Giant's Causeway, a famous landscape steeped in mythology
A legend says that giants used these steps to cross the sea to Scotland. This dramatic setting is Northern Ireland's famous Giant's Causeway.
40,000 hexagonal basalt columns
This famous landscape is the Giant’s Causeway: a name that derives from ancient legends in which giants used the steps to cross the sea to Scotland. To see it, you have to travel to County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
These formations that have intrigued for thousands of years and have been studied for 300 years are the result of volcanic activity dating back to around 50 to 60 million years ago. These geometric forms were created by lava flows which while cooling extremely slowly crystallized, transforming into these hexagonal columns.
Studies carried out on site at the Giant’s Causeway have contributed to our understanding of the geological history of the Earth. Since 1986, it has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is accessible by a footpath where visitors can see the coastal landscape before getting up close with the basalt columns.
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92 comments
Smita P.
5 daysAmazing.Thank you God.
Enedy K.
05/02/2021 05:47Thank you God.
Fotini T.
02/21/2021 17:13Το μεγαλείο της φύσης!
Chidambara A.
05/11/2020 12:42Resembles Saint Mary's island Malpe
Sheryl S.
04/07/2020 14:18Wow......that is awesome! Thanks for sharing !😁
Gina K.
04/03/2020 04:49Finn Ma'Cool walked here!
Raewyn E.
04/02/2020 07:43Oh, thank you Barbara, just what I needed ❤
Elaine V.
04/02/2020 05:57One of my favorite places
Nika K.
04/01/2020 10:33trip idea
Lyndsey R.
04/01/2020 09:12still need you to take me here 😍 xx
Jannik K.
04/01/2020 03:22🙂
She L.
04/01/2020 02:01Looks like a petrified honeycomb.
Beverley L.
04/01/2020 00:30Stunning place
Kasia S.
03/31/2020 21:14it's outstanding!
Lorrie R.
03/31/2020 20:55let's go here someday? Xox
Alan S.
03/31/2020 20:54, que dia maravilhoso aquele! Saudades dos longínquos tempos em que podíamos viajar.
Capucine N.
03/31/2020 19:56❤❤❤❤
Dražen D.
02/28/2020 21:51Ancient trees
Mona S.
02/27/2020 14:24Its amaizing🤗
Michael H.
02/27/2020 09:03Of course, we know now that the Giant’s Causeway was built by Finn McCool, an Irish giant who had heard about a Scottish giant and wanted to go over to fight him. When Finn got partway there, he saw that the Scottish giant was much bigger than he, so he went home to bed after telling his mother to tell the Scottish giant, if he came calling, that he was not home. The Scottish giant did come by on the new causeway, looking for Finn. Finn’s mother told him that Finn was out but his little baby boy was sleeping and that the Scot should go take a look. When the Scottish giant saw him, he thought ‘’if this is Finn’s boy, then Finn himself must be even bigger than I am,’’ so the giant returned peacefully to his castle in Scotland.