The Giant's Causeway has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
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The Giant's Causeway has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986. It consists of about 40,000 uniformly shaped basalt columns. The largest of the stone columns reach a height of twelve meters. The rock layer is up to 25 meters thick.
Slide photo. Taken: June 1991.
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The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986. It consists of about 40,000 uniformly shaped basalt columns that are approximately 60 million years old. About half of the columns have a hexagonal cross-section, but there are also those with four, five, seven, or eight sides.
Slide image. Shot: June 1991.
Hans Christian Davidsen
Hans Christian Davidsen
Vereinigtes Kreich / Nordirland / Giants Causeway
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The Giant's Causeway is located on the northern coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It consists of approximately 40,000 uniformly shaped basalt columns that are about 60 million years old. About half of the columns have a hexagonal cross-section, but there are also those with four, five, seven, or eight sides. Photo from slide. Shot: June 1991.
Hans Christian Davidsen
Hans Christian Davidsen
Vereinigtes Kreich / Nordirland / Giants Causeway
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The Giant's Causeway on the northern coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Geologists attribute the formation of the basalt formation to the cooling of hot lava. Slide image. Shot: June 1991.
Hans Christian Davidsen
Hans Christian Davidsen
Vereinigtes Kreich / Nordirland / Giants Causeway
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Giant's Causeway on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Slide image. Shot: June 1991.
Hans Christian Davidsen
Hans Christian Davidsen
Vereinigtes Kreich / Nordirland / Giants Causeway
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