Area Hiiumaa

An island where you can come by ice

Pavel Čáp
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Inserted: 27.04.2020
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Estonian island with beautiful lighthouses, the most impressive of which stands on the highest point of the island at an altitude of 68 m. The limestone piece of land is covered with numerous stray boulders left by the glacier. The locals built an interesting memorial to the victims of the sunken Estonia ferry, which found its grave in the waters of the wild Baltic northwest of the island. When it is hard, the longest ice road in Europe leads to the island from the mainland.

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