Harilaid (islet)

Harilaid (

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''Hares'', formerly ''Gräsö'') is a small uninhabited island in

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

. It lies about west of the island of

Vormsi Vormsi () is the fourth-largest island of Estonia, measuring and a registered population of around 400. It is located in the Baltic Sea, northwest of the mainland and east of Hiiumaa island, and is part of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsu ...

. It should not be confused with the larger former island of Harilaid that is now a peninsula on the northwest coast of the island of

Saaremaa Saaremaa (; ) is the largest and most populous island in Estonia. Measuring , its population is 31,435 (as of January 2020). The main island of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hi ...

. Harilaid has an area of . Its highest point is above sea level. The island is stony, with a covering of

juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' ( ) of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far south ...

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