Viirelaid, previously also known as Paternoster, is a small 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 ...

. Viirelaid lies southeast of the island of

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 ...

. Together with Muhu and neighbouring small islands of Kesselaid,

Võilaid Võilaid is a small, uninhabited island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are . Võilaid lies southeast of the Estonian island of Muhu in the Gulf of Riga. The island is 2.5 km² and uninhabited. In the s ...

and

Suurlaid Suurlaid ( en, Big Islet) is a small island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are Suurlaid lies just off south coast of the Estonian island of Muhu. Together Muhu and neighbouring islands Viirelaid, Võilai ...

it forms

Muhu Parish Muhu Parish ( et, Muhu vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Saare County. It has a population of 1876 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of . Geography Muhu Parish is located on Muhu or Muhumaa and its neighbouring smaller islands of ...

( et, Muhu vald), the rural municipality within

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, A ...

, Estonia. The area of the island is 81 hectares. It is up to 4.5 metres above sea level and is very flat. The island served in earlier times as an orientation point for the shipping industry. On the island is a steel lighthouse called the ''Viirelaiu tuletorn'' built in 1882 and renovated in 2004. Originally built in 1857 of timber, the structure is an 11-metre-high tower.Lighthouse Depot
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Virtsu: Viirelaiu tuletornViirelaiu tuletorn
Estonian islands in the Baltic Muhu Parish {{Saare-geo-stub

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