Quiraing
The Quiraing (Scottish Gaelic: Cuith-Raing)[1] is a landform on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish escarpment on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.It takes the form of a craterous hollow surrounded by a high rampart of rock.[2] Within the hollow is a raised plateau the size of a football field, known as the Table.Other distinctive features of the landscape are the Needle, a jagged pinnacle rising to 120 feet (37 m), and the Prison, a mass of rock resembling a medieval keep.[3][4] Like the rest of the Trotternish escarpment, the Quiraing was formed when a thick layer of flood basalt spread over the peninsula and destabilized the weak sedimentary rocks below, causing a succession of landslides.
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