Hülgerahu
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Hülgerahu is a small, uninhabited, moraine
-based Baltic Sea
island belonging to the country of Estonia
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Hülgerahu covers approximately 0.15 hectares and lies just off the eastern coast of the larger island Kõverlaid
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The island belongs to both the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve and the The Laidelaht Wilderness Area and is closed to the public. Its beaches are an important breeding ground for birds and marine mammals such as seals.
Moraine
A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past glacial maximum. This debris may have been plucked off a valley floor as a glacier advanced or it may have...
-based Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
island belonging to the country of Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
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Hülgerahu covers approximately 0.15 hectares and lies just off the eastern coast of the larger island Kõverlaid
Kõverlaid
Kõverlaid is a small, moraine-based Baltic Sea island belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are ....
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The island belongs to both the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve and the The Laidelaht Wilderness Area and is closed to the public. Its beaches are an important breeding ground for birds and marine mammals such as seals.