Kihnu

Kihnu is an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea. With an area of 16.4 km. There are four villages: , , , and . Kihnu can be reached by plane from or by ferry from .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Estonia
  • Also known as: Kihnu Saar”, “Kihnu-Sar”, “Kino”, “Kinu Sala”, “Kyno”, “Kyuno”, “Ostrov Kikhnu”, “Ostrov Kikhnu-Sar”, and “Ostrov Kyunë

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kihnu Museum and Kihnu orthodox church.

Museum

Kihnu

Latitude
58.1236° or 58° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
23.9639° or 23° 57′ 50″ east
Population
686
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9GC54XF7+CH
Geo­Names ID
591414
Wiki­data ID
Q1741199
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Kihnu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة كينو
  • Armenian: Կիհնու
  • Azerbaijani: Kihnu adası
  • Bashkir: Кихну
  • Basque: Kihnu
  • Belarusian: Востраў Кіхну
  • Belarusian: Кіхну
  • Bulgarian: Кихну
  • Cebuano: Kihnu
  • Chinese: 基努島
  • Chinese: 基赫努岛
  • Chuvash: Кихну
  • Croatian: Kihnu
  • Czech: Kihnu
  • Czech: Kühnö
  • Czech: Kynö
  • Dagbani: Kihnu
  • Danish: Kihnu
  • Danish: Kynö
  • Dutch: Kihnu
  • Egyptian Arabic: كيهنو
  • Estonian: Kihnu
  • Finnish: Kihnu
  • French: Kihnu
  • Georgian: კიჰნუ
  • German: Kihnu (Gemeinde)
  • German: Kihnu
  • German: Kühnö
  • German: Kynö
  • Hebrew: קיכנו
  • Hungarian: Kihnu
  • Indonesian: Kihnu
  • Italian: Kihnu
  • Japanese: キフヌ島
  • Kazakh: Кихну (арал)
  • Kazakh: Кихну
  • Korean: 키흐누섬
  • Latvian: Kihnu
  • Latvian: Ķīļu sala
  • Lithuanian: Kihnu
  • Macedonian: Кихну
  • Mossi: Kihnu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kihnu kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kihnu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kühnö
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kynö
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kihnu
  • Norwegian: Kihnu
  • Persian: کیهنو
  • Polish: Kihnu (wyspa)
  • Polish: Kihnu
  • Portuguese: Kihnu
  • Romanian: Insula Kihnu
  • Romanian: Kihnu
  • Russian: Кихну
  • Serbian: Кихну
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kihnu
  • Southern Dagaare: Kihnu
  • Spanish: Kihnu
  • Swedish: Kihnu kommun
  • Swedish: Kihnu
  • Swedish: Kynö
  • Tamil: கினு
  • Turkish: Kihnu
  • Ukrainian: Кіхну
  • Uzbek: Kihnu
  • Võro: Kihnu
  • Western Armenian: Քիհնու
  • Kihnu

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