Located in
Australia, a
giant (348
meters (380
yards) high, 9.4 kilometers (5.8 miles) wide),
red rock formation (
arkosic sandstone) in the
middle of the desert (500
kilometers (300
miles) west of
Alice Springs).
Named by a European explorer (Ernest Giles) who "discovered" it in 1872. He named it for the South Australian premier of the time, Sir Henry Ayers.
(which begs the question be asked, would he have so named it had he known that it already had a name? and if he had had E2 available to him, could he have found it? but I digress...)