Osmussaar
Sign in to saveOsmussaar (, ) is an Estonian island situated in the mouth of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 7.5 km off the Estonian mainland. Administratively the island is part of Lääne-Nigula Parish in Lääne County. Its area is .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Osmussaar is referenced by 453 other articles, and connects out to list of islands of Estonia, Estonian Swedes and Larsmo.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Estonian islands in the Baltic, Islands of Lääne County and Kreis Wiek.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Osmussaar
- Islands.image_name
- Osmussaar 2001.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Limestone cliff on the east coast of Osmussaar
- Islands.map_image
- Eesti Osmussaar.png
- Islands.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Baltic Sea region##Location in Estonia##Location in Europe
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Scandinavia#Estonia#Europe
- Islands.location
- Baltic Sea
- Islands.area_km2
- 4.8
- Islands.length_km
- 4.6
- Islands.width_km
- 1.3
- Islands.coastline_km
- 14
- Islands.country
- Estonia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Lääne County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Lääne-Nigula Parish
- Islands.population
- 4
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2013
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Estonia
- Located in
- Lääne-Nigula Rural Municipality
- Population
- 6
- Area
- 4.69
- Body of water
- Baltic Sea
- Image
- Osmussaar-vaade tuletornist.jpg
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- Osmussaar
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Geography and geology
- Transport and tourism
- See also
- References
Osmussaar (, ) is an Estonian island situated in the mouth of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 7.5 km off the Estonian mainland. Administratively the island is part of Lääne-Nigula Parish in Lääne County. Its area is .
Before the Soviet Union occupied Estonia during World War II, around 130 people, mainly Estonian Swedes, lived on the island. The continuous settlement of Swedes on Osmussaar had dated back for centuries. Currently Osmussaar has only two permanent inhabitants and the island is a nature reserve. Administratively, the entire island of Osmussaar belongs to the village Osmussaare.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osmussaar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
2 mapped locations