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  1. Now, as Hannah Devlin reports for The Guardian, scientists have figured out the answer: the Giant’s Causeway (and other similar formations) formed at temperatures between 1,544 and 1,634...

  2. Discover the amazing geological history of the Giant's Causeway, a natural wonder of hexagonal basalt columns in Northern Ireland. This article is part of the sciencefocusexplains series, where you can learn more about the world around you.

  3. The Giant's Causeway, “steps” of hexagonal basalt columns formed by the rapid cooling of lava upon contact with the sea, Northern Ireland. (more) Formed 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Paleogene Period, the Giant’s Causeway resulted from successive flows of lava inching toward the coast and cooling when they contacted the sea.

  4. The Giant's Causeway ( Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] 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 . It was declared a World Heritage Site by ...

  5. 12 de abr. de 2018 · For centuries, the prevailing legend surrounding the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland was that Fionn Mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool), the mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology associated...

  6. 13 de abr. de 2018 · For the first time, scientists have managed to reproduce the chemical processes that build those awesome geometric columns out of volcanic rock – one famous example being the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Northern Ireland.

  7. 1 de nov. de 2020 · And even its name, Fingal’s cave, echoes the myth about the Giant’s Causeway because in Scottish Gaelic mythology Fingal is the name of Finn MacCool. In a way, this myth, the causeway, and the cave, connect Ireland and Scotland and hint at their shared ancient identity. The island of Staffa was not always uninhabited.