Tagalaht () is a bay in the

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, on the north-west coast 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 ...

Island in

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, situated between the Tagamõisa Peninsula () and Ninase (Cape Ninnast). During

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, the bay, guarded by Russian beach forts at Hundsort and Ninnast, was the main landing point for German troops during Operation Albion in October 1917, when Saaremaa was occupied.Barrett, Michael B
''Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands''
Indiana University Press: Bloomington, IN.

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Bays of Estonia Saaremaa Parish Bays of the Baltic Sea Landforms of Saare County {{Estonia-geo-stub