Fingal's Cave on Staffa

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natural monument sea cave tourist attraction

Fingal's Cave on Staffa is a famous sea cave in Scotland renowned for its striking hexagonal basalt columns and remarkable natural acoustics.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Fingal's Cave 2
Fingal’s Cave 1
Staffa, Fingal’s Cave 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural monument ⓘ
sea cave ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
accessibleFrom Isle of Mull NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oban NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateHeight about 20 meters ⓘ
approximateLength about 75 meters ⓘ
columnShape hexagonal ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designatedBy NatureScot NERFINISHED ⓘ
entranceWidth about 14 meters ⓘ
formationProcess cooling and contraction of lava ⓘ
volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalFormation basalt columns ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Celtic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
legend of Fingal ⓘ
hasFeature columnar jointing ⓘ
tide-influenced access ⓘ
wave-echo acoustics ⓘ
inspiredArtist Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. M. W. Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Keats NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jules Verne NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredWork The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) overture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn Staffa NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy National Trust for Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Fingal, hero of Ossianic poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyWildlife puffins ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
notableFor arched entrance ⓘ
hexagonal basalt columns ⓘ
natural acoustics ⓘ
partOf National Trust for Scotland properties ⓘ
Staffa National Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
rockType basalt ⓘ
similarTo Giant's Causeway NERFINISHED ⓘ
visitedBy geologists ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
wildlife watchers ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inner Hebrides → hasNotableFeature → Fingal's Cave on Staffa ⓘ
Staffa → hasNotableFeature → Fingal's Cave on Staffa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fingal’s Cave
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave" → title → Fingal's Cave on Staffa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fingal's Cave
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave" → inspiredBy → Fingal's Cave on Staffa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fingal's Cave
Turner Bequest → hasPart → Fingal's Cave on Staffa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Staffa, Fingal’s Cave