Panská skála, a geologic formation 80 kilometers north of Prague, lies in the

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in the

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. Panská skála is like the

Giant's causeway The Giant's Causeway () is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcano, volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Paleogene period. ...

, Ireland, or the Devil's Postpile, California. The volcanic formation is in the Central European Volcanic Province, and is thought to have been formed 30 million years ago.GeologyHub (13 Sep 2021) The Geologic Oddity in Czech Republic Panská Skála
Panská Skála

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