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Mount Augustus

Mt Augustus

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The primary attraction in the park, and while the claim "world's largest monolith" is only used for tourism marketing, even if it weren't, the monocline is still a spectacular rock formation twice as large as Uluru. Mt Augustus also contains several pieces of Indigenous rock art, which can be seen along the base walk.

Mount Augustus is located roughly 1,000 km north of Perth, in the Mount Augustus National Park in Western Australia. The name is also given to the neighbouring pastoral lease, Mount Augustus Station. The local Wadjari people call it Burringurrah, after a Dreamtime figure, a young boy who was speared and turned into a rock. It has been a sacred site for thousands of years.
From Wikipedia · Mount Augustus (Western Australia)

Map of Mount Augustus

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