Ehalkivi
The Ehalkivi is the largest erratic boulder in Estonia and the largest glacial erratic block on mainland Northern Europe . It is located at Cape Letipea on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland and is in the rural municipality of Viru-Nigula in Lääne-Viru County . It is made of pegmatite . With a length of 16.5 meters, 14.3 meters wide and 7.6 meters high, it has a circumference of 49.6 meters and a volume of 930 cubic meters, thus a mass of around 2,500 tons. For centuries it served as a landmark for seafarers .
See also
Web links
Commons : Ehalkivi - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Vacation and nature in Estonia. P. 6 ( digitized version , PDF ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enn Pirrus: Eestimaa suured kivid. Geological Institute of Tallinn University of Technology , accessed August 13, 2011 ( Estonian ).
- ↑ Estonia. Geological Survey of Ireland, accessed August 13, 2011 .
Coordinates: 59 ° 32 '59.4 " N , 26 ° 35' 13.5" E