Väinameri
The Väinameri or Väinameri Sea is a strait and sub-bay of the Baltic Sea, located between the West Estonian Archipelago and the Estonian mainland, within western Estonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Sound
- Description: part of the Baltic Sea
- Also known as: “Sound Sea” and “Vainameri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kõrgelaid and Hanerahu.
Kõrgelaid
Islet
Kõrgelaid is a small, uninhabited, moraine-based island in the Baltic Sea, belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates. Kõrgelaid lies off the western coast of the Estonian mainland between the islands of Hiiumaa and Muhu, just south of the small island of Rooglaid.
Hanerahu
Islet
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Hanerahu is an uninhabited Estonian islet with surface area of 1.2 hectares. It lies south-east of Hiiumaa island and is part of Pühalepa Municipality. The islet belongs to Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve.
Vareslaid
Islet
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Vareslaid is an island belonging to the country of Estonia around Väinameri in the Gulf of Riga, its size spans 0.324 km 2 {\displaystyle ^{2}}. The coastline around the island is 2.6 km. Based on estimates the population is 9.
Väinameri
- Categories: sea and body of water
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Väinameri” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վյայնամերի”
- Azerbaijani: “Vyəynameri boğazı”
- Basque: “Väinameri”
- Belarusian: “Вяйнамеры”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Вяйнамеры”
- Bengali: “ভাইনামেরি”
- Cebuano: “Väinameri”
- Chinese: “穆胡海峽”
- Chinese: “韋伊納海”
- Chinese: “韦伊纳海”
- Croatian: “Väinameri”
- Czech: “Moonsund”
- Czech: “Muhu Väin”
- Czech: “Muhu”
- Czech: “Muhuský průliv”
- Danish: “Väinameri”
- Dutch: “Väinameri”
- Erzya: “Вяйнамери”
- Estonian: “Muhu väin”
- Estonian: “Väinameri”
- Finnish: “Väinämeri”
- French: “Väinameri”
- Georgian: “ვიაინამერი”
- German: “Moon-Sund”
- German: “Väinameri”
- German: “Westestnischer Archipel”
- Italian: “Mare di Väinameri”
- Japanese: “ヴァイナメリ海”
- Latvian: “Veinameri”
- Macedonian: “Вајнамери”
- Macedonian: “Морски теснец”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moonsund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Väinameri”
- Norwegian: “Väinameri”
- Ossetian: “Вяйнамери”
- Persian: “واینامری”
- Polish: “Muhu Väin”
- Polish: “Väinameri”
- Portuguese: “Väinameri”
- Romanian: “Marea Väinameri”
- Russian: “Вяйнамери”
- Russian: “Моонзунд”
- Russian: “Муху-Вяйн”
- Serbian: “Вајнамери”
- Serbian: “Мондсунд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Väinameri”
- Spanish: “Väinameri”
- Swedish: “Moonsund”
- Swedish: “Moonsundet”
- Swedish: “Väinameri”
- Turkish: “Väinameri”
- Ukrainian: “Вяїнамері”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaevatsi and Saarnaki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ahelaid and Hanikatsi laid.
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