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Giant's Causeway

Natural World Heritage property in United Kingdom, inscribed in 1986 under criteria (vii), (viii).

Giant's Causeway, United Kingdom
Photo: Lindy Buckley from Nanjing, China · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
United Kingdom
Year of inscription
1986
Criteria
viiviii
Location
County Antrim, Causeway Coast and Glens
What it is
landform, columnar basalt
Reference
WHC 369 · Wikidata Q106187

Why it is on the List

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.(viii)An outstanding record of the major stages of Earth’s history: the record of life, geological processes or landforms.
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