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{{Zone
|name = GiantCauseway
|image = [[File:GiantCauseway.jpg|350px]]
|imagetext = Photo [[User:allinug|allinug]]
|symbol = [[File:Zontyp01.png|60px]]
|symboltext = [[World Heritage Site]]
|difficulty = [[File:Difficulty3.png|frameless|90px]]
|placement = [[Municipality:Aird|Aird]], [[Region:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], [[Country:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|surface = [[Stone]]
|created = 2015-03-20 00:55:08
|trivia = [https://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=369 #369] on [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4rldsarv Unesco's World Heritage list]
}}
'''GiantCauseway''' is a [[zone|turfzone]] in the [[municipality]] of [[Municipality:Aird|Aird]] in the [[region]] of [[Region:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] in the [[Country:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. This zone is counted as a [[World Heritage Site]].
==Giant's Causeway==
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalt#Columnar_basalt basalt columns], the result of an ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fissure_vent volcanic fissure] eruption. It is located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Antrim County Antrim] on the north coast of [[Region:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmills,_County_Antrim Bushmills].
It was declared a [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage Site]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO UNESCO] in 1986 and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom) national nature reserve] by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Environment_(Northern_Ireland) Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland] in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the [[Country:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal], although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
== Gallery ==
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GiantCauseway2.jpg| Photo: [[User:allinug|allinug]]
GiantCauseway3.jpg| Photo: [[User:allinug|allinug]]
Giant Causeway.jpg| Photo: [[User:allinug|allinug]]
</gallery>
== External links ==
* [http://warded.se/turf/zones.php?zone=GiantCauseway GiantCauseway (Warded)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway Giant's Causeway (Wikipedia)]
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|name = GiantCauseway
|image = [[File:GiantCauseway.jpg|350px]]
|imagetext = Photo [[User:allinug|allinug]]
|symbol = [[File:Zontyp01.png|60px]]
|symboltext = [[World Heritage Site]]
|difficulty = [[File:Difficulty3.png|frameless|90px]]
|placement = [[Municipality:Aird|Aird]], [[Region:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], [[Country:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|surface = [[Stone]]
|created = 2015-03-20 00:55:08
|trivia = [https://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=369 #369] on [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4rldsarv Unesco's World Heritage list]
}}
'''GiantCauseway''' is a [[zone|turfzone]] in the [[municipality]] of [[Municipality:Aird|Aird]] in the [[region]] of [[Region:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] in the [[Country:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. This zone is counted as a [[World Heritage Site]].
==Giant's Causeway==
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalt#Columnar_basalt basalt columns], the result of an ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fissure_vent volcanic fissure] eruption. It is located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Antrim County Antrim] on the north coast of [[Region:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmills,_County_Antrim Bushmills].
It was declared a [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage Site]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO UNESCO] in 1986 and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom) national nature reserve] by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Environment_(Northern_Ireland) Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland] in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the [[Country:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal], although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights=240px>
GiantCauseway2.jpg| Photo: [[User:allinug|allinug]]
GiantCauseway3.jpg| Photo: [[User:allinug|allinug]]
Giant Causeway.jpg| Photo: [[User:allinug|allinug]]
</gallery>
== External links ==
* [http://warded.se/turf/zones.php?zone=GiantCauseway GiantCauseway (Warded)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway Giant's Causeway (Wikipedia)]
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