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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Columnar basalts, Flood basalts, Staffa, Ulva, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Organ Pipes National Park, Laki, St. Mary's Islands, Karnataka, Giant's Causeway, Hell's Half Acre Lava Field, Large igneous province, Mid-ocean ridge, Moses Coulee, Devils Postpile National Monument, Fingal's Cave, Mount Cargill, Tholeiitic Magma Series, North Mountain, Cariboo Plateau, Picrite basalt, Wrangellia Terrane, List of places with columnar jointed volcanics, Alcantara, Basalt fiber, Hexagon pools, Cyclopean Isles, Eldgja, Strand Fiord Formation, Basalt Island, Cape Stolbchaty, Basaltic andesite, Garni Gorge, Trap rock, Karoo-Ferrar, Spilite, Svartifoss, Borgarvirki, Karmutsen Formation, Sheepeater Cliff, Nauyat Formation, Little Devils Postpile, Natkusiak flood basalts, Ekalulia Formation, Brito-Arctic province, Fish Canyon tuff, Ocean island basalt, Reynisdrangar, Alkali basalt, Basalt fan structure, Trachybasalt, Jusangjeolli, Hawaiite, Mugearite. Excerpt: Ulva (Scottish Gaelic: , pronounced ) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, off the west coast of Mull. It is separated from Mull by a narrow strait, and connected to the neighbouring island of Gometra by a bridge. Much of the island is formed from Tertiary basalt rocks, which is formed into columns in places. Ulva has been populated since the Mesolithic and there are various Neolithic remains on the island. The Norse occupation of the island in the Early Historic Period has left few tangible artifacts but did bequeath the island its name, which is probably from Ulvoy, meaning "wolf island." Celtic culture was a major influence during both Pictish and Dalriadan times as well as the post-Norse period when the islands became part of modern Scotland. This long period, when Gaelic became the dominant language, was ended by the brutality of the 19t...
