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The Conor Pass or Connor Pass (Irish: An Chonair, 'the way or path') [2] is one of the highest mountain passes in Ireland served by an asphalted road. [3] It is on the R560 road on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry .
Benbulbin (Irish: Binn Ghulbain), [1] sometimes Benbulben or Ben Bulben, is a large flat-topped nunatak [2] rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part of the Dartry Mountains, in an area sometimes called "Yeats Country". [3] [4] [5] Benbulbin is a protected site, designated as a County Geological Site by Sligo County Council. [6] [7]
Bedrock geological map of Ireland. Layers of Upper Carboniferous sedimentary rocks, Loop Head, County Clare. The geology of Ireland consists of the study of the rock formations on the island of Ireland. It includes rocks from every age from Proterozoic to Holocene and a large variety of different rock types is represented.
Geological Survey Ireland produces maps, reports and databases, and acts as a knowledge centre and project partner in a number of aspects of Irish geology. [ 3 ] The organisation managed the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS, 1999–2005), which on completion was the world's largest civilian marine mapping programme.
South of Deception Pass, the two islands' surfaces and beaches are completely composed of glacial till. [1] [2]: 5 Abundant glacial erratic boulders lie on the islands, their beaches, and under the near-shore waters. [3] [4]
OneGeology is an international collaborative project in the field of geology supported by 118 countries, UNESCO, and major global geoscience bodies.It is an International Year of Planet Earth flagship initiative that aims to enable online access to dynamic digital geological map of the world for everyone.
The Caha Mountains (An Cheacha in Irish) are a range of low sandstone mountains on the Beara peninsula in south-west County Cork, Ireland.The highest peak is Hungry Hill, at 685 m (2,247 ft).
The Santa Susana Formation is a Paleogene period geologic formation in the Simi Hills and western Santa Susana Mountains of southern California. [1] [2] [3] The formation consists largely of light-gray shale and some fine-grained shaly sandstone, with a lens of heavy conglomerates in the lower part. [1] [4] Small beds of limestone are also ...