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Linked volcanism has become a world recognised tourism resource of today in two particular locations. The attractions that are now the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland and Fingal’s Cave in Scotland were formed by the same lava flows about 60 million years ago.
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Cooper, M.J.M. (2014). The Giants Causeway and Fingals Cave. In: Erfurt-Cooper, P. (eds) Volcanic Tourist Destinations. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16191-9_11
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