Kõrgelaid is a small, uninhabited, moraine-based island in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...

, belonging to the country of

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. Its coordinates . Kõrgelaid lies off the western coast of the Estonian mainland between the islands of

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

and

Muhu Muhu (also called Muhumaa in Estonian), is an island in the West Estonian archipelago of the Baltic Sea. With an area of it is the third largest island belonging to Estonia, after Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Together with neighbouring smaller is ...

, just south of the small island of Rooglaid. It is administered by

Hiiu County Hiiu County ( et, Hiiu maakond or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German and sv, Dagö), the second largest island of Estonia, and several ...

. The island encompasses roughly 16 hectares and is part of the

Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Conservation Area ( et, Hiiumaa laidude maastikukaitseala) is a protected area situated in Hiiu County, Estonia. Its area is 3224 ha. With Käina Bay, there is designated a Ramsar site A Ramsar site is a wetland ...

. Kõrgelaid had previously been inhabited and even offered travelers inns in which visitors could stay. The island has now been uninhabited for several decades. In 2000, the island was the location for a

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early ...

show titled '' Baltic Robinson'', in which five

Estonians Estonians or Estonian people ( et, eestlased) are a Finnic ethnic group native to Estonia who speak the Estonian language. The Estonian language is spoken as the first language by the vast majority of Estonians; it is closely related to oth ...

, five

Latvians Latvians ( lv, latvieši) are a Baltic ethnic group and nation native to Latvia and the immediate geographical region, the Baltics. They are occasionally also referred to as Letts, especially in older bibliography. Latvians share a common La ...

and five Lithuanians competed against one another in a series survival challenges.''Baltic Times:Baltics to cash in on reality-based TV craze''. August 31, 2000
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Uninhabited islands of Estonia Hiiumaa Parish Estonian islands in the Baltic {{Hiiu-geo-stub

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