Langekare

Langekare is a small, uninhabited Baltic Sea island belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are 58°48′21″N 23°09′03″E [1]

Map showing Langekare Island

Langekare is a 1.2 hectare island lying off the eastern coast off the larger Estonian island of Hiiumaa and is administered by Pühalepa Parish, Hiiu County. Along with a number of other small islands and islets, it makes up the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve (Estonian: Hiiumaa laidude kaitseala). It is the only island of the reserve being a limestone-based island, the rest of the islands being moraine-based.[2]

Langekare is also part of the World Commission on Protected Areas.[3]

References
  1. Tageo.com
  2. "Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve". Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
  3. World Commission On Protected Areas: World Database on Protected Areas

See also

List of islands of Estonia


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