Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...

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Northern Ireland is home to the Giant’s Causeway, a collection of about 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns that protrude from the North Atlantic Ocean and lead up to the foot of a cliff.

Giant's Causeway: Coins left by visitors damaging Northern Ireland's World Heritage Site Coins squeezed into the gaps in the basalt columns of the tourist attraction in north Antrim eventually ...

The caption reads: "A stunning sea cave of hexagonal basalt columns in Fingal's Cave, Scotland." Since being posted, fellow Reddit users have been quick to share their thoughts on the cave.

Scotland's most famous literary figure, Sir Walter Scott, described it as one of the "most extraordinary places" he had ever beheld, exceeding all expectations he had of it. The basalt columns ...

Travel: Giant's Causeway not the world's only basalt columns but probably the best Although it hasn't changed much in millions of years, the Giant's Causeway has experienced a surge in popularity ...

Basalt columns are created by the cooling and contracting of lava—made of 90% basalt—which causes the ground to crack into long, geometric columns. This process is called columnar jointing.

09/15/2017 Built by a giant as a bridge from Ireland to Scotland, according to Irish legend, the dramatic basalt pillars of the Giant's Causeway have inspired the imagination for thousands of years.