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 .
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  • Type: Sound
  • Description: part of the Baltic Sea
  • Also known as: “Moon-Sund”, “Muhu”, “Muhu väin”, “Muhu Väin”, “Sound Sea”, “Vainameri”, “Westestnischer Archipel”, “Мондсунд”, “Моонзунд”, “Муху-Вяйн”, and “穆胡海峽”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kõrgelaid and Hanerahu.

Islet
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is a small, uninhabited, moraine-based…

Islet
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is an uninhabited islet with surface area of 1.2 hectares.

Islet
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is an island belonging to the country…

Väinameri

Latitude
58.75° or 58° 45′ north
Longitude
23.08333° or 23° 5′ east
Open location code
9GC5Q32M+28
Geo­Names ID
587898
Wiki­data ID
Q2067956
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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: “韋伊納海”
  • Chinese: “韦伊纳海”
  • Croatian: “Väinameri”
  • Czech: “Muhuský průliv”
  • Danish: “Väinameri”
  • Dutch: “Väinameri”
  • Erzya: “Вяйнамери”
  • Estonian: “Väinameri”
  • Finnish: “Väinämeri”
  • French: “Väinameri”
  • Galician: “Väinameri”
  • Georgian: “ვიაინამერი”
  • German: “Väinameri”
  • Italian: “Mare di Väinameri”
  • Japanese: “ヴァイナメリ海”
  • Korean: “베이내메리”
  • Latvian: “Veinameri”
  • Macedonian: “Вајнамери”
  • Macedonian: “Морски теснец”
  • Malay: “Väinameri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Väinameri”
  • Norwegian: “Väinameri”
  • Ossetian: “Вяйнамери”
  • Persian: “واینامری”
  • Polish: “Väinameri”
  • Portuguese: “Väinameri”
  • Romanian: “Marea Väinameri”
  • Russian: “Вяйнамери”
  • Serbian: “Вајнамери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Väinameri”
  • Spanish: “Väinameri”
  • Swedish: “Moonsund”
  • Swedish: “Moonsundet”
  • Turkish: “Väinameri”
  • Ukrainian: “Вяїнамері”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kaevatsi and Saarnaki.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ahelaid and Hanikatsi laid.

Estonia: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Tallinn and Tartu.

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