2006-12-29 03:57:01 · 21 answers · asked by bernard.tomkins@btinternet.com 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
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2006-12-29 03:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mt Augustus, the world's largest rock, sits in the Golden Outback of Western Australia east of Carnarvon as much as 490 kilometres by road.
It is two and a half times the size of the more popular Uluru, sometimes mistakenly described as the world's largest rock, in the Red Centre of Australia.
Mt Augustus covers an area of some 4800 hectares.
2006-12-29 04:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
World's Biggest Rock
Mt Augustus, the world's largest rock, sits in the Golden Outback of Western Australia east of Carnarvon as much as 490 kilometres by road.
Mt Augustus is a Western Australia national park. It is a place of discovery and adventure.
How big is Mt Augustus?
It is two and a half times the size of the more popular Uluru, sometimes mistakenly described as the world's largest rock, in the Red Centre of Australia.
Mt Augustus covers an area of some 4800 hectares.
How high is Mt Augustus?
According to Western Australia's Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM), Mt Augustus rises to a height of 717 metres above a stony, red sandplain. In a Sydney Morning Herald article in 2004 the height of Mt Augustus was said to be 858 metres above the surrounding plain and 1105 metres above sea level.
2006-12-29 04:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by Starbucks27 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The largest exposed rock is Mt.Augustus ( 3,627 feet above sea level), about 200 miles east of Carnarvon, Western Australia. It is an up- faulted menoclinal gritty conglomerate, 5 miles long and 2 miles acros, and thus twice the size of the celebrated Ayer's Rock ( 1,100 feet), 250 miles southwest of Alice Springs, in Northern Territory, Australia.
2006-12-29 06:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, in the Northern Territory. It is located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, 440 km southwest of Alice Springs (coordinates 25.345° S 131.036° ECoordinates: 25.345° S 131.036° E). Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World Heritage Site for its natural and man-made attributes. It is one of the most well known tourist sites in Australia.
2006-12-29 03:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by Monkeyman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
numerous vacationers are instructed that the only in Australia, Uluru or Ayers' Rock, is a monolith. "Uluru is likewise usually observed as a monolith, even yet it is a particularly ambiguous term that's generally prevented by potential of geologists. The astounding characteristic of Uluru is its homogeneity and shortage of jointing and parting at bedding surfaces, ultimate to the lack of progression of scree slopes and soil." it is 1100 ft tall, and over a mile long
2016-12-31 03:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The World's biggest rock is Mount Augustus in the Golden Outback of Austrailia.
2006-12-29 04:01:49 · answer #7 · answered by K. C. 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its Ayers rock in Australia. On land anyway
2006-12-29 05:31:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ayre's Rock in Australia
2006-12-29 04:00:39 · answer #9 · answered by RM 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thats actually unknown, we haven't seen all the rocks in the world
so there is no way of knowing the answer.
The core of the earth is pretty large and is one big rock....
2006-12-29 04:19:17 · answer #10 · answered by deltaxray7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend what you define as a rock of course. Could it be Ayers Rock in Australia possibly.
2006-12-29 03:59:25 · answer #11 · answered by smoothie 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋