Harilaid (islet)

Harilaid (

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''Hares'', formerly ''Gräsö'') is a small uninhabited island in Estonia. It lies about west of the island of Vormsi. It should not be confused with the larger former island of

Harilaid Harilaid Peninsula is a peninsula on the northwest coast of the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. It should not be confused with the islet of Harilaid which lies between the islands of Vormsi and Hiiumaa. Harilaid covers an area of and is low l ...

that is now a peninsula on the northwest coast of the island of Saaremaa. Harilaid has an area of . Its highest point is above sea level. The island is stony, with a covering of

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. A lighthouse was first built on Harilaid in 1849. The present lighthouse is high. {{Islands of Estonia Uninhabited islands of Estonia Vormsi Parish Estonian islands in the Baltic