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Kihnu is an island in the Baltic Sea.With an area of 16.4 km 2 (6.3 sq mi), it is the largest island in the Gulf of Riga [2] and the seventh largest island of Estonia.With a length of 7 km (4.3 mi) and width of 3.3 km (2.1 mi), the island's highest point is 8.9 metres (29.2 ft) above sea level.
Kihnu Lighthouse (Estonian: Kihnu tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Kihnu, an island in the northern Gulf of Riga in Pärnu County, in Estonia.. The lighthouse was prefabricated in England; and assembled in 1865. [3]
Kihnu Parish (Estonian: Kihnu vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Pärnu County. The parish covers the 16.88 km² area of Kihnu island, making it one of the smallest parishes in Estonia. As of 2010, Kihnu Parish had an estimated population of 489. [ 1 ]
Limited-use track through shallow waters to Muhu Island: 20. Tauksi: 2.5 – West Estonian archipelago – 20. Suur-Tulpe: 2.3 – West Estonian archipelago: Road (no longer an island) 21. Suurlaid: 1.9 – West Estonian archipelago: Limited-use track through shallow waters to Muhu Island: 23. Manilaid: 1.9: 52: Gulf of Riga: Car ferries and ...
Kihnu covers an area of 16.4 square kilometres (6.3 sq mi). [4] Saaremaa island is responsible for the brackish water of the Gulf of Riga, as it is partially "shielded" from the Baltic Sea. The Baltic itself is already less salty than the global oceanic average, but this effect has a north–south and east–west gradient.
Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea 1956 28 m (92 ft) 30 m (98 ft) Manilaid Light Beacon (Manilaid island), Manija, Pärnu, Pärnu County: Kihnu Strait, Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea 1933 8 m (26 ft) 9 m (30 ft) Mehikoorma Lighthouse
Kihnu Islets Nature Reserve is a nature reserve which is located in Pärnu County, Estonia. [1] The area of the nature reserve is 4200 ha. [2] The protected area was founded in 1964 as Sange Islets botanical-zoological prohibitation area (Estonian: Sangelaidude botaanilis-zooloogiline kaitseala). In 2014 the protected area was designated to the ...
Kihnu Veeteed ("Kihnu Waterways") is a ferry company which operates six scheduled routes in Estonia. It is registered on the island of Kihnu in the Gulf of Riga, and runs a fleet of seven passenger ferries. [1] The company's ferries provide connections between the mainland and the small islands of Kihnu, Manilaid, Vormsi, and Piirissaar.