Aksi
| Aksi | ||
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| Waters | Gulf of Finland | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 35 '59 " N , 25 ° 5' 23" E | |
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| surface | 59 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Aksi (also Väike-Prangli; German: Klein-Wrangelsholm ) is an uninhabited island in the Baltic Sea off the north coast of Estonia in the Gulf of Finland .
Aksi forms an archipelago with the nearby islands of Prangli and Keri . The area of the island is 59 hectares . The ground is sandy. The vegetation is characterized by juniper bushes. In places there are white birches . Aksi is part of the Prangli Nature Reserve. A small lighthouse was built in 1986.
The island belongs to Viimsi Municipality ( Harjumaa County ).
history
The island was permanently settled between 1790 and 1953. The residents were known as skilled boat and furniture builders and also made a living from fishing. With the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the last five families were expelled and most of them moved to Sweden. Today nobody lives permanently on the island.
literature
- Heino Gustavson, Rainer Malmsaar, Einart Talström. Prangli. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1979.