Gosses Bluff impact structure
The 5 km (3.1 mi) diameter, 180 m (590 ft) high crater-like feature,[6] now exposed, is interpreted as the eroded relic of the crater's central uplift.The impact origin of this topographic feature was first proposed in the 1960s, the strongest evidence coming from the abundance of shatter cones.[4] The site is known as Tnorala to the Aboriginal people of the Western Arrernte language group, and is a sacred place.[8] A Western Arrernte story attributes its origins to a cosmic impact: in the Dreamtime, a group of celestial women were dancing as stars in the Milky Way.[6][10][11] Gosses Bluff is the inspiration for the impact crater located in the fictional Mia Tukurta National Park in the novel and Amazon Prime series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
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