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Käsmu Bay
Käsmu Bay ( et, Käsmu laht) is a bay in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. The bay is located between Käsmu and Vergi Peninsula. The bay's width is up to 4 km and depth of 12-27 m. Käsmu Stream and Võsu River flows into the bay. Borough of Võsu is located at the bay. The bay is under protection (Lahemaa National Park Lahemaa National Park is a park in northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from the capital Tallinn. The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) is to the south. Its area covers 747 km2 (including 274.9&nbs ...). References {{WikidataCoord, Q12367997, display=title Bays of Estonia Lääne-Viru County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohni Vaindloo Uhtju
Mohni is an island of Estonia. It limits the Eru Bay from the north. The closest settlement at the mainland is Viinistu. Mohni is part of Lahemaa National Park. Mohni tuletorn 2011. aastal.jpg, Mohni lighthouse Mohni saar.JPG Mohni saar ja majakas 1.JPG See also * List of islands of Estonia This is an ''incomplete'' list of islands of Estonia. There are 2355 islands in total. Largest islands Incomplete list See also *List of islands in the Baltic Sea *List of islands Notes References {{Authority control Estonia ... References Islands of Estonia Kuusalu Parish {{Estonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay (geography)
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology. The land surrounding a bay often reduces the strength of winds and blocks waves. Bays may have as wide a variety of shoreline characteristics as other shorelines. In some cases, bays have beaches, which "are usually characterized by a steep upper foreshore with a broad, flat fronting terrace".Maurice Schwartz, ''Encyclopedia of Coastal Science'' (2006), p. 129. Bays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lääne-Viru County
Lääne-Viru County ( et, Lääne-Viru maakond or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Ida-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south, and Järva and Harju counties to the west. In January 2013, Lääne-Viru County had a population of 58,806: 4.5% of the population in Estonia. History In prehistoric times, Lääne-Virumaa was settled by Estonians of the Vironian tribe. County Government The County Government ( et, maavalitsus) is led by a governor ( et, maavanem), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia. Since 2014, the governor position has been held by Marko Torm. The county seat is Rakvere. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities. There is one urban municipality ( et, linnad – towns) and seven rural municipalities ( et, vallad – parishes) in Lään ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last "pagan" civilisations in Europe to adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Võsu River
Võsu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, in Haljala Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 334. In 1971–1999 Võsu was a borough (), in 1992–1999 it had a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... status. References External links Vihula Parish Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Kreis Wierland {{LääneViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Võsu
Võsu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, in Haljala Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 334. In 1971–1999 Võsu was a borough (), in 1992–1999 it had a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... status. References External links Vihula Parish Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Kreis Wierland {{LääneViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahemaa National Park
Lahemaa National Park is a park in northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from the capital Tallinn. The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) is to the south. Its area covers 747 km2 (including 274.9 km2 of sea).EstonicaLahemaa National Park: from coastal drumlins to Kõrvemaa, Estonica, Encyclopedia About Estonia It was the first area to be designated a national park of the former Soviet Union. It is the largest park in Estonia and one of Europe's biggest national parks. Its charter calls for the preservation, research and promotion of North-Estonian landscapes, ecosystems, biodiversity and national heritage. History The name Lahemaa originates from the most thoroughly studied and visited part of the North Estonian coast, where four large peninsulas ( Juminda, Pärispea, Käsmu and Vergi) are separated from each other by four bays ( Kolga, Hara, Eru and Käsmu). Lahemaa translates roughly as "Land of Bays". The national park, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bays Of Estonia
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology. The land surrounding a bay often reduces the strength of winds and blocks waves. Bays may have as wide a variety of shoreline characteristics as other shorelines. In some cases, bays have beaches, which "are usually characterized by a steep upper foreshore with a broad, flat fronting terrace".Maurice Schwartz, ''Encyclopedia of Coastal Science'' (2006), p. 129. Bays were sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
