Mt. U-Augustus, idwala elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, uhlala e-Golden Outback yaseWestern Australia empumalanga yeKarnarvon. Ukuma njengesivumelwane nobuhle obuhle bemvelo, u-Mt. U-Augustus uyimvelo engokwemvelo efanelwe wonke ama-accolades anikezwe kule nxenye enkulu yemvelo.
Ngepaki kazwelonke ezinikezelwe isikhala esikhulu lapho uMt. U-Augustus uhlala, kungenye yezindawo ezinkulu kunazo zonke eNtshonalanga Australia.
Ecebile ngefa kanye nobuhle obungathathwa, uMt. U-Augustus yindawo yokuthola nokuzijabulisa okumele kubonakale okuthile ngawe nemingcele yakho. Ebhekwa njengeBurringurrah ngabantu base-Aboriginal, isayithi yindawo ethandwa kakhulu kubantu abaningi.
Ubukhulu beMt. Augustus
Mt. U-Augustus cishe izikhathi ezimbili nengxenye ubukhulu be- Uluru , esinye seziqephu eziphawulekayo zase-Australia, futhi kuye kwabizwa ngokuthi idwala elikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ngokunikezwa lesi sihloko esibonakalayo, lesi sici esimangalisayo semvelo sivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi babone ukuthi yini ngempela iSikhungo Esibomvu sase-Australia okufanele sinikeze. Ukukhawulela endaweni enkulu enkulu, uMt. U-Augustus yindawo ephethe izimpande zamasiko emlandweni wama-Aboriginal.
With Mt. U-Augustus uhlanganisa amahektare angama-11 860, kuphephile ukuthi isihloko saso ngokuthi "idwala elikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni" liphephile. Kodwa kuthiwani ngo-Uluru ongase ubuze? Yebo, kokubili yizivumelwano ezinkulu emvelweni, nakuba zihluka ngenxa yezinto ezimbalwa zobuchwepheshe.
Umehluko phakathi kuka-Uluru noMt. U-Augustus wukuthi u-Uluru uyi-monolith yedwala elinegwala elilodwa kuyilapho uMt. I-Augustus iyi-monocline eyakhiwe yi-geological linear, i-strata idonsa ngenye indlela phakathi kwezingqimba ezingezansi ngakwesinye icala.
I-Uluru yiyona ndlela enkulu kunazo zonke i-rock monolith emhlabeni kanye ne-monoliths kanye ne-monocline; I-Mt Augustus yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele.
Amaqiniso Ngomfula Augustus
Ukuphakama: Ngokusho kweWestern Australia uMnyango Wokulondoloza Nokuphathwa Komhlaba (CALM), Mt. U-Augustus uyakhuphukela endaweni ephakeme yamamitha angu-717 (cishe ngamamitha angu-2,5) ngaphezu kwesiteji, ithafa eliyisibhakabhaka elibomvu.
I-ridge yayo ephakathi nendawo eqhele ngamamitha angu-5 ubude. Naphezu kobuchwephesha, kuyacaca ukuthi leli dwala likhulu kakhulu futhi liyingqikithi yemvelo.
Ubudala: Ngokumangalisayo, idwala lentaba kulinganiselwa ukuthi liyiminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyi-1 ubudala ubudala, ihlezi phezu kwedwala elingama-granite okuthiwa liyiminyaka eyi-1.65 yezigidigidi ubudala.
Igama Umsuka: Mt. U-Augustus wabizwa ngokuthi udumo lukaSir Charles Gregory (1819-1905), umfowabo we-explorer uFrancis Gregory owayengowokuqala ukukhuphuka entabeni phakathi nohambo lwezinsuku ezingu-107 oludlula esifundeni saseGascoyne eNtshonalanga Australia.
Intaba ibizwa ngokuthi yiBurringurrah ngabantu basekhaya base-Wadjari basekhaya futhi iyindawo yokubaluleka okunye. Ngenxa yendawo yayo njengethabhu lamasiko, Burringurrah yisayithi elihle.
Imigwaqo Ehambayo Emadolobheni aseMt. Augustus
Kukhona inqwaba yemigwaqo yokuhamba ezungeze phezulu nenyuka entabeni. Kuphela okufanelekile nokuhlangenwe nakho kufanele kuzame ukuhamba ukuya phezulu kweMt. Augustus. Ungathola iseluleko emigwaqweni yokuhamba esuka kuMt. I-Augustus Outback Tourist Resort ngaphansi kwentaba.
Izikhombisi kuya ku-Mt. Augustus
Mt. U-Augustus ungamakhilomitha angama-530 ukusuka ku- Perth . Kusukela eCarnarvon eNorth West Coastal Highway, eMt. I-Augustus ingamakhilomitha angaba ngu-300 ngokusebenzisa i-Gascoyne Junction namamitha angu-220 ukusuka eMeekathara. Imigwaqo ayiveli engavaliwe futhi, ngenkathi ikwazi ukusetshenziselwa izimoto ezivamile, ukuhamba kunganciphisa futhi kunzima kodwa ngokuqinisekile kuyinselele kulabo abakhuthele. Eminye imigwaqo ingavalwa noma iwonakele ngemuva kwemvula enzima.
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