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Coordinates: 58 ° 8 ' N , 22 ° 12' E
Kaugatoma (German Kaugatuma ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the Saaremaa rural community (until 2017: Salme rural community ) in the Saare district . In 2017 Mõisaküla became part of Kaugatoma.
description
The village has eleven inhabitants, five of them in Mõisaküla (as of December 31, 2011). It is located on the west coast of the Sõrve peninsula , 22 kilometers southwest of the island's capital Kuressaare .
South of the village center, the 1125 meter long steep bank ( Kaugatuma pank ) offers a wide view over the Ariste Bay to the islands of Kriimi laid in the northwest and Ooslamaa in the southwest. An almost 500 hectare nature reserve ( Kaugatoma-Lõo maastikukaitseala ) connects to the steep bank .
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 201.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)