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Uluru is often called the largest single rock

The sandstone monolith has a circumference of about 9.4 kilometres Uluru rises 348 metres above the central Australian plain and its base is a loop about 9.4 kilometres around. Most of the rock lies underground, where it connects to beds of arkose sandstone that tilt steeply beneath the desert. The claim of largest monolith is contested by Mount Augustus in Western Australia, which is a different kind of formation, so the title depends on definition. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The sandstone monolith has a circumference of about 9.4 kilometres. The figure is taken from Parks Australia, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.