basalt columns
Polygonal columns formed as cooling basalt contracts and cracks along a repeated pattern of joints.
columnar-jointed basalt (basaltsøyler)
All languages
- English
- basalt columns
- Norwegian
- basaltsøyler
- Japanese
- 玄武岩の柱 — げんぶがんのはしら — gembugannohashira
- Korean
- 현무암 기둥 — hyeonmuam gidung
- Spanish
- columnas basálticas
- French
- orgues basaltiques
- German
- Basaltsäulen
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