Harilaid (peninsula)

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Harilaid
Kiipsaare leaning lighthouse.jpg
Kiipsaare lighthouse before erection
Geographical location
Harilaid (Peninsula) (Estonia)
Harilaid (peninsula)
Coordinates 58 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 58 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E
Waters 1 Baltic Sea
surface 4 km²

Harilaid is a peninsula (Estonian poolsaar) in the rural municipality of Saaremaa in the Saare district on the largest Estonian island of Saaremaa .

It has an area of ​​around 4 km² and is connected to Saaremaa by a natural isthmus that is around 300 m wide. Until the 17th century, Harilaid was a barrier island. The Kiipsaare tuletorn lighthouse is located on the peninsula .

On the peninsula are the 64 hectare Laialepa laht lake and the 4.1 hectare Pihelpuuauk lake .

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