Saarnaki laid is an uninhabited,

moraine A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris ( regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sh ...

-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 from ...

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, an ...

. Its coordinates are . Saarnaki laid is a relatively young island; it rose from the Baltic Sea approximately 2,000 years ago. The total area of the island is . The island is long and wide. It is above sea level. It lies just off the southeastern coast of the island of Hiiumaa, and is administrated 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 ...

. Saarnaki laid had previously been inhabited at least since the early 15th-century and was abandoned by the last residents in 1973. It is the largest of the islands that make up the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve (Estonian: ''Hiiumaa laidude maastikukaitseala'')Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve
and several former residential and farm buildings on the island have been restored for the benefit of tourists.

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External links

''Sakala:Saarnaki — laid täis lambaid ja kadakaid''
(in

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) Uninhabited islands of Estonia Hiiumaa Parish Estonian islands in the Baltic Landforms of Hiiu County {{Hiiu-geo-stub