Cliffs of Moher
Nature
Where Ireland stops, straight down into the ocean.
On the west coast of Ireland the land ends in a wall of rock up to 214 metres high. The cliffs run for 14 kilometres, and the Atlantic Ocean beats against their foot.
In spring tens of thousands of seabirds nest on the ledges, among them puffins with their coloured beaks. On a clear day you can see islands far out at sea.
- high
- 214 m
- long
- 14 km
- pairs of seabirds
- 30,000
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The layers in the rock are more than 300 million years old: they were once the mud of a river mouth.
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The cliffs are named after an old fort, Moher, that once stood on the headland.
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They have been used in films, among them one about Harry Potter.
Question 1 of 2
Which bird with a coloured beak nests here?
- Giant's CausewayForty thousand stone columns on the coast of Northern Ireland, most of them six-sided.
- StonehengeA circle of giant stones, and nobody knows exactly why.
- Loch NessA deep, dark lake in Scotland, and maybe a monster.
- Big BenLondon's famous clock tower. Big Ben is really the bell inside.
It is in Ireland.
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