Giant' s Causeway "A calcada dos Gigantes"

Giant' s Causeway - Uma das 7 novas maravilhas do mundo. As pedras asselham-se a uma colmeia.
A Calçada dos Gigantes (em inglês Giant's Causeway) é a designação dada a um conjunto de cerca de 40 000 colunas prismáticas de basalto, encaixadas como se formassem uma enorme calçada de pedras gigantescas, formadas pela disjunção prismática de uma grande massa de lava basáltica resultante de uma erupção vulcânica ocorrida há cerca de 60 milhões de anos. A formação está localizada na costa nordeste da Irlanda, a cerca de 3 quilómetros a norte da vila de Bushmills, no condado de Antrim, Irlanda do Norte. Foi declarada como Património da Humanidade pela UNESCO em 1986 sob o nome de "Calçada dos Gigantes e sua Costa", e como Reserva Natural em 1987.

The Giant's Causeway (or Irish: Clochán na bhFómharach) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the 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 hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.

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