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Category: Monoliths of Australia. 2 languages. Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Uluru (/ ˌ uː l ə ˈ r uː /; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊlʊɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ ˈ ɛər z / AIRS) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, [1] is a large sandstone monolith. It crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, 335 km (208 mi) south-west of Alice Springs.
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The gigantic red granite monolith was uplifted to its present height of 1062 m more than 2 million years ago. [4] Since then erosion has highlighted the steep eastern side, established several creeks, and in the upper area, created small rock pools which contain shrimp and tadpoles despite annual drying, and large granite marbles 2-3.5 m in ...
A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock. Some monoliths are volcanic plugs, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
This monolith is the latest to appear around the world since at least 2020 when a nearly 12-foot structure was found deep in Utah's desert and vanished days later, manifesting into a pandemic-era ...
Kokerbin Rock, also known as Kokerbin Hill, is a granite rock formation located within Kokerbin Nature Reserve in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. [1] [2] The area has special significance for the Nyoongar. [3]
As more of these monoliths appeared across the globe in England, Romania and the Netherlands, Vulović and Apollonov teamed up with Australian comedy group Aunty Donna to create their own metal monolith which they planted in Australia. [18] The monolith was planted outside Melbourne, Australia. [19] Aunty Donna jokingly said that their monolith ...