Guide Note:Uluru is a huge sandstone formation in the Austrialian Northern Territory. There is a local legend or superstition about taking a piece of the rock away from the immediate area. It is said that the person will be cursed and very unlucky. There are reports of people that have taken part of the rock and attempted to mail it back to the area, afraid they have been cursed.
Fast Facts:
- Sandstone formation, a monolith
- 335m (1,100ft) High, or 348 metres (1141 feet) High
- 2km (1.5miles) Wide, or 1.9 km (1.2 miles) Wide
- 3.6km (2.2miles) Long #863m (2,832ft) above Sea Level
- 1872 Discovered by Ernest Giles
- 1873 Named Ayers Rock by William Gosse
- 1903 Named Uluru, Aboriginal Name
- 1993 Renamed Ayers Rock/Uluru
- 2002 Officially reversed to Uluru/Ayers Rock