Giant's Causeway (disambiguation)

Last updated April 04, 2019

The Giant's Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns resulting from a volcanic eruption on the coast of Northern Ireland.

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.

Giant's Causeway may also refer to:

Giant's Causeway (horse), Europe's Horse of the Year in 2000
Giant's Causeway, New South Wales, stretch of water in between Cook Island and Fingal Head in Australia
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway, Heritage railway in Northern Ireland
Giant's Causeway Tramway, predecessor of the above
A variant of the Baguenaudier puzzle, called Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway (song), the B Side of Scooter's single Maria (I Like It Loud)
Giant's Causeway (band), German gothic-doom band of the 1990s^{[ citation needed ]}

Giant's Causeway was a Kentucky-bred thoroughbred racehorse who competed primarily in Europe.

The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway (GC&BR) is a 3 ft narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The line is two miles (3.2 km) long.

The Giant's Causeway Tramway, operated by the Giant's Causeway, Portrush and Bush Valley Railway & Tramway Company Ltd, was a pioneering 3 ft narrow gauge electric railway operating between Portrush and the Giant's Causeway on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The line, 9 ¹⁄₄ miles (14.9 km) long, was hailed at its opening as "the first long electric tramway in the world". The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway today operates diesel and steam tourist trains over part of the Tramway’s former course.

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