Staffa is located 5 miles off the west coast of mull and is one of the most specactular sights in Scotland. It consists of immense, hexagonal, basalt pillars which loom up from the sea which were formed 60 million years ago by the slow cooling of lava.Enjoy these Landscape pictures of scotland, Pictures and photographs of the isle of staffa. pictures of this one of the treshnish isles, dutchmans cap, pictures of puffins, shags, birds, wales, wildlife, national trust for scotland, fingals cave, basalt pillars, felix mendelssohnn composed the hebrides overture, gannets fly around this island on their way to st.kilda. Royalty Free Images, Licenced Stock Photos