Giant's Causeway giant among giants. He flees back to Scotland in fright, destroying the causeway behind him so that Fionn would be unable to chase him down. Across the sea, there are identical basalt columns (a part of the same ancient lava flow) at Fingal's Cave on the Scottish isle of Staffa, and it is possible that the story was influenced by this. In overall Irish mythology, Fionn mac Cumhaill is not a giant but a hero with supernatural abilities, contrary to what this particular legend may suggest. In "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" (1888) it is noted that,
Geological history of the Precordillera terrane range)—literally "pre-mountain range"—and applied usually to the Andes. The Precordillera is in western Argentina and can be traced by the thrust-fold belt. It is about 200 km wide, and stretches 800 km from latitude 29°S to 33°S in western Argentina, with its south end in Mendoza, through San Juan, to La Rioja in the north. The northern and southern boundaries are not precisely defined. In terms of geological regions, the northeastern boundary connects to the western Pampeanas and the Famatina ranges, and the eastern margin connects to the frontal cordillera then the Chilenia Terrace. The Early-Cambrian to Ordovician deposits of