Kata Tjuta is geologically a completely different kind of rock than its more famous neighbour, and it is governed by the same handback agreement that changed who owns Uluru.
A different rock than Uluru
Where Uluru is a single sandstone monolith, Kata Tjuta is composed of conglomerate, a mix of pebbles and boulders cemented together, forming thirty-six separate domes rather than one continuous formation. Its tallest dome, Mount Olga, actually rises higher than Uluru's summit, a fact that surprises visitors who assume the more famous formation nearby must also be the taller one.
The same handback, extended
Kata Tjuta was included in the same 1985 land title return to the Anangu covered in this entry's companion article on Uluru, and is managed under the identical joint arrangement with Parks Australia, since both formations fall within the same national park and the same body of Tjukurpa law governing their significance.
What this entry does not describe
As with Uluru, specific Tjukurpa narratives tied to particular features of Kata Tjuta are restricted under Anangu law, and in some cases restricted further by gender or ceremonial status even within the community itself; this entry accordingly describes the site's physical and administrative facts rather than the closed knowledge attached to individual formations within it.