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Point of Ayre

United Kingdom

Point of Ayre
Point of Ayre. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

There are two other similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayr, Wales. Point of Ayre is a headland in the parish of Deerness, in the East Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Overlooking the strait known as the Copinsay Pass, it lies 4 miles (6 km) south of Mull Head, and around 10 miles from Kirkwall, the main town on the island. At Point of Ayre is a seven-metre thick basalt lava flow. At its top surface are relict gas bubble holes now filled with carbonate. Lower down, the lava has weathered in an "onion-skin" or spheroidal pattern, which is an unusual feature in Orkney.

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