The strange rock formations (16 photos)

Cape Stolbchaty and other interesting rock formations.
Once basaltic lava poured out of the Mendeleev volcano. In some places, it formed a special temperature regime of its solidification, and an array of basalt divided into five separate and hex. The sea receded and advance the array was destroyed by the erosion that created a high promontory on the Okhotsk coast of Kunashir. People called him columnar.

In Germany, for example, from the stones built castles.