Chambers Pillar
An isolated pillar of red and white sandstone rising about 50 m above the plain some 160 km south of Alice Springs, the last remnant of rock that erosion by wind and rain stripped from the surrounding country. In local Aboriginal tradition it is the gecko ancestor Itirkawara.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 350,000,000 years ago mainstream
the sandstone of the pillar is laid down, about 350 million years ago (Wikipedia's figure; no source read here names the rock unit) source - 1860 CE mainstream
John McDouall Stuart, the first European to see it, reaches the pillar in April and names it after his sponsor James Chambers source - 1870 CE mainstream
early travellers carve their names into the pillar; 'J Ross' and 'AC 1870' are still legible source
Where
24.8670° S, 133.8170° E
Wikipedia's point (24°52' S, 133°49' E), given to the nearest minute.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Pillar
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/australia-s-forgotten-monolith-chambers-pillar
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.