Basalt Pillars of the West

The Basalt Pillars of the West are a pair of pillars of gargantuan size made of basalt (a dark volcanic rock) that rise from the ocean in the Dreamlands on the western edge of the world. The pillars form the gate of a monstrous cataract whose swift, resistless waters spill over the edge into the "abysmal nothingness" of planetary space. The pillars are shrouded in mist so that none may see beyond them until one sails through the pillars and the mists are lifted, at which point the current becomes too strong to escape. (: "The White Ship"), (: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath)
Basil Elton sailed through the Basalt Pillars aboard the White Ship on his search for the fabled land of Cathuria but never found it. (: "The White Ship")
Randolph Carter was taken to the Moon as a prisoner aboard a ship that sailed through the pillars and over the edge. (: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath)
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