King’s Gully
A rift canyon forming part of the King's Gully in Ireland.
One of the winning images in this year's Geological Society's Earth Science Week Compeition, King's Gully was taken by Robert Mulraney.
It shows a rift canyon forming part of the King's Gully in Benbulbin, Ireland. It formed in the limestone Benbulbin Mountain by the slipping action of a large limestone buttress following glacial retreat.
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