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Kirkjugólf (Church Floor) Basalt Columns

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Kirkjugólf (Church Floor) Basalt Columns

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Kirkjugólf (Church Floor) Basalt Columns

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    April 26, 2024

    Kirkjugólfið, also known as 'the church floor', is a natural monument consisting of an area of approximately 80 square meters of columnar basalt stone slabs. These stones have a hexagonal shape that resembles man-made tiles, but there has never been a church or other building on this site.

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      January 13, 2017

      The so-called "church paving" of basalt

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        August 3, 2018

        Impressive, how the lava has paved its way and is frozen - great!

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