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Staffa: Boat Cave
Columns of basalt surrounding Boat Cave on Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
Staffa
island, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Staffa, uninhabited Atlantic island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, situated 6 miles (10 km) off the island of Mull and 33 miles west of Oban. Columns of basalt surmount a basement of tufa and form a rugged coast with numerous caves, among them Clamshell Cave in the southeast and Fingalās Cave, a haunt of seals and seabirds. During the tourist season, steamers from neighbouring islands carry visitors to Staffa.
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