The formation is rare in the geologic world and ranks as one of the world's finest examples of columnar basalt. Its columns ...

Climbing has been baned on the famous basalt columns in Armenia including Arpa Gorge and Garni Gorge. Up until recently one used to climb on some truly unique rock in Armenia, up hexagonal basalt ...

Those rows upon rows of columnar basalt columns are hard to miss and the name Staffa comes from the Old Norse word for stave, as the stone pillars reminded them of the upright wood beams used to ...