What is Kata Tjuta?
[[File:Aerial Kata Tjuta olgas4799.jpg|thumb|Kata Tjuta (example)]] '''Kata Tjuta''', sometimes written '''Tjuṯa''' (Kata Joota), and also known as '''Mount Olga''' or '''The Olgas'''), is a group of large [[rock formation]]s in the [[Northern Territory]] of Australia. It is located about {{convert|365|km|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Alice Springs]]. Kata Tjuta and [[Uluru]], {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}} to the east, make up the two focus points of the [[Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park]]. The rock is [[Conglomerate (geology)|conglomerate]], a [[sedimentary rock]] made up of clusters of different types of rock (including [[granite]] and [[basalt]]), covered in [[sandstone]]. There are 36 domes covering an area of {{convert|21.68|km2|abbr=on}}. The highest point, Mount Olga, is {{convert|1066|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is about {{convert|546|m|abbr=on}} above the ground around it. It is about {{convert|198|m|abbr=on}} higher than Uluru.<ref>[http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/uluru-visitor-guide-10-05.pdf Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Visitors Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528212434/http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/publications/uluru/pubs/uluru-visitor-guide-10-05.pdf |date=2008-05-28 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2007</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Coord|25|18|S|130|44|E|region:AU_type:mountain |display=title}} {{WHSite}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Mountains of the Northern Territory]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Australia]] [[Category:Pitjantjatjara]] [[Category:Rock formations]]