ULURU

 

Bird's-Eye View of Uluru

How big is Uluru?

Uluru…

• is 348 metres (1141 feet) high
• rises 863 metres (2,831 ft) above sea level
• is 3.6 km long (2.2 miles)
• is 1.9 km wide (1.2 miles)
• is 9.4 km or 5.8 miles around the base
• covers 3.33 km2 (1.29 miles2)
• extends about several km/miles into the ground (no-one knows exactly how far)

Uluru Facts

Uluru is probably Australia’s best-known natural landmark. The ancient monolith is pretty impressive close up and boasts intriguing statistics.

• Fact: Uluru is better known as Ayers Rock; it named by William Gosse in 1873 after Sir Henry Ayers. Uluru is the Aboriginal and official name.
• Fact: The rock was created over some 600 million years, and the Aborigines have been in the area for the last 10,000 years. It originally sat at the bottom of a sea, but today stands 348m above ground. One of the most startling Uluru facts however, is that some 2.5kms of its bulk is underground.
• Fact: Uluru lies west of the Simpson Desert, not far from the ‘Red Centre’ of Australia, about 335kms southwest of Alice Springs (as the crow flies) and 463kms by road.