Tagalaht

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Tagalaht
Taggabucht
Panorama of the bay

Panorama of the bay

Waters Baltic Sea
Land mass Saaremaa
Geographical location 58 ° 25 '12 "  N , 22 ° 6' 0"  E Coordinates: 58 ° 25 '12 "  N , 22 ° 6' 0"  E
Tagalaht (Estonia)
Tagalaht
width 3.6 km
depth 9.7 km
surface 841 hadep1
Islands Ipurahu , Väike Roograhu , Roograhu , Paskarahu , Mustassaar and 22 nameless islands
Tributaries Uuemõisa oja

Tagalaht (German Taggabucht, Swedish Taggaviken) is a bay on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa in the Saare district . In the bay that opens to the north are the islands of Ipurahu , Väike Roograhu , Roograhu , Paskarahu , Mustassaar and 22 other nameless islands. During Operation Albion in 1917, German troops landed in the bay.

Individual evidence

  1. Tagalaht Keskonnainfo about the bay (Estonian). Last accessed on December 22, 2016