Northern Europe
United Kingdom
The top 5 natural landmarks of United Kingdom — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
RocksGiant's Causeway
Northern Ireland
The Giant's Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Paleogene period. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles northeast of Bushmills.
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Some 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns formed by ancient lava.
MountainsScottish Highlands
Scotland
The Highlands is a historical region of Scotland, comprising the Northernmost mountain ranges on the island of Great Britain, divided by the Great Glen between the Grampian Mountains to the southeast and the Northwest Highlands, divided from the islands of the Hebrides by the Minch. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, see Gask Ridge although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east.
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A rugged realm of glens, lochs and heather-clad peaks.
LakesLake District
England
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, Arthur Ransome, and the Lake Poets.
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England's largest national park, a poet's land of lakes and fells.
CoastsWhite Cliffs of Dover
Kent
The White Cliffs of Dover are the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of 350 feet (110 m), owes its striking appearance to its composition of chalk accented by streaks of black flint, deposited during the Late Cretaceous.
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Gleaming chalk cliffs facing the narrowest part of the Channel.
MountainsSnowdonia
Wales
Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon, which is 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) tall.
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A craggy Welsh range crowned by the peak of Snowdon.