Uluru - Ayers Rock: The Largest Rock In The World
8 March, 2005 | This item was filled under [ General ]
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In the heart of the Australian Outback, a massive block of red sandstone rises up out of the near-perfect flatness of the eroded landscape. Called Uluru, or Ayer’s Rock, this giant is a monolith 348 meters (1,142 feet) high, 3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles) long, and 9.4 kilometers (5.8 miles) around. It is the largest single rock known in the world.
See the big picture here…
Posted by Haitham Sabbah
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6 Comments on “Uluru - Ayers Rock: The Largest Rock In The World”
Hello Sabbah,
what is the definition of a ‘rock’ then, as opposed to say an outcrop or a particularly hard bit of bedrock, surrounded by softer bedrock etc
I am not convinced Uluru is the world’s largest rock I’m afraid Sabbah.
Actually, the world’s oldest contiunous human document is in and around that area. I haven’t got the reference of it to hand, but it is as old as c20-30,000 years! Aboriginal of course. It consists of rock art, rock painting etc
I am glad these colonial names are being replaced by the proper names used by the people who actually belong to these places.
I mean who was Everest, but some jumped up British pen pushing beaurocratic Victorian nobody. Let us call it by its proper name, or its proper two names, one Nepalese the other Tibetan - Sagarmatha and Chomolungma - both mean ‘Great Mother Goddess of the Earth’ . Quite an appropriate tribute to International Women’s Day I think.
Hye There…
i’m just ” balanda ” interested to !!! if it’s possible to have picture in a full screen ..i’ll appreciate !!
Long to say but nothing at the feet of what is the biggest rock and god .
Regards
Israel is awesome! How do Palestinians feel about Israelis? Do you like hate them? Tough break, guys.
Same as Israelis feel about Palestinians.
It’s actually a very interesting place to visit. You all should pay it a visit one day. Previously one could climb the rock no problem but now that it has reverted back to it’s original owners, climbing it requires more convincing of the locals with some cash of course.