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Wikipedia: Giant's Causeway - Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway
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Wikipedia: Giant's Causeway - Wikipedia
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The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach) 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.
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