In Ireland, there is Giant's Causeway - 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns





In Ireland, there is Giant's Causeway - 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns



One of the wonders of nature and the most popular tourist destinations in Ireland - Giant's Causeway (Giants) represents about 40,000 interconnected hexagonal basalt columns. They cover the Causeway Coast, located in the north-east of Northern Ireland.

In Ireland, there is Giant's Causeway - 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns



Usually basalt columns formed when cooling lava flow as a three-dimensional network of cracks. Such overhead can be seen not only in Ireland but also in other areas where there were volcanic eruptions of basaltic lava.

In Ireland, there is Giant's Causeway - 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns



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