Places: NIR-Giant's Causeway

 

 

 

 

Ireland Giant's Causeway-___'  (55.240833, -6.511667)

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Description:
From Wikipedia: an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Paleogene period. ... Across the sea, there are identical basalt columns (a part of the same ancient lava flow) at Fingal's Cave on the Scottish isle of Staffa, and it is possible that the story was influenced by this

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References:

• Wikipedia
• National Trust - History of the Giant's Causeway
•  Ireland.com
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