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Lake Amadeus (together with Lake Neale, Pitjantjatjara: Pantu [2] [3] [4] ("salt lakes")) is a large salt lake in the southwest corner of Northern Territory of Australia, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Uluru. The smaller Lake Neale is adjacent to the northwest.
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia.The park is home to both Uluru and Kata Tjuta.It is located 1,943 kilometres (1,207 mi) south of Darwin by road and 440 kilometres (270 mi) south-west of Alice Springs along the Stuart and Lasseter Highways.
The sides of Mount Conner are blanketed by scree (talus) and its top is blanketed by colluvium.The base of Mount Conner is surrounded by alluvium. [7] [8] [9]The summit of Mount Conner, along with the summits of low domes in the Kata Tjuta complex and summit levels of Uluru, is an erosional remnant of a Cretaceous geomorphic surface.
Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 km (152 mi) highway in the Northern Territory of Australia. [1] It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway at Erldunda. [2]
By 1957, Len Tuit had begun operating return trips from Alice Springs to Uluru (then Ayers Rock), and was using Curtin Springs as a wayside to store fuel and water required for the return trip. This was the beginning of tourism in central Australia .
Articles relating to Uluru, its history, and its depictions. It is a large sandstone formation in the centre of Australia. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
Uluru (/ ˌ uː l ə ˈ r uː /; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊlʊɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ ˈ ɛər z / AIRS) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, [1] is a large sandstone monolith. It crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, 335 km (208 mi) south-west of Alice Springs.
Lake Tuz (Turkish: Tuz Gölü meaning 'Salt Lake) is the second largest lake in Turkey with its 1,665 km 2 (643 sq mi) surface area and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. It is located in the Central Anatolia Region , 105 km (65 mi) northeast of Konya , 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Ankara and 57 km (35 mi) northwest of ...