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Mount Augustus, known as Burringurrah to the local Wajarri people, is a prominent rock formation in Western Australia. Geologically it is a monocline composed largely of ancient sandstone rather than a single solid monolith, so descriptions of it as the world's largest monolith are misleading. It ri...
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Major Australian landmark, sacred status, world-largest-rock claim boosts reputation; less globally iconic than Uluru.
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Mount Augustus is a large geological formation in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. It is a sandstone and conglomerate anticline, or monocline, that rises about 715 metres above the surrounding plain and reaches an elevation of approximately 1,105 metres. Although often called the world's la...
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