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 ...

Massive basalt columns stand out from hill faces in neat, soaring rows, resembling the ranks of pipe organs. The site was formed through a process called columnar jointing. It's easy to get close ...