Columnar Jointing
A system of fractures that splits a rock body into long prisms, or columns. It is characteristic of lava flows and shallow intrusive igneous flows.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Giant's Causeway | ||
| Gulf of Porto | Scandola Nature Reserve | |
| Jeju | Examples in the Hallasan Natural Reserve (AB review - " The diverse volcanic landscape includes a 1.6 ha lake-filled crater, 550 m in diameter and 108 m deep, a younger (circa 25,000 years in age) intruded trachyte dome, and a series of columnar jointed basalts forming prominent cliffs" (the Best examples on the island are at Jistagae Rock but this is not within the inscribed area) | |
| Nan Madol | Nan Madol was built using columnar basalt quarried from various locations on the island of Pohnpei (wiki) | |
| Vatnajökull National Park | Svartifoss | |
| Yellowstone | Sheepeater cliff (and others) |
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