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The Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway ~ YouTube Video The Giant's Causeway ~ Photo The Giant's Causeway ~ More PhotosFor centuries countless visitors have marvelled at the majesty and mystery of the Giants Causeway. At the heart of one of Europe’s most magnificent coastlines its unique rock formations have, for millions of years, stood as a natural rampart against the unbridled ferocity of Atlantic storms. The rugged symmetry of the columns never fails to intrigue and inspire our visitors. To stroll on the Giants Causeway is to voyage back in time.
Your imagination will travel along stepping stones that lead to either the creative turbulence of a bygone volcanic age or into the mists and legends of the past.
The Giant's Causeway ~ The Official Guide
Your imagination will travel along stepping stones that lead to either the creative turbulence of a bygone volcanic age or into the mists and legends of the past.
The Giant's Causeway ~ The Official GuideThe Giant's Causeway (295445), 12 km. E. of Portrush and 15km. W. of Ballycastle, is Northern Ireland's most famous sight. The Causeway proper is only part of its attraction. The 6 km of sheer cliffs, rising to over 90 m. and forming a series of bays, are spectacular. The National Trust has provided a coastal path about 8 km. long from the entrance to the Causeway to beyond Dunseverick, near Whitepark Bay. A small bus takes visitors down to the Grand Causeway.
Ever since a Dublin spinster's realistic sketches publicised the Giant's Causeway in 1740 it has been a magnet for visitors to Northern Ireland.
The Giant's Causeway ~ Visitors Centre
Ever since a Dublin spinster's realistic sketches publicised the Giant's Causeway in 1740 it has been a magnet for visitors to Northern Ireland.
The Giant's Causeway ~ Visitors CentreThe Giant's Causeway (or Irish: Clochán na bhFómharach) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption.
It is located on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.
In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea.
Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides.
The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
The Giant's Causeway ~ Wikipedia
It is located on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.
In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea.
Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides.
The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
The Giant's Causeway ~ WikipediaThe coastal scenery adjacent to the causeway is some of the most beautiful and awe inspiring that you are likely to find anywhere. The majestic cliffs and inaccessible bays combine with myth and legend to inspire, but look carefully amongst this breathtaking landscape and you will find echoes of another reality, isolated ruins, kelp walls and shoreline fields bear testament to the harder life of subsistence farming and fishing endured by past generations.
The Giant's Causeway ~ North Antrim
The Giant's Causeway ~ North AntrimThe Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast site was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The site is of outstanding universal value and meets two of the criteria set out in the World Heritage Convention, namely it:
~ is an outstanding example representing major stages of the earth’s history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.
~ contains superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
The Giant's Causeway ~ Environment & Heritage Service
~ is an outstanding example representing major stages of the earth’s history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.
~ contains superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
The Giant's Causeway ~ Environment & Heritage ServiceThe Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast site was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The site is of outstanding universal value and meets two of the criteria set out in the World Heritage Convention, namely it:
~ is an outstanding example representing major stages of the earth’s history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.
~ contains superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
The Giant's Causeway ~ My Guide Ireland
~ is an outstanding example representing major stages of the earth’s history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.
~ contains superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
The Giant's Causeway ~ My Guide Ireland