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UNESCO World Heritage · Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway

In or near Portrush.

Giant's Causeway — rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland.

Giant's Causeway

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Giant's Causeway is a unesco in ireland. (Interlocking basalt columns in Northern Ireland.) Wikipedia notes: "The Giant's Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Paleogene period. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.". Coordinates 55.2408°, -6.5117°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
55.2408, -6.5117

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