Usually means: Vertical, hexagonal rock fracture patterns.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Columnar jointing)

noun:  a geological structure where sets of intersecting closely spaced fractures, referred to as joints, result in the formation of a regular array of polygonal prisms (basalt prisms), or columns.


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