Kassari

Kassari is an island. It has an area of 19.3 km2 with a population of around 300. It has a museum dedicated to Oskar Kallas and Aino Kallas. The philosopher and pedagogue Ülo Kaevats was born on Kassari.
Wikipedia
Photo: Athanasius Soter, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Estonia
  • Also known as: “Kasari Saar”, “Kassaar”, “Kassaare”, “Kassar”, “Kassar Island”, “Kassari Saar”, “Ostrov Kassaar”, “Ostrov Kassar”, “Ostrov Kassari”, and “Ostrov Kassari-Layd”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kassari beach and Kassari Chapel.

Beach
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Athanasius Soter, Public domain.
is a chapel on the island of Kassari in , , thought to date to the 18th century. is the only functioning stone church in Estonia with a thatched roof.

Island
is an island belonging to the country of . is situated 3 km southeast of Kassari.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orjaku and Käina.

Hamlet
Photo: Tuderna, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in , in northwestern . is one of the oldest names in the island of Hiiumaa. It was first mentioned 1254 as Oryocko, Oriwocko. As of 2019, there are 101 people living in the village. is situated 3 km west of Kassari.

Village
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small borough in on the island of in , located near the north shore of . Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities in 2017, was the administrative center of Parish. is situated 4½ km northwest of Kassari.

Kassari

Latitude
58.7975° or 58° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
22.83111° or 22° 49′ 52″ east
Population
340
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9GC4QRXJ+2C
Geo­Names ID
591531
Wiki­data ID
Q1357248
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kassari” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كاساري”
  • Armenian: “Կասսարի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kassari adası”
  • Basque: “Kassari”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Касары”
  • Belarusian: “Касары”
  • Bulgarian: “Касари”
  • Catalan: “Kassari”
  • Cebuano: “Kassari”
  • Chinese: “卡薩里島”
  • Croatian: “Kassari”
  • Czech: “Kassari”
  • Danish: “Kassari”
  • Dutch: “Kassari”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاسارى”
  • Erzya: “Кассари усия”
  • Estonian: “Kassari poolsaar”
  • Estonian: “Kassari saar”
  • Estonian: “Kassari”
  • Finnish: “Kassari”
  • French: “Kassari”
  • Galician: “Kassari”
  • Georgian: “კასარი”
  • German: “Kassari”
  • Greek: “Κάσαρι”
  • Greek: “Κάσσαρι”
  • Hebrew: “קאסארי”
  • Hungarian: “Kassari”
  • Italian: “Kassari”
  • Japanese: “カッサリ島”
  • Kazakh: “Кассари”
  • Korean: “카사리섬”
  • Kotava: “Kassari”
  • Latvian: “Kasāre”
  • Latvian: “Kasāres sala”
  • Latvian: “Kasari”
  • Lithuanian: “Kasaris”
  • Macedonian: “Касари”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kassari”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kassari”
  • Norwegian: “Kassari”
  • Persian: “کاساری”
  • Polish: “Kassari”
  • Russian: “Кассари”
  • Serbian: “Касари”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kassari”
  • Spanish: “Kassari”
  • Swedish: “Kassari”
  • Turkish: “Kassari”
  • Ukrainian: “Кассарі”

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