Mount Augustus National Park

Mount Augustus is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 852 km north of Perth.

Fact sheet

Area: 92 km²
Latitude: 24° 18' 37" S
Longitude: 116° 50' 05" E
Date of establishment: 1989
Managing authorities: Department of Conservation and Land Management
IUCN category: III

Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people, is the largest monolith in the world. It is more than twice the size of Uluru standing 717 m above the surrounding plain and covering 4,795 hectares over 8 km.

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