Earth:Cape Stolbchaty

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Short description: Cape on Kunashir Island, Russia
Cape Stolbchaty
Мыс Столбчатый. После заката.jpg
LocationKuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 44°1′30″N 145°40′33″E / 44.025°N 145.67583°E / 44.025; 145.67583

Cape Stolbchaty (Russian: мыс Столбчатый) is a geographic cape on the west shore of Kunashir Island, the southernmost of the Kuril Islands, in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia . It is famous for its columnar basalt formations, which are strikingly similar to the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim in Northern Ireland.[1][2]

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