Google Street View users can now explore Uluru, the spectacular ancient rock formation in the Northern Territory of Australia, on a virtual tour of the Unesco site located in Uluru-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.

Also known as Ayers Rock, viewers can enjoy 360-degree views of the 348 metre-high sandstone rock, estimated to be around 600 million years old, from their armchairs, along with several sites around the park, which is sacred to the Anangu Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 30,000 years.

The images, taken by Google’s Street View Trekker (a backpack-like camera system) with 15 lenses, were captured over the past two years in collaboration with the park’s traditional Anangu owners, Parks Australia and the Northern Territory Government, according to the Anangu people’s traditional Tjukurpa law, which prohibits certain sacred sites around the base of the rock from being photographed.

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Viewers have access to around 40 per cent of the rock and its surrounding sites, including views of the Talinguru Nyakunytjaku, the winding trail of the Kuniya Walk, Kapi Muṯitjulu (waterhole) and ancient art at Kulpi Muṯitjulu (Family Cave). While users can zoom in for detailed views of the “curves, crevices and textures of Uluru” and its “glowing gradient of colour”, they won’t be able to enjoy views from the top of it, as climbing the rock is discouraged by locals.

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Users can also enjoy interactive guided audio-visual tours, which features stories and songs from the traditional owners.

The latest addition to Google Street View joins the company’s growing imagery of monuments, tourist attractions, museums and parks around the world which have been captured across 83 countries since 2007, including at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, allowing users to go for a “virtual dive” through the world’s largest coral reef, including dive sites at Heron Island, Lady Elliot Island and Wilson Island.

Since 2015, Google Street View users have been able to view 30 historical sites around Jordan, including the dramatic landscape of Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, which lies just 150 miles south of Amman, the Jordanian capital. The featured attractions, including The Monastery (pictured below) were selected in collaboration with Queen Raina Al Abdullah of Jordan.

Other incredible sights and locations around the world that have been made available for exploring on Google Street View in recent years include the Grand Canyon, the Amazon, the Galápagos and the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

Closer to home in Britain, users can enjoy 360-degree virtual tours of 20 National Trust properties, including Stonehenge in Wiltshire, Lindisfarne Castle in Northumberland, Lyme Park in Cheshire and Ham House just outside Richmond-upon-Thames near London, while back in 2014, more British locations, including the Bingley five-rise locks, known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways, Little Venice in central London, and the World Heritage Site around Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in North Wales, joined the Google Street View list.