SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Uluru or Ayers Rock is one of Australia’s most recognizable natural icons, located 335 km (208 miles) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs. It is the largest monolith in the world. The world-renowned sandstone formation stands 348 meter (1, 142 foot) high and measures 9.4 km (5.8 miles) in circumference.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contrary to popular opinion, it is Mount Augustus, and not Uluru, which is the largest rock in the world. Rising 717m above the flat plains which surround it, Mount Augustus covers an area of 4, 795 hectares, making it one-and-a-half times larger than Uluru (3, 330 hectares).

Detailed explanation-3: -He named it Ayers Rock after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time. Ayers Rock was the most widely used name until 1993, when the rock was officially renamed Ayers Rock / Uluru – the first feature in the Northern Territory to be given dual names.