Kõrgelaid
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Estonia (Väinameri)
- Also known as: “Kõrglaid” and “Ostrov Kyrge-Layd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hanerahu and Vareslaid.
Hanerahu
Islet
Photo: Jaan513, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Jaan513, Copyrighted free use.
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.
Ankrurahu
Islet
Ankrurahu is an island in Estonia's West Estonian archipelago. The island has an area of 0.291362 hectares and an approximate height of 2 metres. Ankrurahu lies within the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Conservation Area. The island is sandy and rocky.
Kõrgelaid
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Salinõmme küla, Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
58.7526° or 58° 45′ 9″ northLongitude
23.09304° or 23° 5′ 35″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
9GC5Q33V+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 45469352OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
591120Wikidata ID
Q3074259
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Kõrgelaid” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة كورجيلايد”
- Cebuano: “Kõrgelaid”
- Dutch: “Kõrgelaid”
- Estonian: “Kõrgelaid”
- French: “Kõrgelaid”
- Polish: “Korgelaid”
- Polish: “Kõrgelaid”
- Swedish: “Kõrgelaid”
- Turkish: “Kõrgelaid”
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