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In the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, home to at least 25 pairs of sea eagles, as many as 26 individuals have been observed simultaneously culling a single cormorant colony.
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Estonian and island
The last Estonian county to hold out against the invaders was the island county of Saaremaa, whose war fleets had raided Denmark and Sweden during the years of fighting against the German crusaders.
The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago.
The island is called Saaremaa in Estonian, and in Finnish Saarenmaa — literally " isle's land ".
In old Scandinavian sagas, Saaremaa is called Eysysla and in the Icelandic Sagas Eysýsla, which means exactly the same as the name of the island in Estonian: " the district ( land ) of island ".
A typical road on Western SaaremaaSaaremaa is reached by ferry from Virtsu on the Estonian mainland to Kuivastu on Muhu island, which is itself connected to Saaremaa by a causeway, the Väinatamm.
* April 15 – Denmark buys the Estonian island of Saaremaa from its last prince bishop.
Almost all the remaining Estonian Swedes fled Aiboland in August 1944, often in their small boats to the Swedish island of Gotland.
* c. 680 BC — A meteor disaster on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, forming the Kaali crater.
Louis Kahn, whose original name was Itze-Leib ( Leiser-Itze ) Schmuilowsky ( Schmalowski ), was born into a poor Jewish family in Pärnu and spent the rest of his early childhood in Kuressaare on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, then part of the Russian Empire.
It is located in the Baltic Sea, north of the island of Saaremaa, a part of the West Estonian archipelago.
Hiiumaa is the main island of Hiiu County, called Hiiumaa or Hiiu maakond in Estonian.
Estonian Swedes are also known as " aibofolke " ( meaning island people in Swedish ) or " rannarootslased " ( meaning coastal Swedes in Estonian ).
Dagö is the old name of the Estonian island Hiiumaa.
A separate relic klint island, Toompea lies about 1. 5 km northwest of the North Estonian Limestone Plateau.
Abruka is a 8. 78 km² Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga, 4 km south of the island of Saaremaa.
Aegna is an Estonian island in the Bay of Tallinn in the Baltic Sea.
Ahtra is an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea.
Aksi ( also known as Väike-Prangli ( Little Prangli ) or Äksi ) () is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Finland with an area of 59 hectars.
He was one of the most colour-sensitive Estonian painters of the first decades of the 20th century, and Mägi's works on motives of the island of Saaremaa are the first modern Estonian nature paintings.
Estonian and Hiiumaa
Road transport from Estonian mainland to Hiiumaa involves a 90-minute ( 28 km ) ferry crossing from Rohuküla to Heltermaa, which is 25 km by road from Kärdla.
* Mainland Estonia, as opposed to Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and other Western Estonian islands ;
* Operation Albion, the German invasion and conquest in 1917 of the Estonian Islands of Saaremaa ( Ösel ), Hiiumaa ( Dagö ) and Muhu ( Moon )
In 1938 Tubin had visited the Estonian island of Hiiumaa to collect folk songs.
As model for his Christ he picks out an Estonian peasant from the island of Hiiumaa.
Tüür ( ) was born in Kärdla on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa.
The Gulf of Riga is impassable to the north, closed off by the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
Kärdla (, ) is the largest town on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa and the capital of Hiiu County.
Emmaste is a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Hiiumaa, located at the south of the island.
Estonian and home
Saaremaa was the wealthiest county of ancient Estonia and the home of notorious Estonian pirates, sometimes called the Eastern Vikings.
Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (), formerly Ülemiste Airport is the largest airport in Estonia and home base of the national airline Estonian Air.
Estonian alvars are home to 267 species of vascular plants, approximately one fifth of which are protected.
In August 2006 FK Ekranas won the first Baltic Champion's Cup tournament in Liepāja after beating Estonian champions TVMK Tallinn 6 – 4 and drawing with the home side Liepājas Metalurgs 1 – 1.
A home to soldiers since the 1930s, Tapa also plays an important role in training young men and women in the Estonian Defense Forces.
In January 2002, following changes in the structure of Estonian defence units, Tapa again became the home of a military base.
Ruhnu is home to a somewhat rare native breed of sheep called the Estonian Ruhnu ().
It is home to two congregations: St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Estonian and St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Latvian.
Today it remains home to two congregations of both the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran and Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
Valeri Bondarenko, Kulik's former coach in Estonian club Trans Narva, was at that time the manager of the Rovaniemi club and was implicated in match fixing activities in his home country Estonia.
In the first round, OB won both the home and away game 3-0 against Estonian FC Flora Tallinn.
Eastern part of the municipality is home to the largest military training area in Estonia, the central training area of Estonian Defence Forces.
OFK humiliated Estonian side Narva Trans at home by the score of 6 – 1, but UEFA cancelled the result because of a smoke bomb being thrown on the field during the game.
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