Giant's Causeway - World Heritage Site

Giant's Causeway is the only World Heritage Site in Ireland.An area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about 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.
er et område på Antrim -kysten i Nord-Irland med formasjoner bestående av noe nær 40 000 sorte polygone (de fleste sekskantede) basalt -søyler. Fenomenet er et resultat av et underjordisk vulkanutbrudd for 60 millioner år siden. Northern Ireland, Nord-Irland, Belfast, Europe, country, land, war, struggle, island,

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Contained in galleries: Nord-Irland - Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway is the only World Heritage Site in Ireland.An area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about 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.<br />
er et område på Antrim -kysten i Nord-Irland med formasjoner bestående av noe nær 40 000 sorte polygone (de fleste sekskantede) basalt -søyler. Fenomenet er et resultat av et underjordisk vulkanutbrudd for 60 millioner år siden. Northern Ireland, Nord-Irland, Belfast, Europe, country, land, war, struggle, island,