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Kata Tjuta
Next to Uluru are 36 are smaller monoliths known as Kata Tjuta (or 'The Olgas'). The highest of the monoliths is Mount Olga which is 546 metres tall. Kata Tjuta used to be one gigantic monolith…
Sastrugi
Believe it or not, here's something else to see in Antarctica! They are snow and ice dunes known as 'sastrugi', and are formed on a snow surface by wind erosion and deposition. They differ from sand…
Pyramids of Giza & The Great Sphinx
Of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramids at Giza are the only ones remaining, they are over 6000 years old and are constructed from over 25 million tonnes of limestone. The pyramids were…
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