Ulanqab Stone Forest to see volcanic lava

Gulinaobao Volcanic Geological Relic I have been to the cutest-named scenic spot, the Gulinaobao Columnar Jointing Zone, which is located near the Chahar Volcanic Group in Inner Mongolia, and can be visited on the way. The columnar basalt was formed when volcanic lava erupted and encountered seawater, indicating that this place was once an ocean in ancient times, a living fossil for geological research. The Gulinaobao Geological Relic Protection Area is located about 13km south of the Ulanqab high-speed railway station, on the west side of Chahar Avenue, east of Gulinaobao Village, and southwest of Chenshi Village. It is a small hill less than 50 meters high (Naobao is a transliteration of Mongolian, meaning a pile of wood, stone, or soil), and the scenic area covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, formed about 20 million years ago in the late Neogene of the Cenozoic era, consisting of basalt columns (hexagonal columnar rock bodies formed by the rapid cooling and contraction of basic volcanic lava after eruption). Opening hours 08:00-12:00 The area of more than 20,000 square meters of basalt columns was formed in the late Neogene of the Cenozoic era, about 20 million years ago. It is a hexagonal columnar rock body formed by the uniform eruption of basic volcanic lava and rapid cooling and contraction.