Uluru Rock or Ayers Rock is a single giant sandstone monolith rock, located
in the Kata Tjuta National Park, south-western Northern Territory of Central
Australia. Formed 550 million years ago made by the consistent process of
erosion and depletion of the earth. Uluru Rock is the most sacred and holy site
to indigenous peoples of Anangu tribes in Australia.
It has many interesting things and facts, like once it was a shallow sea. After consistent filling of mud and sediments and sand that converted into a massive Redstone. The pressure of Sediments is the core reason for a change in its physical appearance.
Its cultural and spiritual importance’s, massive rock formations, colour, historical importance’s and other too many interesting facts make it one of the ideal destinations in Australia. If you are an adventurous backpacker looking to dwell in the most historical and natural oriented landmarks, probably Uluru is on your bucket list.
It includes many interesting facts from its ancient periods to today's world heritage recognition. Let’s dig more about that one by one;
Uluru Facts
1. One of the Sacred Site for Indigenous Peoples of Australia
Uluru Rock or Ayers Rock, is considered as the most holy and sacred site for the Anangu peoples. They are the real traditional custodian of the land. Even today they believe that Uluru was inhabited by them for over 30,000 years and also we can see paintings that date back 5,000 years. Since it has a strong spiritual and cultural connection to this massive rock, they found deep belief in this rock.
2. Uluru Rock has two UNESCO World Heritage Listings
In 1987, Uluru was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site for its unique geology formations. Despite that, Uluru also got another UNESCO recognition in 1994 for its rock cultural significance to the indigenous peoples. So, due to its cultural and natural significance making it one of the rare World heritage sites.
3. It has a Unique Geological Formation
Uluru is a massive sandstone red colour monolith rock. It was raised 348 above the surrounding areas. Million years ago, Sedimentation in this sea basin saw the deposited sand and mud compacted and hardened to form rock. Later Reddish orange colour stone was found here due to the oxidation process. Later its iron content was converted to rust or hematite. Such an interesting sandstone formed over 550 million years ago, and later it was shaped by continuous weathering and erosion over a period of time.
4. One of the Massive Monolith Rock in the World
Yes, witnessing its size by its 9.4 kilometres (5.8 miles) in circumference and it covers an area of around 1,142 soiree kilometres (440 square miles) considered as massive rock in the world. Uluru is 3.6 km long and 1.9 km wide, it takes 3.5 hours to walk around the base of Uluru. However this walk also opens up a surprising variety of landscapes and also offers the best hiking options.
5. Taller than the Paris’s Eiffel Tower
Another interesting fact about it is its height. Towering 348 meters above the surrounding plane, which is taller than the world famous Eiffel Tower and other famous buildings like the Chrysler Building in New York and The GreatPyramid of Giza.
6. You can See Different Colour in Different Time
Yes, Rock witnessing changing colours throughout the day time. Ranging from bright orange and red at sunrise and sunset to deeper shades of brown during midday. One of the famous and interesting facts is its colour.
7. Climbing Uluru is Prohibited
Climbing to Uluru is strictly prohibited in order to give respect to the The Anangu people's beliefs and faiths. They always try to request visitors not to climb rocks out of respect for their ancient cultures. From 2019, climbing was stopped and the chain guide was removed.
8. Home of Surprising Amount of Flora and Faunas and Variety of Plants
Historically significant site was surrounded by the massive amount of plants and diverse range of flora and faunas like Kangaroos, Lizards, Snakes and bird species. Around 400 unique sorts of plant species and 21 sorts of mammals like dingos’, red kangaroos and spinifex hopping mice are available to explore.
9. Place Witnessing to Receive 300 mm of Rainfall Every Year
Despite being desert land, Uluru receives an average of 300 mm of rainfall every year. Due to moderate amounts of rainfall, waterfalls are created and bring new life to nearby rock and desert areas. Normally rain occurs from November to March, but you can also expect rain at any point here.
10. You can also pronounce Uluru rock as an Ayers rock
During 1873, a British explorer saw Uluru as a part of Aboriginal community. Then he gave Ayers a rock title (Ayers means Sir Henry Ayers- Ex Chief Secretary of South America).
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