What is Chambers Pillar?
[[Image:Chambers pillar east.jpg|thumb|right|Chambers Pillar]] [[Image:Chambers pillar graffiti email.jpg|thumb|right|Graffiti on Chambers Pillar]] '''Chambers Pillar''' ([[Aboriginal]] name 'Idracowra' or 'Etikaura') is a [[sandstone]] formation about 160&nbsp;km south of [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/parks/find/chamberspillar.html |title=Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve |work=Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts |year=2011|access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-date=21 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621014540/http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/parks/find/chamberspillar.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Erosion]] by wind and rain has left an isolated pillar of 350 million year old sandstone. It stands 50 metres above the surrounding plain. [[John McDouall Stuart]] was the first [[Europe]]n to see Chambers Pillar, reaching the site in April 1860. He named it after [[James Chambers (pastoralist)|James Chambers]], who had paid for the exploring trip. Over the years numerous visitors have added [[graffiti]] by carving names in the soft sandstone at the base of the pillar. Chambers Pillar can only be reached by [[4WD]] track. Day tours from Alice Springs are often combined with a trip to Rainbow Valley. ==References== {{reflist}} * Béchervaise, John. (1967). ''Australia: world of difference''. Rigby: Adelaide. {{Coord|24|52|S|133|49|E|type:landmark_region:AU-NT|display=title}} [[Category:Geography of the Northern Territory|Chambers Pillar]] {{geo-stub}}