{"id":1055,"date":"2021-01-12T15:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T14:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:24:41","slug":"giants-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/giants-causeway\/","title":{"rendered":"The mysterious Giant’s Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lies a volcanic puzzle which is a source of fascination for many curious travellers. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986, the Giant\u2019s Causeway dominates the coastline, surrounded by green meadows . A breath-taking landscape, whose sheer brutality strikes curious travellers who come to explore the region. Over 40,000 blocks stand side-by-side, looking like they were meticulously assembled. However, nature created this geometric wonder without human help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rooted in legend<\/h2>\n

Legend has it that\u00a0<\/span>two giants,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Fionn Mac Cumhaill and\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Benandonner<\/strong>, an Irishman and a Scotsman, hated each other. Following yet another argument, Fionn, the Irishman, decided to confront his rival face-to-face. He built\u00a0<\/span>a bridge out of stone columns<\/strong>\u00a0so Benandonner could reach Ireland without getting his feet wet. When Fionn\u2019s wife saw this enormous giant crossing the bridge, she was very worried and so disguised her husband as a baby to hide him. When he saw the \u2018baby\u2019, Benandonner took fright, thinking that its father must be truly ginormous, and fled back to\u00a0<\/span>Scotland<\/a><\/u>, destroying part of the causeway behind him. The Irish are particularly fond of these legends, which they are brought up on from a very young age.<\/span><\/p>\n

A complicated geological phenomenon<\/h2>\n

We must look to\u00a0<\/span>geology<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>for a more rational explanation of these stone blocks. It all started with a\u00a0<\/span>magma flow<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>during the\u00a0<\/span>Cenozoic era<\/strong>, some 66 million years ago. Cooling very quickly, the lava solidified and turned into\u00a0<\/span>igneous rock: basalt<\/strong>. The site lies on the\u00a0<\/span>Antrim Plateau<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>which was created by layers of lava flows: a\u00a0<\/span>trapp<\/strong>. The\u00a0<\/span>change in temperature<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>then fragmented the basalt into columns, first vertically, then horizontally. Finally,\u00a0<\/span>marine erosion<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>took care of smoothing the surface, so creating a true geometric plateau. The sequence that can be seen by the naked eye can be used to analyse the various events that have shaped the landscape.<\/p>\n

This basalt mystery provides the ideal opportunity to go on excursions\u00a0<\/span>in Ireland and Northern\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Ireland<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, from Dublin to Belfast, and why not venture over to\u00a0<\/span>Great Britain<\/strong>, which is brimming with hidden treasures too?<\/p>\n

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Discover this absolutely incredible site during a trip to the Celtic Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dans le comt\u00e9 d\u2019Antrim, Irlande du Nord, se trouve un puzzle volcanique qui fascine bien des curieux. Inscrite depuis 1986 au patrimoine mondial de l\u2019Unesco, la Chauss\u00e9e des G\u00e9ants tr\u00f4ne en front de mer, entour\u00e9e de ses prairies verdoyantes. Un paysage \u00e0 couper le souffle, dont la brutalit\u00e9 frappe les curieux venus se balader dans la r\u00e9gion. Plus de 40 000 blocs se c\u00f4toient, et semblent m\u00e9ticuleusement assembl\u00e9s. Pourtant, la nature n\u2019a pas eu besoin de l\u2019homme pour cr\u00e9er cette merveille g\u00e9om\u00e9trique<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" max_width=\"1100px\" module_alignment=\"center\" hover_enabled=\"0\" sticky_enabled=\"0\" custom_padding=\"||3px|||\"][et_pb_column _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Geants-V4-01.png\" _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" hover_enabled=\"0\" sticky_enabled=\"0\" title_text=\"Geants-V4-01\" module_alignment=\"center\" align=\"center\"][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.7.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" max_width=\"900px\" custom_padding=\"||50px|||\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.7.4\" _module_preset=\"default\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" header_2_font=\"|600|||||||\" header_2_text_color=\"#307f90\" header_3_font=\"|600|||||||\" header_3_text_color=\"#307f90\" header_3_font_size=\"26px\" hover_enabled=\"0\" sticky_enabled=\"0\" header_2_font_last_edited=\"on|desktop\" header_2_line_height=\"1.4em\"]

\u00c0 la d\u00e9couverte des \u00eeles int\u00e9rieures<\/h2>\r\n

La l\u00e9gende raconte que deux G\u00e9ants, Fionn Mac Cumhaill et Benandonner<\/strong>, l\u2019un irlandais, l\u2019autre \u00e9cossais, se d\u00e9testaient. Suite \u00e0 une \u00e9ni\u00e8me dispute, Fionn l\u2019Irlandais d\u00e9cida de se mesurer \u00e0 son comp\u00e8re en face \u00e0 face. Il construisit un pont fait de colonnes de pierre<\/strong>, pour rejoindre l\u2019Irlande sans se mouiller les pieds. En voyant un tr\u00e8s grand g\u00e9ant emprunter le pont, la femme de Fionn, prise d\u2019inqui\u00e9tude, d\u00e9guisa son mari en b\u00e9b\u00e9 pour le dissimuler. Benandonner prit alors peur en imaginant la taille que pouvait mesurer le p\u00e8re de l\u2019enfant, et repartit en \u00c9cosse<\/a>, d\u00e9truisant derri\u00e8re lui une partie de la chauss\u00e9e. Les Irlandais affectionnent tout particuli\u00e8rement ces l\u00e9gendes, qui les bercent depuis leur plus tendre enfance.<\/p>\r\n

Un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne g\u00e9ologique complexe<\/h3>\r\n

Pour trouver une explication plus rationnelle \u00e0 ces blocs de pierre, il faut se tourner du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la g\u00e9ologie<\/strong>. Tout part d\u2019une coul\u00e9e de magma<\/strong>, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e8re c\u00e9nozo\u00efque<\/strong>, il y a quelque 66 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es. En refroidissant tr\u00e8s rapidement, la lave se fige et se transforme en roche magmatique : le basalte<\/strong>. Le plateau d\u2019Antrim<\/strong>, sur lequel est situ\u00e9 le site, consiste en fait en une superposition de coul\u00e9es de lave : un trapp<\/strong>. La modification thermique<\/strong> a ensuite fragment\u00e9 le basalte en colonnes, d\u2019abord verticalement, puis horizontalement. L\u2019\u00e9rosion marine<\/strong> s\u2019est enfin charg\u00e9e d\u2019aplanir la surface, cr\u00e9ant ainsi un v\u00e9ritable plateau g\u00e9om\u00e9trique. Le s\u00e9quen\u00e7age visible \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153il nu permet d\u2019ailleurs d\u2019analyser les diff\u00e9rents \u00e9v\u00e9nements qui ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 le paysage.<\/p>\r\n

Ce myst\u00e8re basaltique est l\u2019occasion r\u00eav\u00e9e de tenter des excursions au nord de l\u2019<\/strong>Irlande<\/a><\/a><\/strong>, de Dublin en passant par Belfast, et pourquoi pas de s\u2019aventurer du c\u00f4t\u00e9 du Royaume-Uni<\/strong>, qui regorge lui aussi de tr\u00e9sors cach\u00e9s\u2026<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" hover_enabled=\"0\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#334556\" hover_enabled=\"0\" max_width=\"1000px\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"|50px||50px|false|true\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/push-croisiere-ponant-6.jpg\" title_text=\"push-croisiere-ponant-6\" _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" max_width=\"445px\" module_alignment=\"center\" max_height=\"445px\" custom_margin=\"-90px||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"||20px||false|false\" hover_enabled=\"0\" sticky_enabled=\"0\" align=\"center\"][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"|50px|||false|false\" custom_padding_tablet=\"|50px||50px|false|false\" custom_padding_phone=\"|20px||20px|false|true\" custom_padding_last_edited=\"on|phone\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.7.7\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font=\"|700|||||||\" text_text_color=\"#ffffff\" text_font_size=\"38px\" text_line_height=\"1.4em\" width=\"70%\" width_tablet=\"100%\" width_phone=\"\" width_last_edited=\"on|desktop\" custom_margin=\"10px||20px||false|false\" custom_padding=\"|||20px|false|false\" hover_enabled=\"0\" border_width_left=\"5px\" border_color_left=\"#26afc2\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]

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