Location: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, northwest face of Australia's major landmark. This inselberg consists of Mutitjulu arkose (a formation of fluvial sandstone). At a summit elevation of 863 m, Uluru rises approx. 350 m above the surrounding plains and has a high spiritual significance to the local Anangu people.

Keywords

hot deserts, mountainscape, sedimentary rocks, Zonobiome III

Created

Tuesday 21 August 2012 by Martin Mergili in Australia and Oceania / Australia | Northern Territory (1423 visits)