Vilsandi

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Vilsandi (German outdated also Filsand ), Estonia is the westernmost inhabited island. It is located in the northern Baltic Sea west of the island of Saaremaa, is one of the Moon Sound Islands and has about 30 inhabitants.

Vilsandi has an area of ​​9 km ². The island was only about 350 years ago, grew together as by the still ongoing postglacial Kontinentalhub several smaller islands. In the foreseeable future is probably the strait that separates Vilsandi of Saaremaa, be closed.

On the island there is a lighthouse built in 1809, adorns an Estonian stamp of 1999. 1910 Vilsandi was converted into the first bird sanctuary in the Baltics, 1993 in a national park.

The island Vilsandi was also seen in the episode " Estonian islands " of the series Mare TV. Here, the 30 residents were 3 presented, so among other things, the current lighthouse keeper.

  • Island ( Europe)
  • Island ( Estonia)
  • Island (Baltic Sea)
  • Island of the Moon Sound Islands
  • Kihelkonna
West Estonian archipelago Kiipsaare lighthouse Postage stamp
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