Väike väin
| Väike väin | |
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| Connects waters | Riga Bay |
| with water | Gulf of Finland |
| Separates land mass | Muhu |
| of land mass | Saaremaa |
| Data | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 34 '8 " N , 23 ° 7' 3" E |
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| Smallest width | 2 km |
| Coastal towns | Orissaare |
| Dams | Väinatamm |
Väike väin (Little Sound; Swedish : Lillsund) is a strait in the Moonsund Islands in Estonia .
The strait lies between the islands of Saaremaa (German and Swedish: Ösel) and Muhu (Moon) near Orissaare . It is around two to four kilometers wide and three meters deep.
There has been a dam over the strait since 1896, which is used by the Põhimaantee 10 highway , which leads to the city of Kuressaare (Arensburg).
Individual evidence
- ^ Volker Hagemann: Goldstadt travel guide to Estonia. Goldstadtverlag, Pforzheim 1993, ISBN 3-87269-091-4 , p. 155.