Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - Yulara, NT, Australia
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S 25° 16.532 E 130° 58.584
52J E 699016 N 7203076
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is located 1431 kilometres south of Darwin by road and 440 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs along the Stuart and Lasseter Highways. The park covers 1,326 square kilometres.
Waymark Code: WMVCAQ
Location: Northern Territory, Australia
Date Posted: 03/31/2017
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In 1950 Ayers Rock, today known as Uluru, was declared a national park. In 1958 both Ayers Rock and Mt Olga (Kata Tjuta) were excised from an Aboriginal reserve to form the Ayers Rock Mt Olga National Park. It took more than 35 years campaigning for Anangu to be recognised as the park's traditional owners and given the deeds back to their land.
Uluru is Australia’s most recognizable natural icon and has become a focal point for Australia and the world's acknowledgement of Australian Indigenous culture.
Kata Tjuta, meaning ‘many heads’, is a sacred place relating to knowledge that is considered very powerful and dangerous, only suitable for initiated men. It is made up of a group of 36 conglomerate rock domes that date back 500 million years.
Kata Tjuta is a group of large ancient rock formations approximately 30 kilometres away from Uluru in Australia’s Red Centre. Together these giant stone formations form the two major landmarks within the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Anangu are the traditional Aboriginal owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. They believe that their culture was created at the beginning of time by ancestral beings. Uluru and Kata Tjuta provide physical evidence of feats performed during the creation period. They often lead walking tours to inform visitors about the local flora and fauna, bush foods and the Aboriginal Dreamtime stories of the area.
The park has a warm desert climate and receives an average precipitation of 284.6 mm (11.2 in) per year. There was a slight rain when we visited Uluru but it was nice the next day when we visited Kata Tjuta.
The coordinates were taken at the entrance station to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
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