0
What red rock feature is in the outback in central Australia and is sacred to aborigines?
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 7y agoUluru, also called Ayers Rock, is a red sandstone dome about 3 kilometers in diameter, and rises as high as 348 meters (1142 feet) above the surrounding plain. It is located in the southern region of Australia's Northern Territory, about 160 km ENE of the triple boundary with Western Australia and South Australia.
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThe red rock feature in Central Australia, which is sacred to the indigenous people of Australia, is Uluru, formerly known by its European name of Ayers Rock.
Uluru is, more correctly, an inselberg, which means an isolated mountain remnant. Its circumference is just over 9km, and it rises 349 metres above the surrounding plain. Only one-seventh of the rock is visible above the ground. The rest lies beneath the ground. It is located in Kata Tjuta National Park 450 km southwest of Alice Springs.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the vast central region of Australia popularly known as?
The vast central region of Australia that is a desert is often known as the Outback.
What land feature dominates Australia?
Australia's landscape is dominated by the Outback, a region of deserts and semi-arid land.
Is sydney in the outback?
Sydney is not located in the outback of Australia. The central part of Sydney is the CBD, followed by surrounding suburbs. The majority of the outback is located in the Australian states: Western Australia and Northern Territory.
What foods in Australia are strange to visitors from other countries?
VegemiteLamingtonsChiko RollsPavlovaKangaroo steaksPumpkin sconesWitchetty grubs (eaten by the Aborigines, but being increasingly served in the outback to unwary visitors)
In Australia do they have outbacks?
Of course. The great Australian Outback used to be famous. The "outback" is still famous. It epitomises freedom for Australians, and much of Australia's livestock industry relies on the outback. Cattle and sheep stations stretch for thousands of square kilometres through the outback. The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame in central Queensland celebrates everything that the outback represents.
What are the desert areas of Australia called?
The Outback, or the Desert. The desert proper is rarely called the Outback; but certainly much of the territory bordering true desert and even the Nullabor Plain itself can be called the Outback
What is the name for the central part of Australia?
It is commonly known as the outback or the red centre (because of the predominantly-red dirt).
What is the main city of the outback?
There is no "main" city of the outback. Alice Springs in central Australia is probably regarded as the main city of the outback, though it is really a large town. Similarly, Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the heart of Western Australia's gold mining country is a significant city (with more of the feel of a large town) that is certainly located in the outback.
Where do aboriginal peopel live?
Australian Aborigines who lived a traditional nomadic life lived in simple bark lean-tos or makeshift huts known as humpies.Modern Aborigines live in houses, the same as everyone else.
What are some major settlements of the Australian outback?
There are very few major settlements in the Australian outback. Alice Springs, in Central Australia, is the most well known. Others are mining centres such as Mount Isa in western Queensland and Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia.
Which outback is Uluru?
The term 'Outback' is a general term used to refer to anywhere in Australia that is beyond the main settlements. Not to be confused with 'the Bush', it refers to the vast open plains from about the Flinders Ranges in South Australia north to the Northern Territory, west to much of Western Australia and east to the borders of the fertile agricultural country of the eastern states. Uluru is located in central mainland Australia, so it really is in the heart of the Outback.
Is the outback located in northern Australia?
The outback is actually located throughout Australia, anywhere west of the Great Dividing Range, or north of Victoria. The outback is the flat, wide plains of Australia's inland.
