Mt. UAgasto, ilitye elikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, uhlala kwi-Golden Outback yaseNtshona Koloni eMpuma yeCarnarvon. Ukuma njengesivumelwaniso sobuhle obuhle ukuba uluntu ngokwawo lunikeza, iMtana omkhulu we-Australia. UAgasto ngumhlaba wendalo owufanelekele zonke izibhengezo ezixhomekeke kule nxalenye enkulu yendalo.
Ngepaki yesizwe ezinikezelwe kwindawo enkulu uMat. UAgasto uhlala, yenye yeyona ndawo inkulu eNtshona Australia.
Zityebi kunye nelifa kunye nobuhle obungabonakaliyo, iMat. UAgasto yindawo yokufumanisa kunye neentengiso eziza kubonakalisa okuthile malunga nawe nemida yakho. Ebhekiswe njengeBurringurrah ngabantu base-Aboriginal, indawo leyo ithandwa kakhulu kuninzi.
Ubukhulu beMat. Agasti
Mt. UAgasto unamaxesha amabini anesiqingatha amaxesha obungakanani bo- Uluru , enye yeempawu ezimangalisayo zase-Australia, kwaye sele ekhankanywe njengelikhulu elikhulu. Ngokunikezelwa kwesi sihloko esibonakalayo, lo mbandela ontlekayo wendalo uvumela abasebenzisi ukuba babone oko iQumrhu eliBomvu laseAustralia liza kunika. Ukukhawulela kwisikhamo esikhulu semhlaba, iMat. UAgasto yindawo ephethe iingcambu zenkcubeko kwimbali yomthonyama.
Kunye neMat UAgasto ehlanganisa indawo engamahektare angama-11,860, ukhuselekile ukutsho ukuba isihloko saso njenge "lihlabathi elikhulu kunazo zonke" likhuselekile. Kodwa kuthekani ngo-Uluru onokubuza? Ezo zinto, zombini ziintetho ezinkulu kwiimvelo, nangona zihluka ngenxa yezinto zobuchwepheshe ezimbalwa.
Umehluko phakathi kwe-Uluru kunye neMat. UAgasto kukuba u-Uluru uyi-monolith yedwala elineliwa elilodwa ngelixa uMt. UAgasto ngumbutho owenziwe ngumbutho we-geological linear, udibanisa umgca kwelinye icala phakathi kwamacandelo anqamlekileyo kwicala ngalinye.
U-Uluru ke yinto enkulu ye-rock monolith kwihlabathi kunye ne-monolith kunye ne-monocline; UMatshi uAgasto ngowona jikelele jikelele.
Iimfundiso ngeMat. Agasti
Ukuphakama: Ngokubhekiselele kwiSebe leNdawo yokuLondolozwa koMhlaba kunye noLawulo lweMhlaba (iCALM), iMnt. UAgasto uphakama ukuya kwindawo ephakamileyo yee-717 iimitha (malunga nee-2,350 iinyawo) ngaphezulu kwesigxina, ithafa elimvula.
Umda walo ophakathi ude malunga neekhilomitha ezili-5 ubude. Nangona kukho ubugcisa, kucacile ukubona ukuba eli dwala likhulu kakhulu kwaye liyinxalenye yendalo enamandla.
Ubudala: Ngokumangalisayo, idwala lentaba liqikelelwa ukuba liyiminyaka eyi-1 ibhiliyoni ubudala, ihleli phezu kwedwala le-granite eliyiminyaka eyi-1.65 yezigidigidi ubudala.
Igama Umthombo: Mt. UAgasto wabizwa ngokuba nguSir Charles Gregory (1819-1905), umzalwana womhloli wamazwe uFrancis Gregory owayengowokuqala ukunyuka entabeni ngexesha lohambo lweentsuku ezingama-107 kwi-Gascoyne kwingingqi yaseNtshona Koloni.
Intaba ibizwa ngokuba yiBurringurrah ngabantu base-Wadjari base-Aboriginal basekhaya kwaye kuyindawo ebalulekileyo. Ngenxa yendawo yayo njengethabhu lenkcubeko, iBurringurrah yindawo enkulu.
Ukuhamba ngeendlela ezikuMnt. Agasti
Kukho inani elikhulu leendlela zokuhamba ezijikelezayo kunye nentaba. Kuphela okufanelekileyo kunye namava kufuneka bazame ukuhamba ukuya phezulu kwiMat. Agasti. Unokufumana iingcebiso kwiindlela zokuhamba ukusuka kuMat. I-Augustus Outback Tourist Resort ephantsi kwentaba.
Izikhokelo ukuya kuMat. Agasti
Mt. UAgasto unamayela angama-530 ukusuka ePerth . Ukusuka eCarnarvon kwiNorth West Coastal Highway, iMat. UAgasto unamayela angama-300 ngeGeccoyne Junction kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-220 ukusuka eMeekathara. Imigangatho ayinakunyulwa, kwaye, ngelixa ikwazi ukusebenzisa iinqwelo eziqhelekileyo, ukuhamba kunganciphisa kwaye kunzima kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo kuyinselele kubahlali. Ezinye iindlela zingavalwa okanye zonakaliswe emva kwemvula enzima.
> Ehlelwe kwaye ihlaziywe nguSarah Megginson.