Hõralaid
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Archipelago | Moonsund Islands | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 53 '55 " N , 23 ° 4' 26" E | |
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| surface | 22.5 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Hõralaid is an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea .
Hõralaid is located off the east coast of Hiiumaa Island . Administratively it belongs to the village of Vahtrepa in the rural municipality of Hiiumaa . The next larger island besides Hiiumaa is Vohilaid (distance 1.5 km).
Hõralaid is just over 20 hectares and is currently uninhabited. The landscape on the coast is very rocky. In the interior of the island there is a section of forest with Scots pines and bushes, which is surrounded by temporarily flooded coastal meadows. More than 120 different species of vascular plants have been found on Hõralaid, including rare and protected species such as the great two-leaf , the greenish forest hyacinth and the fly ragweed .