Pagodas Plain, The Bora-Bora Island, The Halong Bay, The Abu Simbel Temple, The Salar of Uyuni, The Niagara Waterfalls, The amazonian Virgin Forest, The Great Coral Reef, The Victoria Waterfalls, The Big Wall of China, The Great Canyon of Colorado, The Pyramids and the Sphinx, The Iguazu Waterfalls, The Inca City of Machu Picchu ... ...