Giant's Causeway Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland
About Giant's Causeway
Some 60 million years ago, a great rift developed in the earth's surface that sundered Europe from America and formed the North Atlantic. Lava gushed up from fissures: it was fluid and spread out into vast fiery lakes, rather than heaping up into volcanoes. The lava cooled into a deep layer of basalt, the Thulian Plateau. The Atlantic widened and fractured the plateau into what is now the Scottish Hebrides, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Greenland and maritime Canada. It's still widening and the lava continues to well up from time to time, most obviously in Iceland. Basalt layers are found worldwide, they form the darkmariaor "seas" of the moon, are common on Mars, and are seen elsewhere in the solar system. The shape they take on cooling depends on conditions: here a thick lava flow cooled sl
Where to Eat in Giant's Causeway
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴The Nook
Giant's Causeway Travel Guide Sections
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